[Ardour-Users] Directing MIDI input from a keyboard

[Leigh Dyer]

On 06/26/2011 06:43 PM, Nando wrote:
> Midi channels?

I've tried MIDI channels, but they only partly solve the problem -- they 
work okay if all of your MIDI tracks are just being sent to the same 
multitimbral synth anyway, but if you're using multiple synths and 
they're all expecting data on channel 1, you're still stuck.

Thanks
Leigh

>
> On 26 Jun 2011 05:36, "Leigh Dyer" <lsd at wootangent.net
> <mailto:lsd at wootangent.net>> wrote:
>  > Hi all,
>  >
>  > I have a project set up in Ardour 3 with a number of MIDI tracks, all of
>  > which I'd like to be able to selectively play with and record to from my
>  > MIDI keyboard. I have the keyboard hooked up to each track's inputs, but
>  > when I press a key, the message gets sent to every track, which makes
>  > working with specific sounds difficult.
>  >
>  > I was hoping that MIDI would work in a similar way to audio, ie: with
>  > Auto Input disabled, MIDI data should only go to those tracks that are
>  > armed for recording. That way, I could simply arm the track I want to
>  > play with, and disarm any others.
>  >
>  > Is there a way to get this to work, or is there some other way of
>  > managing a single keyboard input across multiple MIDI tracks?
>  >
>  > Thanks
>  > Leigh
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