zadillo Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Hi all, I'm very new to Logic, so I'm sure I'm just missing something obvious here, but hoping someone can help me out. Essentially, I'm looking to do what's described here: https://www.logicprohelp.com/instruments-tracks-midi-channels/ I have Logic Pro X latest version, and I have two MIDI controllers - an Arturia MiniLab MkII and a Korg NanoKey Studio. What I'm trying to do is essentially just have two tracks with two different software instruments, and have the MiniLab MkII only control track 1, and the NanoKey Studio only control track 2. I've tried following the instructions in the link above, but can't seem to actually get it to do this. On the Arturia MiniLab MkII, to set the midi channel, you hold the Shift key down on the controller and press one of the keyboard keys for the MIDI channel you want to set it to. On the NanoKey Studio, it seems like you have to set the channel in the KORG software editor. I've basically done this with both - and I'm trying to focus on just even getting the MiniLab working this way first to make sure I have it basically figured out, but I don't seem to. For example, I hold the shift key down and set the MIDI channel to 1. I then set the MIDI channel for track 1 to 1 as well. Doing this, the MiniLab controls this track. However, if I then change the channels, it still controls it anyway (i.e. if I leave the Logic track 1 set to channel 1, but change the channel on the MiniLab to channel 2, it still seems to control it anyway. It's this that's making me think I'm still missing something obvious. I've tried various combinations and just can't seem to get it working. Does anyone have any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 The first thing to do would be to check the MIDI channel that the keyboards are sending: click the little down-arrow to the right in the LCD display in the Control bar and choose "Custom" – the "No in" display on the right is a MIDI Input monitor. Play a key on a keyboard and you'll see a note symbol followed by 3 values. The first one of those values is the MIDI Channel, the second is the note pitch and the last the note velocity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Hi, I'm trying to focus on just even getting the MiniLab working this way first to make sure I have it basically figured out, but I don't seem to. For example, I hold the shift key down and set the MIDI channel to 1. I then set the MIDI channel for track 1 to 1 as well. Doing this, the MiniLab controls this track. However, if I then change the channels, it still controls it anyway (i.e. if I leave the Logic track 1 set to channel 1, but change the channel on the MiniLab to channel 2, it still seems to control it anyway. That approach won't work with this feature, unfortunately. After you've made sure each device is sending data on a unique MIDI channel and that each track has a corresponding MIDI channel, you have to have each track record-enabled. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution zadillo Posted September 12, 2017 Author Solution Share Posted September 12, 2017 Thanks everyone! I think I got it working - part of the problem is that the instructions for using the MiniLab to change the MIDI channel didn't seem to be quite right (it seemed like I had to select another scene first). but all working now. I created a new project and successfully have one controller controlling one track and another controlling the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Great! Good to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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