Additional MIDI channels (ie. 17-32, 33-48)?

How does it do this? What does it say in the manual?

MIDI is currently limited to 16 channels per stream, so there is no way (that I know of) to choose, for instance, MIDI channel 23 in a Logic track, or set your master keyboard to transmit on MIDI channel 49.

Multiple channels is usually done by having multiple sets of 16 channels - ie, use a new instance for every 16 channels you are using.

Wow.

The MIDI Specification only allows for 16 channels through one physical MIDI port/wire.

Maybe they were on good drugs over at Motu, when they wrote the plugin...

So, you can, but it will take making a second Midi multi-instrument in Logic's environment. And no, you will not be able to call the new channels higher than 16 either.

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So, you can, but it will take making a second Midi multi-instrument
in Logic's environment.

Well no, because ultimately you have to cable everything back to one instrument, at which point, MIDI channel 2 from Multi 1 and MIDI channel 2 (18) from Multi 2 will just look like MIDI Channel 2 data.

Like I say, any device that caters for more than 16 channels has extra interfaces for it. My XV5080 has two independent MIDI inputs for 16x2 channels.

But plugins, at least in Logic, only have one MIDI stream coming into them, so you can only use a maximum of 16 MIDI channels at one time.

So, you are restricted AFAIK without reading their manual to 16 channels per instrument - if you want 64 channels, you should do it by using four instances of the plugin.

From their webpage, which is pretty clear:

"To support its 64 parts, the Symphonic Instrument also supports 64 separate MIDI channels, divided into four banks of 16 channels each (Bank A, B, C and D). You will see them presented in your host software (if it supports more than 16 MIDI channels for virtual instruments) with a bank letter plus MIDI channel number. You can use any MIDI channel you wish for any of the Symphonic Instrument’s 64 parts. Parts (as many as you wish) can also share any MIDI channel.

This feature is supported by the stand-alone version of the Symphonic Instrument, Digital Performer (MAS) and Pro Tools (RTAS/HTDM).

Other plug-in formats (VST, Audio Units and DXi) do not support multiple banks of MIDI channels. If you use a host program that uses one of these plug-in formats, and you need more than 16 parts in the Symphonic Instrument, you can open multiple instaces of the plug-in."


So, this works on MAS and TDM plugins only, not VST or AU formats.