Multiple Midi Ports

[carya]

Hi,

 

I've been using Logic on and off for the past few years. I like hardware instruments. For the life of me I can't set up each of my MOTU 8 port interfaces to all the available channels on each port. I'm now using Logic X. I fear I will have to set this up in the Environment. Can someone point me in the right direction?

 

Thanks,

Cary

[David Nahmani]

I can't set up each of my MOTU 8 port interfaces to all the available channels on each port.

What do you mean exactly? What are you trying to do: hook up multiple MIDI controllers? Route MIDI data from external MIDI tracks in Logic to hardware synthesizers/samplers?

[carya]

Hi David,

 

Thanks for the reply. I have 5 keyboards, and 3 modules each hooked to a port on my 8x8 midi interface. I would not only like to be able to play any keyboard without messing with midi channels, and keep them all on channel one. That is unless I need an extra part or two out of a multi-timbral keyboard. I would like to just select which ports I want active and not constantly change channels when I chose to work and play multiple keyboards at a time. I know how to play multi keys using channels, but can I do it using midi ports?

 

I hope I was clear enough.

 

Thanks,

Cary

[David Nahmani]

Logic's sequencer doesn't differentiate between MIDI ports. Only MIDI channels. So if you want to play live, you could do that in the environment, by cabling the ports out of the physical input objects (Click and Ports layer) directly into the desired channel strip(s). But for recording you'll have to use different MIDI channels.

 

Hey, you could also simply cable the different ports out of the physical input into transformers, each changing the MIDI channel sent by a port, then cabling them all to the sequencer input, that way as far as Logic's sequencer is concerned you are transmitting on different MIDI channel (but you don't have to change anything on your controller keyboards).

[carya]

Thanks David. I'll try both of these methods out.

 

Cary

[David Nahmani]

You're welcome, let us know how they work for you.