Assigning Midi Signals

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Assigning Midi Signals

I would like to play Garage band instruments live thru my Nord Electro 2 keyboard. I noticed when I depress the ustain pedal the Garage band organ sound gives a great Leslie effect which is not part of the origional sound. This gives rise to the question: how can I assign other midi controller values to different switches and knobs of my keyboard?

2.33 Ghz MBP Core 2 Duo, 17" Powerbook 1.5 Ghz, Mac OS X (10.4.8), Sony T250 10.6"

Posted on Nov 3, 2006 5:26 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 3, 2006 11:29 PM in response to Bill E. Gates

i dont' think garage band has mapping capability.....

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Answer 2

Nov 3, 2006 11:59 PM in response to Bill E. Gates

.. how can I assign other midi controller values to
different switches and knobs of my keyboard?

this is something you do with the keyboard rather than with GarageBand, so you'll have to research it from that aspect. GarageBand is very limited in what it will accept. If you use SoundFontSynth to access the QuickTime Musical Instruments you can send the MIDI numbers and change instruments from the keyboard. You can assign different functions to the modulation wheel by sending CC messages: 01=modulation (default), 07=channel volume, 10=pan, 128=Pitch Bend sensitivity (this last enables you to increase the amount of pitch bend, but not with GarageBand instruments, only with SoundFonts and QT instruments).

Stay away from CC 120 to 127 which could screw things up.

Note that any settings you change, such as pitch bend sensitivity, will be reset on restarting GarageBand.

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