SchreuderMusic Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Hello, My name is Bastiaan. I have 3 midi keyboards connected to logic. Two via USB and one via my audio interface. I want to control , lets say, Virtual instrument on track one with my keyboard nr. 1. VST on track two with my keyboard nr 2 and VSt on track 3 with my keyboard nr 3. Now i already found the button on the left to change the mudi channel that is used as the input for the VSt. But still, even when i change it to channel 1 or 2 or 14 every keyboard makes a sound with the VSt. How Can i set Keyboard 1 to send only signals to midi channel 1 and not 2-16? The same for keyboard 2 and 3. Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Hello. Follow this guide: Control Multiple Instruments on Different MIDI Channels J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchreuderMusic Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 Hello. Follow this guide: Control Multiple Instruments on Different MIDI Channels J. He J. Thanks. I already found this thread, but the thing is...If I change the send channels via de keyboards ( mostly by pressing a series of keys ) i still doesnt work. My kb's: Digital piano yamaha clavinova, m-audio oxygen 49, alesis q25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 You're welcome. You need to configure each of your keyboards to send on a specific channel. How to do that depends on the keyboard. If you don't do that step, it won't work. J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchreuderMusic Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 Ok i'va been working on setting all 3 keyboards up with one midi channel. kb1 is midi channel 1 kb2 is midi channel 2 kb3 is midi channel 3 I've tried using this in kontakt4 and when i set midi channel on the left in arrangement window to ' all' and inside kontakt i choose the midi channel 1,2 or 3 it works!! see attachement BUT I can't seem to figure out how to do this with other vst's like the ones provided by logic ( es1 etc ) There is no function inside the vst to change midi channel. see attachement if i try setting midi channel to 1,2 or 3 ont eh left hand-side of the screen it doenst change anything. 1,5,8 or 16 , every keyboard plays the same instead of only one working It all sounds very strange to me. i hope someone can help me. I have a show on thuesday and have to perform live with these 3 keyboards.... midi channel in kontakt 4 midi channel in es1 midi channel in es1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beej Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 BUT I can't seem to figure out how to do this with other vst's like the ones provided by logic ( es1 etc ) There is no function inside the vst to change midi channel. In your screenshots, see the Instrument parameters, where it says "MIDI Channel: All"..? For instrument 1, set this to "1". For the second instrument, set it to "2" etc. Now the incoming MIDI on channel 1, from keyboard one, gets channelised to the software instrument on channel 1. Etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 BUT I can't seem to figure out how to do this with other vst's like the ones provided by logic ( es1 etc ) There is no function inside the vst to change midi channel. Hello Bastiaan, Did you read the guide in the link posted by Jordito? It answers all your question and shows you how to control multiple instruments on multiple MIDI channels in 4 easy steps. Make sure you read them again and make each one of those 4 steps is completed properly. If it doesn't work, that most likely means you missed one of the 4 steps. In the previous post, Beej' re-explained step #3, but really it's all in the linked guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchreuderMusic Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 BUT I can't seem to figure out how to do this with other vst's like the ones provided by logic ( es1 etc ) There is no function inside the vst to change midi channel. Hello Bastiaan, Did you read the guide in the link posted by Jordito? It answers all your question and shows you how to control multiple instruments on multiple MIDI channels in 4 easy steps. Make sure you read them again and make each one of those 4 steps is completed properly. If it doesn't work, that most likely means you missed one of the 4 steps. In the previous post, Beej' re-explained step #3, but really it's all in the linked guide. Look. I followd all the steps. Maybe 10 times! It is correct according to the steps. But when I go left in the arrangement window and I want to use midichannel 1,2 or 3 all keyboards respond. Even thought there are sending there signal to only one midi channel. As you can see above, in kontakt 4 it works perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Look. I followd all the steps. Maybe 10 times! It is correct according to the steps. But when I go left in the arrangement window and I want to use midichannel 1,2 or 3 all keyboards respond. Even thought there are sending there signal to only one midi channel. Do you mean "even though they are sending their signals to three distinct MIDI channels, one specific channels for each synth"? That's step #2. Try this: open a brand new, empty project, create 2 tracks, with two Logic internal instrument, for example ES1 and EVP88, and try to map 2 keyboards to those 2 tracks, following the linked guide. If you cannot make this work, there's something you're doing wrong. Let us know, we'll have to figure this out together. If you can make it work, then try to do it for 3 tracks, with 3 keyboard, it should work exactly the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoolsGold Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Hey Guys! Done all the above, and read the other topic posted above. Its still not working for me! I have two keyboards that i wnt to play seperate instrument tracks. I have followed the steps changed the midi channels on the left and still both keyboards play both tracks, i know keyboards are submitting to only one channel, because when i hit a note on respective keyboards the midi channel is shown in the transport bar with the velocity. Its like even when i change the channel on the instrument it stays on all? Anyone shed some light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 FoolsGold, please tell me: 1) What MIDI channel is keyboard #1 transmitting on? 2) What MIDI channel is keyboard #2 transmitting on? 3) Did you select Auto Demix by MIDI channel if multitrack recording? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 i know keyboards are submitting to only one channel You need to change that or it won't work. Make each of them send on a unique channel. Example: keyboard 1: Channel 1. keyboard 2: Channel 2. J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoolsGold Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 OK Yes both are submitting to different channels of course. 1) Keyboard 1 is midi channel 1 2) Keyboard 2 is midi channel 2 3) Selected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 And you have two tracks set one to MIDI channel 1 and the other to MIDI channel 2, correct? Are both those tracks record enabled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoolsGold Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 yes and yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 OK everything seems right... in case you haven't done this already: When you play on each one of the MIDI keyboards, can you look at the transport bar's MIDI input display (it says "No in" when there's no incoming MIDI data) to verify that the first one is actually sending on MIDI channel 1 and the other on channel 2? That should be the first number to the right of the note icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoolsGold Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Hey David, sorry for late reply have been on Holidays away from my studio, yes both transmit separate channels in transport bar, still cant get them to work separately, did some experimentation which led me to his, when i load up a Third Party Instrument, in this case a Korg M1 and select Midi Channel 2 in that instrument (not in logic), and still have midi channel set to all in logic, it plays only on the keyboard submitting channel 2. When i do this and switch the MIDI Channel in logic to channel 2 then, both keyboards work, and play Korg m1 inst,,, This is the only progress i have made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n6smith Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Make sure that in Logic's Inspector... Where it says Midi Channel - ALL by default, change this to match the channel of the keyboard you wish to use with that instrument. See Beej's post about this further up the thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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