GM Track to default on Program 0 and no Icons? [SOLVED]

[Thomas91]

Is there any way to tell Logic to always load MIDI program 0 or 1 if I add a new MIDI track & no icons!? & is there a key command to go through the different MIDI programs? If I add 16 MIDI tracks I always have programs loaded...why? & why these programs?

 

Thanks!

[David Nahmani]

When creating new external MIDI tracks from the Arrange area Logic creates a GM MIDI multi-instrument in the environment. Those have programs pre-selected for the various MIDI channels. If you want, you can set those programs to 0 and save that project as a template. That way when you create external MIDI tracks they will all have their program set to 0.

 

Another way would be to create as many instruments (New > Instrument) as you need in the environment, drag and drop them to the Arrange area and in the pop-up alert, choose to create new tracks. All of those will be set to program = 0 by default.

 

All tracks have icons by default, but here again you could set them to "No icon" and save your project as a template.

[Thomas91]

Thanks David!

[David Nahmani]

You're welcome!