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to be clear,
it's been more than 10 years I'm using my own software (AZMIDI), which is the basic part of my gear.
it's a standalone software which create songs with steps inside, able to manage a lyrics monitor and change all the sounds I need in every moments as much as playing multiple clips with ...

500 is a lot. What are you planning to trigger them with?

The closest I can think of is drum racks.


no, I'm keyboardist. and I send lot of musical fx even really short (1-2 seconds), like broken glass, explosion, etc.
I play progressive music (either in a Pink Floyd tribute as in my own project ...

hi folks!

this could maybe make some of you disappointed, because already discussed many times.
after reading this topic
https://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=160234&hilit=midi+controlled+wav+player
I however decided to create another topic.

I would need to play different audio clips ...

I think this won't save memory and CPU..
Is there any other device to use as midi router?

I'm trying to use an instrument rack with chain selector in order to make my routing easier having 2 keyboards and many soft instruments.
On every chain item I use the "external instrument" to route the incoming midi messages to the desired instrument track.
I have some Kontakt tracks, Virtual ...