Dedicate midi controller to instrument

I would like to know how to dedicate a midi controller to a specific instrument. I currently use two devices. I would like the Korg micrKontrol to be dedicated to a specific instrument. I would then use my Keystation for the instrument I have actively selected. It is important to not allow the Korg to work with the selected region.
I am using Logic 8.

Figured it out!
Open Environment window
View --> deselect "By Text"
drag the physical input that I want to the instrument I desire
done!

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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
Data Byte 1 (= 2)
Operations
Data Byte 1 (Fix 11)
It this scenario your incoming CC2 will be transformed into CC11 and you can control the Expression (CC11) of a software instrument if it responds to that controller at all ( some software instruments must be mapped previously to have such respond ). Note you will be able to control only the selected track this way.
You can try to use the Controller Assignment dialog and learn CC2 to control the "level" parameter of an instrument or its channel strip level fader, gainer plugin (which can be inserted in the top plugin slot) etc as well.
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Some software instruments are not working when midi controller is plugged in for logic pro x

So I have made a track and I have been using my midi controller. Some instruments work when i record on the track. But if i change to some other instrument i.e. the vintage organs, then it won't work. I have bypassed all control surfaces and it still hasn't worked.

Some of the vintage organ patches use different Midi channels.....other than Chan 1 for other registers... Example Chan 3 might be used for the pedals... and Chan 2 might be used for the lower keyboard/register of the organ...
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How do I hook my Keyboard up to my computer to use it as a MIDI controller?

Ok, I'm new to MACS and new to LOGIC. I just installed logic and all of its components on my IMAC. OSX 10.6.3 Once I installed everything, I tried to hook up my electric piano to use it as a MIDI controller. Mind you, I am also completely new to MIDI. My Piano is a KORG sp-300. I used an Alesis Audio Link USB- MIDI cable to connect my keyboard directly to a usb port in my MAC. I hooked up the midi side of the connector to the midi in and out on my keyboard, and plugged in the usb side to the computer. I then went to the Audio Midi set up, and looked in the midi studio, and there was the USB2MIDI(which is associated with the Alesis cord, and not my Korg piano) and the IAC driver from MAC. I checked so that both are online, and didn't change any of the other settings. I did a test set up, but when I played notes on the keyboard nothing happened.
So now when I open Logic, or garage band for that matter, it doesn't recognize that I have a midi controller hooked up. When I look in midi preferences in garageband, it says that there are 2 midi devices detected. In logic it says that there is no input or output.
I read the manual for LOGIC and for my Korg, and I am lost. Korg says that it transmits on 1 channel, automatically set to channel 1 if not adjusted, and receives on 16. If I am correct, right now I am not interested in receiving, only transmitting.
At this point, I just want to select a software instrument in Logic, play my Korg, and see notes(or MIDI data) appear in the arrange area. I don't know what's going on, but again, I am completely lost.
Could someone please help me here? Am I missing an obvious step? Like I said, I am new to all of this, so please let me know if you have any idea how to get my midi controller to work. It says in the Korg manual that it can be used as a controller, or a multitimbral tone generator. And I did switch the Local Off.
By the way, who would be best to call to solve this issue. MAC? Sweetwater(where I bought the Alesis cord, and Logic)? Or Korg?
Please let me know if you have any helpful advice.
Thanks,
Tristan

MUYconfundido wrote:
Pancenter,
Thanks for the response, but I do not have a midi interface. I am using a midi to usb connector cable, thus bypassing the need for a Midi interface.
The Mac reads the USB cable as a midi device, but not the keyboard that I am trying to use as a controller. I have tried it with my korg sp 300 and with my Nord Electro 2.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Tristan
Tristan...
This is what you have, correct?
http://www.alesis.com/usbmidicable
This from Alesis..
"The AudioLink Series USB cable receives and outputs MIDI signal thanks to its internal interface. The USB-MIDI Cable connects plug-and-play to your Mac or PC for an all-in-one USB-MIDI solution."
Notice, -internal interface-. What you have is a simple USB MIDI Interface. Most MIDI interfaces are USB.
My point is (was), MIDI OUT of the Korg goes to the connector marked MIDI IN on the Alesis, those new to MIDI often get this wrong.
pancenter-

Mute Button on a Midi controller. How do I set this up?

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Since bus 32 is not in the environment window (make sure it isn't), it won't output any sound to the main outs, and you won't hear that Audio Instrument you've just inserted. Nevertheless the audio is still being routed within Logic, and will affect the SideChain of the noise gate, which is what you want to create the stutter.
Sequence the rhythm for the stutter into the midi track (you won't hear the Audio Instrument, but you should hear the vocal track stuttering to your midi track playing), do any quantizing you want, etc, and the noise gate will follow the notes.
You can also tweak the Noise Gate of course, to ease the threshold of the stutter, etc.
Even if it's not what you're after, you may find it's a really useful tool for many kinds of results.
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www.logicprocorner.com

Sending audio samples to midi controller

i have logic pro 8 and i was wondering how to send chopped up samples of an audio file to my midi controller which is an axiom 49. for example, i wanna chop up some vocals and instrument loops from a song called dazed and confused to create a hip hop song and i ve seen it done before on youtube just wondering how to do it.

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.
You'll need a basic familiarity with editing in Logic, as well as some fundamental knowledge of the EXS sampler or Ultrabeat.

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Hi there, been a viewer of the discussions here for a while & felt compelled to finally sign up to hopefully offer some help with this problem as I had exactly the same when I first got Logic Pro.
The problem is more to do with the sound setup than the controller keyboard as logic is sensing midi data as you have seen in the transport.
I would suggest firstly (Hopefully Pro & Express are the same in these respects) clicking on the Logic Express tab in the top left, then Preferences, then Audio.
In the box that appears select the Drivers tab. Then make sure that the Core Audio check box is ticked. Under that make sure that you output source is selected (ie your interface if using monitors, or built in Audio if not)
Hopefully this should help.
The simplest to test your sound is by clicking on the Audio tab (3rd or 4th along at top) & opening the Loop Browser, choosing a catagory & draging a sound onto a track.
Remember to click on the track you will be dragging onto to select it & in the Loop Browser Blue loops go onto audio tracks & green onto instrument tracks.
Now with testing the controler keyboard...
Click on an instrument channel, then goto the bottom left of the screen where you will see that channels fader.
Above the fader click on the I/O (you may have to click & hold here) choose either mono or stereo, then choose say the EXS24 & try you keyboard.
Hit * on the numeric keypad & play something, then hit space to stop & you will have your 1st region.
I hope this helps with you problem, Logic can be confusing at times but is worth sticking with.
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Tonewheel Organ Not Responding To Midi Controller

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Hi
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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Thanks
digi

With the help of Bee Jay (much thanks), I figured this out. What you have to do is this
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Switching tracks via MIDI controller

I've been using Logic 7 for a couple of years now. Until today, I used the 'musical typing' function and the mouse to manipulate the software synthesizers. I just got the M-Audio Oxygen controller, and I'm having trouble finding out how to toggle among software instruments via the controller. So far, I'm only able to switch instruments by selecting their tracks with the mouse. I've tried assigning the instrument tracks to different MIDI channels, then selecting that channel on my controller, but it still will only play the track that is highlighted on the screen. Logic and Oxygen references don't seem to have the answer

Open the Key Commands window -
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98% of the time, when I load a drum machine, only a few of the keys on my MIDI controller will respond with sounds. If I switch to any other instrument patch, all keys work perfectly, but when I switch back, it's still spotty. I've disconnected and reconnected, restarted Logic, restarted the computer, and opened new sessions. Anyone have any advice?

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When loaded are you seeing any notifications that samples are missing?
Could possibly by Logic/controller related. (Is this Logic-X?)
Try deleting Logic's preferences:
In the Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder from the menu.
Type ~/Library/Preferences in the "Go to the folder" field.
Press the Go button.
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Onscreen piano keys stuck when using midi controller

Hi,
I am using a Yamaha PSR-172 as my midi controller. I use SoundTech's Lightsnake as my midi-usb connector. It is supposed to power the Yamaha keyboard from the usb, but it doesn't; I still need to use the yamaha power adaptor. Anyway, my onscreen keyboard displays the notes I play on the Yamaha; they colour as I play them via the controller. Sometimes they continue to make sound after I have released them, and the onscreen keys stay coloured. The sound continues until I change instruments or close garageband. There is no problem with the Yamaha PSR-172 when I use it as a stand alone instrument. Any explanation or suggestion would be appreciated.
Thanks,
shirtless

crazymofo wrote:
No, I'm not using a sustain pedal. I'm using the Microkorg and the keys are pretty horrible (sticky and aren't that responsive), could it be this that's causing the notes to sustain indefinitely (until I press the key of the note that won't stop ringing)?
Yes, it could be that no note off (or similar/equivalent message) is being sent. You should watch your MIDI in/out on the right side of the display in the transport bar and assert if any message is being sent when you release the key. It could be that when you strike it a second time that the note off message is being sent, especially if the electrical contacts are dirty.
A new keyboard will probably solve that, yes. Unless it also has dirty contacts.
regards, Erik.

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Hi:
A friend lent me a Yamaha PSR-550 to use as a MIDI controller for Software Instruments, but I am having a few problems. My MIDI to USB interface is an M-Audio Uno 1x1. I have already used my Roland V-Accordion with no issues- it was plug and play. I assumed the same with the Yamaha and hooked it up but got no sound. Checking the 550's manual I saw that there were a few different templates for MIDI setup. The "Master Keyboard" looked right (using the keyboard strictly as a controller for MIDI data) but it gave me nothing. I tried the other templates too without success.
In GB help I read about Audio MIDI Setup, opened it, created a new device and connected the ins and outs but still got no sound from the keyboard and no indications in Test Setup. Then I downloaded a USB-MIDI driver for the Yamaha and installed that. Nothing. Reading some posts in the Discussions I swapped the MIDI in and out cables, although they specify "To MIDI In" &c. Still nothing. Finally I noticed that the M-Audio Uno is showing no activity coming from the keyboard. I tried all those templates again but am still seeing no signal from the 550. As an aside, I just noticed that when I click on the "New External Device" icon while in Test Setup mode the Out arrow from the Uno shows red and the Uno itself indicates that a signal is going out.
My question is whether I am doing something wrong in the PSR-550 setup, or if the MIDI out on the keyboard could possibly be bad. Thanks to everyone in advance for any help you can give me.
/bob luke

I am working without a net here (not at home where my Mac and Yamaha are), but I will TRY to lend some advice from my experience, and will try to confirm and clarify it tonight when I get home.
I go through the same problem every time I hook up my PSR-740 to my Mac. I too have a Uno 1x1. It usually takes some fiddling with all of the controls.
I seem to recall the main issue is within the Yamaha's setups and I don't know if the 550 has the same options as the 740. But, what I have to do is go into the MIDI Utility function on the 740 and make sure 2 functions are set a certain way - I believe one has to be External ('Control' function?) and the other may be 'Yes' to MIDI output?. Don't quote me on that yet and sorry for the vague answer. Hopefully I can set you straight later today.

What to buy? I want to use my Technics KN-5000 as the MIDI controller.

Hi,
I tried searching for similar threads but couldn't find something that close to my particular situation. I'm completely new to Logic and computer MIDI in general, at the moment I have...
Technics KN-5000
iMac 24"
From what I've read and heard I am planning to buy...
Logic Studio
a USB-MIDI converter cable
My main questions are:
Is this all I need to get started with Logic?
Are there any disadvantages to using an older keyboard as opposed to a new purpose-built MIDI controller?
Will I only be able to use the software instruments from Logic, or will I be able to use the instruments from the KN-5000?
Will I be able to map any controls from the KN5000 to Logic functions (sliders, etc.)?
When capturing MIDI will Logic capture the full range of features from the KN5000 (sustain pedal, etc.)?
Is there anything else I should consider buying?
I appreciate that I've given a whole load of questions, if anyone can answere any of the questions it'd me much appreciated. Also, I can only apologise for being an annoying noob!
Thanks in advance.

Hi, Welcome to the forum!
1. To get starting with Logic Yes!
you don't say how much ram you've got
but it is advisable 2GB.
2. Nope.
3. You can use both, but after listen the sounds you have in Logic
I don't think you'll use the KN's.
4.Problably Yes.
5. Yes!
6. An audio interface if you plan to record audio,
Monitors (speakers) I believe it's a must, I don't believe you get satisfaction from
iMac speakers...
Well, next time try to post only one question, I'm getting dizzy... ;o)
Peace,
Jorge

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