Struggling to figure out how to do something that I’m sure is possible, but I can’t figure it out. I would like to use the Zythian during piano practice but have the Zynthian also play backing tracks. I have a bunch of tracks set up on a USB Thumb drive and I can get ZynSmapler to play them. However, when i try to play the backing tracks while Pianoteq is also set up, I get some really odd sounds from the backing track. I am guessing this is because I have it set up to use the sample when playing the keyboard. Here is how I am trying to do this:
Add Instrument
ZynSampler
Pick the backing track
Add Instrument
Pianoteq (making sure to use a different MIDI channel)
Again, when I start playing it sounds like the backing track is used instead of Pianoteq.
Zynsampler is a MIDI instrument so any MIDI notes it receives will be interpreted as request to play the loaded sample (audio file) at a pitch relative to the MIDI note (offset from C4). You can use zynsampler if you want, but need to ensure it does not receive MIDI notes. You can do this be assigning it a MIDI channel that you are not sending and setting your MIDI input to Multitimbral. If you don’t do that then selecting the zynsampler chain will select it as the active chain and all MIDI notes will be sent to it - which sounds like what is happening.
Alternatively, and probably better would be to use the global audio player. On a V5 you can bold press the play button to access the audio player (which is a global instance of zynsampler) then load your audio in there. This should not react to MIDI note on. (If it does then we have a bug that should be resolved.)
Another option would be to use the Internet Player which has support for playlists. There may be some challenges here that make it unsuitable. It hasn’t had as much love as I would want to give it.
Thanks for your quick reply! Seems like I have it working now. One confusion I had was that you have to ”time” the long-press on the play button. If you press it too long it won’t work. This is a little confusing. I would have expected to see the screen change as a cue to let go of the button.
We had a conversation about such a behaviour. It seems like a sensible option but is surprisingly awkward to implement. There are also some users who dislike the bold/long press options and we are looking at ways to improve this part of the UI/UX.