Using multiple MIDI instruments

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Using multiple MIDI instruments

I like using Logic in the live setting, (Yes, I'm going to upgrade to Logic 8 eventually...) but one of the things that bothers me is that I can't figure out a way to play two soft-synths independently using two MIDI controllers. Both controllers play both instruments at the same time. I am assuming the problem is that they are both defaulting to the same MIDI channel, but I can't figure out how to change that.

I feel like this is a question that is going to have a really obvious answer...

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Jun 14, 2008 11:15 AM

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jdredge

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Jun 15, 2008 9:56 AM in response to cheeseobsessive

You can change the MIDI channel for a soft synth in the audio layer of the environment. Just click on the synth in question to bring up its parameters on the left of the window, find where it says "MIDI chann" and click/drag to change the channel. You'll have to make sure that your MIDI controllers are sending on the right channel as well.

I don't do a whole lot of MIDI with Logic, so I may be off on this, but I think that should do it.

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Jun 17, 2008 9:59 AM in response to jdredge

That's what I have been trying to do, but after setting both MIDI controllers and their instruments to different channels, the softsynth still responds to all MIDI signals coming from all channels. Is there something in the preferences menus that could be defaulting everything to work on every channel? Or could there something I don't have set up correctly in the environment window?

However, I noticed that the EVB3 has it's own separate option to choose what MIDI channel it is on...and therefore it's the only instrument I can figure out how to control independently. I can't find a similar option on any other instrument.

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jdredge

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Jun 22, 2008 8:49 AM in response to cheeseobsessive

I can't think of what the problem is there, sorry.

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