How can I record each string from a synth guitar on a separate track in Logic Pro?

Record it all on 1 track and then use the separate by MIDI channel command under the midi menu.

What sound source do you have the MIDI tracks assigned to? Are you using sounds from the gr55? If so, you must route the midi back into it for play back. You separate by channel.

Johan Carlisle wrote:

My goal is to play a guitar and have each string recorded on a separate channel so I can process it inividually, etc.

What are you going to process? It's MIDI not audio, there has to be a sound generator, whether it's a Logic instrument or the GR-55. MIDI is not audio/sound, but you know that, right?

You can record six separate channels/tracks at once but it takes a little setup.

Create six MIDI tracks, set each tracks channel, go to Settings/Recording and select "Demix by Channel if Multitrack Recording" (or something like that).

Arm all six tracks and record, you should end up with each string on a corresponding track.

You can now edit the MIDI tracks but they will need to be sent either to the GR55 or a Logic synth.

Remember, sound will come out of the GR55 audio outs if you use it as a sound generator.

Try the method DSS posted, it's actually the easier way to do it, Logic can record a multichannel MIDI tracks and split all note by channel. Much easier to deal with than arming 6 tracks... I only posted the above to offer an alternate, Logic often provides more than one method to achieve the desired result.

Hi

In principle, this method would work, except that when using a guitar-MIDI converter in MONO mode, it transmits the MIDI data on separate channels for each string, including separate channel pitch bend messages. This will cause 'chaos' when recording to one Instrument track, since all the individual Pitch Bend info gets routed to one Instrument channel. It would work OK after recording, when you split by MIDI channel, but it would be awful to actually record that way.

There are 2 possible solutions: run the Guitar to MIDI converter in Poly Mode with Pitch bend turned off, and record on one Software Instrument track, or record using the (long) multi track for each MIDI channel.

CCT

CCTM wrote:

Hi

In principle, this method would work, except that when using a guitar-MIDI converter in MONO mode, it transmits the MIDI data on separate channels for each string, including separate channel pitch bend messages. This will cause 'chaos' when recording to one Instrument track, since all the individual Pitch Bend info gets routed to one Instrument channel.

CCT

Good thought, that's a ~lot~ of MIDI data to contend with, probably too much to insure accurate timing.

Years and years ago I had a PitchRider with a modified ROM by the original designer, worked well, at least on the top 3 or 4 strings... it had the individual channel capability but I never set it up that way, I remember it being h#ll to edit just on a single channel, it was much easier to become a better keyboard player.

Just set the track to no output while tracking.

Johan,

Where do you expect the sound to come from?

You have two sources available to you, at least that I can see.

The Mac's audio out (or if you have an audio interface, it's audio out)

Or...... the GR 55

And External MIDI track should send to the GR55, if you have a MIDI out going to the GR55's MIDI IN. In this case, the audio will come out of the GR55, is it plugged into an amp?

If you're using an audio instrument track, and have an instrument selected the sound will come out of the Mac, have you set up Logic's audio preferences?

Pancenter wrote:

Good thought, that's a ~lot~ of MIDI data to contend with, probably too much to insure accurate timing.

Hi

It's actually much more of a problem regarding "polyphonic" pitch bend.... 1 string is bent whilst others are not (for hammer ons, bends etc.). Normally this info is sent on separate MIDI channels, but if you record it on just 1 Instrument track in Logic, the pitch bend messages will apply to all input data, not per string/channel.

(All this assuming that the OP is using Logic instrument plugs as the sound source, and not any built-in sounds within the guitart to MIDI converter).

CCT