Hi Mike R,

Splits on keyboards are for performance mostly, would say.

For track-based MIDI, istrument patch and bank changes can be included in the track so one channel can play various parts in turn.

That aproach is where soft synths may find problems in swithching instantly (they can choke or take seconds to switch). But hardware midi boxes don't have that trouble.

So, if you use hardware midi sounds, you can play many instruments as long as they take turns.

There are limitations to any thing, though, and as often, we do modify the way we do things to cope with them.

Last edited by NoKey; 11/22/08 12:29 PM.