There are other 3rd party instruments that you can insert as plugins, such as various drum sampler/synths, with pads that will let you assign and trigger samples and beats. It works, and is worth checking out, but may not be the most flexible tool available. This can be synchronized with your project. This ability is really the forte of DAWs like Ableton Live, which were designed around this usage case.Ĭakewalk is a linear DAW and is designed to be more like a multi-track tape recorder that moves along a linear timeline as it plays back or records parts in the project tracks, so the only included tool that really supports independent looping of clips in this type of workflow is the Matrix View. That mostly boils down to either switching the MIDI transmit channel on your keyboard, or by selecting the track that you want to be active in Cakewalk, which allows you to play the sound assigned to the selected track.īut the second part about playing live and triggering beats, loops, and grooves is a bit more complicated in Cakewalk, but it can be done to a limited extent. Larry has provided some useful tips as far as changing from one sound to another. SoftSynth or another MIDI synthesizer installed on your computer). Under the Device column, click the pop-up menu for the staff you are assigning and choose the desired device (e.g. Michael, it sounds like you understand the fundamentals of hooking up the keyboard and arranging the tracks with different instrument sounds. To assign an instrument to an internal MIDI sound.
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