VSampler will play the midi notes separately from within the software. But that's not what I was refering to.

What I do is connect the MIDI of the keyboard directly to a single port on my MIDIman 4x4 ("B"), and then into the computer, either triggering VSampler as a standalone, or as a dxi.

The drums are on channels 10 and 11 of that single instance/channel, with the live voices on channels 1,2, and 3, a live instrument on 4 from the lower split, bass on 9, and the accompanying tracks on 12 thru 16. I then set up the multi accordingly, with a drum kit on channels 10 and 11, a bass on 9, strings, trumpets, etc. on the other channels.

In Vsampler 2.0+, all the midi would play back on the same channel (i.e., all the channels would be merged, and with the instrument selected playing all the voices.)

In SONAR all the midi channels were merged on the selected track. Edirol VSC DID handle the process correctly; and DR-008 did not (hopefully that will get fixed also in the near future).

The new version 3 corrects this, and I can play the VSampler just like my arranger (muting the PA-80 or layering the voices on toop as I like. Who needs the Flash Card if you have a portable computer? Well, ok, it better be gonzo fast, because it uses a lot of power at present)