Hey Jonathan,
Thank you for such a fast response!
Some great ideas and especially in terms of using the main mix stem as a sidechain for the stems. That will actually make me nut out how to do it properly which I have been putting off
Also muting the separate string parts for printing stems is a great solution as it means they will be together rather than in different VI-C's which makes more sense when composing.
I think I now understand the considerations for placing FX on the VI-C tracks. Where I became a little confused was the difference between -
Kontakt5 - MultiOut 16 (8 Stereo) Submixed To Main Mix + 16 Midi
and a
Kontakt5 - MultiOut 16 (8 Stereo) Submixed To OTR Mapped Outs + Master Midi
I loaded up both of these, inserted a Metropolis Ark String patch on both and routed the separate mics to the mapped outputs in Kontakt. On both track templates I am able to process and send to FX via the separate VI-OUT's individually. The main difference I see is that I would use the 'Submixed To OTR Mapped Outs' version if I wanted to send the mics to the Orchestra/Choir Halls as well. If I'm just using the sample patch's mics I could in theory use either 'Submixed To Main Mix' or 'Submixed To OTR Mapped Outs' as I think in both cases the mics are summed to the Main Mix? Would using 'Submixed To Main Mix' in this case would allow stereo inserts/sends to process the summed mix of sampled mics on the VI-MC and/or VI-C without having to worry about routing all 8 stereo channels individually?
Just an idea I had - is there a potential to have all mapped outputs - say for example 'MIXED' 'CLOSE' 'MID' etc for
all instruments landing into a dedicated FX (Buss) channel much like how the Orchestral/Choir Hall's are setup? This could be very cool as it could allow a kind of macro control over these mics like the two virtual Hall's. I'm going to start experimenting with sending just the room mics for all instruments to a reverb to extend the size and depth of space much like how
Alan Meyerson talks about, and this could make it very easy to do.