LydiasRacket

I've been trying to do the same thing for some time now. I know that this is a feature request that has been out there for practically ever. It is possible to import a single midi file that will start when the patch is played however the only way to stop it is to quit MS. What you would do would be to create an External MIDI channel. Then in the channel strip inspector there is an option for 'Send MIDI File". Check this and then import your MIDI file. I have had to use Ableton for live performances because it will allow you to import and play a midi track with other backing tracks. You can also set the BPM by adding the value in the title. I would still much rather use MainStage though as we can also connect an iPod to it easily which would allow for changing of vocal and guitar effects that we have previously setup. Current setup uses a backing track and click track (The latter is routed to the in Ear monitors). We then use a MIDI track to control all of the lights. The MIDI commands are sent to LightKey which holds the various scenes for the lights. I *believe* that it may be possible to use another DAW or MIDI player in ReWire mode from MainStage, but I have had trouble getting this to work also. When I tried to ReWire Ableton Live 9 to MainStage was when I realized that I could just use Ableton. Again using Ableton is not ideal for me, but it will work. If *ANYONE* has any other suggestions for importing and playing a MIDI track, please let me know...s

I was stoked to find this, but I think that I personally am missing something. I created the external instrument channel strip and have that connected to another app that i have to control lights. I can set the MIDI Output to that app (LightKey) but then I get stuck when trying to find a way to import a MIDI file for that channel strip. I have tried using other channel strips but nothing is letting me "Choose a file". any help would be greatly appreciated...s

Hopefully someone can help here, or at least point me in the right direction on how I can achieve what I need to do. We have some pre-recorded synths that we use for our live shows. We also have a click track that we feed out to our drummer. On that click track, historically we would put the click on channel 3-4 and the house would be on channel 1-2. We recently picked up a this Behringer Xenyx X1222USB which can be an audio interface as well, however Logic Pro X is only seeing channel 1-2 as an available output. I started thinking that this may be normal behavior for most mixers, and maybe I should be utilizing the monitors rather than other channels, I just have never tried this before and that is why I am asking for advice. Am I just going to need to go a different route, or am I completely off base here thinking that I can do this with this mixer altogether? Also, just in case it is brought up, I would use MainStage for this endeavor, but it does not play nicely will pre-written MIDI files (Meaning they start and stop when MainStage starts as opposed to when you start/stop the song) and we use the MIDI files to control the lights that we have built for each song, so Logic is a must.