Assign instrument to midi controller buttons

Good evening folks, recently i've got a Launchkey 61 and i'm having trouble programming it with Logic X.
Here are some of my doubts:
1 - I want to operate the keyboard as a common tonebank synth, press a button and it change the patch, how do i do that? How can i assign patches to Launchkey pads and buttons?
2 - How can i create dual and split tones?
Thanks in advance.

Hi - quick question - are you planning to do this for live performance? If the answer is yes, it's much easier to do this in Mainstage rather than Logic. If it's not for live use, I'll let someone with better knowledge of Logic than me answer you.

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Hi. How do i set up instruments/patches in mainstage and only have them work on specific midi channels?
For example being able to have 16 patches, each with an individual midi channel.
Is this possible in Mainstage3?

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Use the "MultiTimbral" function in the Channel Strip Inspector to specify which strips respond to which MIDI channels, per patch.
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This is kind of a multi-part question:
I know that I can set up key commands to toggle between various markers, but can I set up a group of MIDI controller buttons so that each one represents the 1st marker, the 2nd marker, the 3rd marker, etc., etc. of whatever project/song might be loaded?
Pending that answer, is there a way to set up each marker as its own looping section (without manually changing the cycle section)? Logic makes it very inviting to write/record over looped parts, and I would love to be able to toggle between each looped section of a project, via MIDI controller hardware, for a more intuitive way to both write additional parts for each song section, as well as compose more fluid sequences and experiment with different arrangements without having to drag everything around in the arrange window. I figured that using markers would be a way to do this, since I am under the impression that I can already have the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. mapped out to MIDI controller buttons/triggers. I am hopeful that the trick can be accomplished with cycle automatically being associated with each marker section . . .
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You can assign buttons to control key commands by opening the key command set-up window. Navigate to the key commands you wish. You don't need to assign an actual key command for this to work, by the way. Highlight the appropriate key command (go to marker number X in your case). At the bottom left is the 'learn new assignment' button, press it and then press a button on your keyboard. Repeat for all desired key commands.
If you type 'marker' into the search box of the key command window, you will notice a key command a few spaces up from the 'go to markers' that is called 'set locators by marker and enable cycle' - to jump to this cycle just hit play, even if it's already in play it'll jump as long as you have 'play from cycle' selected in your play button options (which it is by default). Then press record and it will be recording.
There are several other key-command strategies that end up with the same result. So explore the options to find out what works for you. Since you can only assign one key command to a button, you do have to press several buttons (select marker, set loc. at marker, play, and then record).
You could rig up a little system in the environment that splits and converts cc messages so that pressing cc24 spits out 24,25,26 which are all assigned to different key commands. So one button kicks out 3 key commands this way. It's not too complicated to set up, but you need to pay attention to what is assigned to what or else you'll end up with a spaghetti pile of confusing assignments. Start with the easy 4 button method to make sure this is actually accomplishing what you want - who knows, maybe you will discover a key command combo that takes a step or two out. Then you can take a look at combining and simplifying.

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For those who are following this thread I have received the following info from LPH: it hasn't dealt with this through midi controllers but with key switches in a v. easy to work with fashion, though I would still like to have a result with former, if there is anybody that can give me a clear proceedure. Christian thanks for your help and if you are offay with MC's then I love to hear from you!
METHOD #1
Create a duplicate track for those instruments which you're keyswitching. Let's just focus on one instrument for now, flute. Create a duplicate track assigned to your flute instrument ("new track with same instrument/channel"). Next, copy all of the regions from the original track onto this track and merge (glue) them to create one contiguous track. Of course if you have only one region for the part, just copy the region over to the new track.
Then go into the piano roll editor and swipe the keyboard on the left in the range of your keyswitches. Then use the command "toggle selection" and hit DELETE. Now you have a region that contains only your keyswitches.
Or, of course, you can just swipe the range that the instrument plays in. Then hit DELETE. Either way...
The final step here is to untick the "score" checkbox for this keyswitch-only region (region parameters). Now, both tracks will still play, except only the actual flute part will appear in your score.
METHOD #2
In the score editor, open the staff style for the part. Set the highest note/lowest note range to (visually) filter out the keyswitch notes. This may seem like the easiest way to do things, but it will require you to have a distinct staff style applied to each part. For example, if you're using the Treble staff style for multiple parts (picc, flute, bass clarinet) and their key switches are in different ranges of the keyboard (as is the case with some libraries), you will need to create duplicates of "Treble", name them accordingly (picc, flute, b.clarinet), assign them to the various regions playing those parts, and then set their highest/lowest note values accordingly.

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I have a midi controller (m-audio oxygen 25), i have a record butto0 on the controller but i cant assigne it to logic ?! I can assign the volumes mixers on the mixers window in logic, but when you it comes to the record button.... I go ctrl+L but i cant assign this button !

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How to use a specific MIDI controller to control instruments loudness?

Hi, I just started using Logic, so it's possible I will find the answer to this question by myself over time, but maybe somebody can point me to the answer right now...
I want to control the loudness (volume) of a software instruments over time, for a given note, using a MIDI controller channel. The note velocity only controls the loudness of the attack.
Of course this is not applicable for an instruments such as the piano, but it is quite important for string or wind instruments where you can attack a note very softly but keep playing louder on the same note.
The MIDI controller to control that could be after touch. In my case, it would be CC2 (breath control), as I use a wind controller.
My experiment so far is that Logic sees the value of CC2 correctly, but whatever its value, the loudness of the note sound never changes.
I understand that the answer to that question might depend on the instrument under consideration. Then an example would be of great help.
Many thanks.
JD

Jean-Denis Muys wrote:
My experiment so far is that Logic sees the value of CC2 correctly, but whatever its value, the loudness of the note sound never changes.
As it was suggested you can try CC11 or you can transform your existing CC2 to CC11. Patch a transformer between the Physical Input and the Sequencer Input in Click & Ports Environment layer and make the next settings in the transformer:
Conditions
Status=Control
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Im using my virus TI synth as a midi controller for my soft synths.
It works just fine with my NI instruments, the midi learn functions just fine with those,
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Not sure what you mean by sending audio samples to your MIDI controller. Maybe you'd like to play or trigger these samples from your controller? One way is to cut them up (lots of ways to do this in Logic) and then assign the resultant bits of audio as samples in the EXS sample player. You can also assign these samples in Ultrabeat.
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Press the Go button.
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As far as the Novation is concerned, Automap is getting better with each update.
All the Logic plugs/instruments are pre mapped, but you may not like the schemes. Remapping is easy though, just takes time.
With Automap up to v3.4 you had to have a continuous C-2 note off message in the transport. Not a big deal but drove some people nuts. With v3.7 that is finally gone, but now the tap tempo is disabled . You can still tap tempo on the keyboard and get the readout, but it does not communicate this back to Logic.
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