Expert Sleepers Silent Way v2.4.3 - Manual (Page 45)

Note that MIDI sent through these virtual ports does not maintain the sample accurate
timing, which can only be achieved by sending MIDI from the DAW to the plug-in in the
usual way.
Output Indicators
The row of numbers just above the ‘Triggers’ button show
the values currently being output on the 5 ES-4 output
channels.
Inputs
This section controls the
routing of other signals into
the plug-in and on to the
ES-4.
The plug-in has 8 inputs,
organised as 4 stereo pairs. Quite how this is handled by the DAW will vary considerably
from DAW to DAW. Some DAWs are very flexible (e.g. Ableton Live) while some make it
very hard to route audio into such a plug-in (e.g. Logic Pro). If your DAW of choice is lack-
ing in this regard, we recommend the use of Plogue Bidule, which provides a very flexible
and modular plug-in environment, and can itself be used as a plug-in within the DAW.
Each menu in this section lets you choose from the available input channels, or set the
connection to ‘Off’.
Thru
The ‘Thru’ input connection is designed to allow multiple ES-4 Controllers to be ‘stacked’,
their outputs being combined in a logical manner. By default the Thru connection is taken
from the first stereo pair of inputs, which is what will be connected if you simply insert a
sequence of ES-4 Controller plug-ins on the same track in your DAW.
This is how you would, for example, use multiple ES-4 Controllers to generate multiple
streams of output MIDI (using the MIDI Out section, above).
This is also useful when you want to use the two MIDI/CV outputs on separate MIDI
channels and the DAW doesn’t provide a way to send two MIDI channels to one ES-4 Con-
troller. Stack two instances of the plug-in, use MIDI/CV 1 on one instance and MIDI/CV 2
on the other, and then send your two MIDI streams to the two plug-ins.
1-5
Note: the use of inputs 1-5 requires a full Silent Way licence. Without a licence, the inputs
will work for 15 minutes and then time out.