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Hi,

IIRC General MIDI sequences include a Program Change message at the beginning of each track that sets the instrument. In Live, I'd drop a GM-compatible instrument onto a seperate MIDI track then route all the MIDI file tracks to it, but on different channels.

Roland have various Sound Canvas ...

We have a Microtrack here at uni (I'm the technician).

The microtrack works fairly well with the internal mic, but not so with other mics - there's lots of noise. It also only really works at 44.1k not 96kHz like advertised.

It is nice for its compactness and ease of use. If you want quality ...

Hi,

Here's a possible workaround for the VSTi's:

Have an instance of each VSTi loaded with the correct preset for every VSTi in every song you use. Switch between them by assigning each a unique MIDI channel number. If that's too much for the CPU, then simply turn the ones for the non-current song ...