Can We block a MIDI Input in Garageband

Hello All
I have two MIDI Keyboards going into my G5.
I only want Garageband to "SEE" only one of them.
Any suggestions much appreciated.

Sorry, GB can't do that. Midi tracks listen to all the midi signals that are coming in on all channels.

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Does anyone know how to select the midi input in Garageband? At the moment it only acknowledges that there are 4 inputs and all controllers set off the synths...Reason is fine, you can select which midi input you want...I have Garageband 2...does version 3 have this option or have I overlooked something in 2?
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shippo_uk wrote:
Is this possible and if so how do I acheive this please?
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http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/Tutorials.html#buildaninstrument
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Midi input is shown, and all is working.
But.. after some hits on my midi drums (guitar hero drumkit with wireless usb adapter and miditar hero software running)
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when i choose another instrument (sound) then it works , but not for long ... i always have to choose another instrument to keep it running.
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external hardware - USB - Wireless - Adapter - external software.
You have pretty much everything in your setup that could go wrong.
My guess that in any of the components before GarageBand something goes wrong, looses the connection/transission.
I would use a replace GarageBand in the setup with MIDI Monitor, to "see: how the MIDI signallooks like from your source. MIDI Monitor is a little utility (or use any other utlitlity) that displays MIDI messages. There you could see if your source is stopping the MIDI signal. If that is the case, then GarageBand is of the hook.
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I have a keyboard connected to my mac via USB midi interface.
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But in Mainstage the situation with the midi input is different. When I press a key on my keyboard, it plays the sound, then stops responding to other midi commands for about 2-3 seconds. And then after I press another key, it plays it, and stops responding again.
The "CPU" and "Memory" indicators at the top show a low load.
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As the midi interface is working correctly in GarageBand and doesn't work well in Mainstage, I suspect that it's a Mainstage's software problem. But I haven't found anything like that on the Internet. Any ideas?
Devices: Macbook Pro 13" (2011), M-Audio MidiSport Uno...
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I have the Line 6 midi interface for the ipad and am trying to figure out how to record from an external keyboard into garageband. Any ideas? Any help you can give? Please?
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