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Why won't MainStage send program change MIDI to external synths

One of the main reasons i moved to mainstage was the ability to seanlessly use both the mainstage sounds plus the internal sounds in my hardware synths . Since i upreaded to mainstage 3 i cant send program change MIDI to external synths ... I really need to have this resolved . it is critical

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 27, 2013 9:21 AM

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Oct 30, 2013 5:35 PM in response to Bayete

Seems to be working for me. I can send in a program change, and the external instrument channel strip will send out the correct program change.

I did notice that new patches I added have their own program change number, so I had to set it to what I wanted (for the mainstage patch itself, under attributes).

So, starting from the begining, I :

- added an External Instrument channel to my existing MS patch

- I set the output of that new channel to the correct midi output device

- I selected the ext. instr. channel and then went to the inspector->MIDI Output tab and checked the box "Send Program Change" and I selected a prog. change number


I monitored this output using MIDI Monitor and it all looked correct.

I hope this helps...

Why won't MainStage send program change MIDI to external synths

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