Help needed using multiple midi controllers with logic as rewire master

Hi all, i've been using logic 8 for a while now and have finally settled down after learning lots of digital production theory, to sorting my studio setup and start producing for real.
My setup includes 1 24" iMac 2.56ghz with profire610 interface, 1 behringer bcf2000, 1 mpk61, 1 apc40 and I'm using logic 8 with reason 5 and live 8 rewired and have recently brought in the komplete 7, sylenth and max5 plug-ins. My aim is to assign the behringer to logic to control it's tracks in the mixer, the apc40 with ableton (obviously!) and the keyboard switching between all three daws but more importantly keeping the mpc pads for the kong drum designer in reason.
Am I right in thinking logics environment section can offer me a workable option to get complete routing control over the midi messaging between the controllers and the daws??
Have I explained myself right?
Any help is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance

and I forgot to mention I'd like to be able to send and recieve audio and midi between the 3 daws like using one to sequence another and say be able to export midi/audio to ableton and start it playing.
I also dj so I would ultimately prefer to be creating and compiling drum and synth loops and easily pass them to ableton whether in the studio or at a gig.

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Hi Alphabet man,
abc1337 wrote:
Hi,
if i wanted to play two midi controllers (e.g. a Roland A90 set to midi channel 1, and a Novation SL61 set to Midi channel 2), to play two soft synths within logic at the same time, can I do this?
Yes.
I've been reading this topic also:http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1596520&tstart=0
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You need the SECOND window, below the 'midi thru' one - look under the greyed out +Core Audio Inst 1+:
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I know i can play the above two controllers in main stage at the same time, but i also want to record the sounds i make at the same time?
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I have a newer macbook pro that has 2 USB ports, and a lightning port and a firewireport.
On stage I will be using the firewire port connected to a Presonus Firestudio mobile to use as the interface to the house mixer.
I will use 1 USB for my M-audio Axiom 61
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In previous versions of Logic, the only way to record multiple MIDI sources (for example a V-Drums kit and a keyboard) at the same time has been to make sure they are on different MIDI channels, and then choose the "auto demix MIDI channels" option in preferences.
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Guys, this is really quite simple to accomplish in the midi environment, susprised you've been hunting for so long for the answers, here's a quick step by step:
1. Go into Midi Environment
2. Change the view in the Environment window to show Click & Ports
3. To make things easier, click the 'Input Notes' label, and delete the object. And also click the 'Input View' label, and delete that also, so you're left with a blank canvas. (These are handy tools when testing, just deleting them to make things clearer).
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peterland1 wrote:
More importantly, when i open up Logic 8.0.2, the transport bar displays "No In", "No Out". This is very confusing seeing as that the device is recognized in the Audio/Midi Setup.
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I am a newbie with regards to home recording and using Logic Pro X and I need some help and advice about setting up my home recording set up for the first time. I want to connect my synthesizer Korg Triton Extreme to my Audio Interface Steinberg UR22 to my Apple Imac computer.
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I must preface this by saying I have no experience what so ever with using midi with logic except for plugging in one of my usb midi keyboards and playing piano, and organ sounds from garageband and logic.
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1. M-audio O2 usb midi controller
2. Evolution Mk-461c usb midi controller
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Right now I either get both keyboards producing the bass sound or the organ sound. Not one doing bass and the other doing organ.
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brzilian76 wrote:
This is a painful and involved process in LE7 which requires an understanding of the MIDI enviroment. Its so much easier to do in LE8/9 - I would just fork over the $99 and upgrade.
If paying for the upgrade were and option I'd gladly do it, but unfortunately it's not in the budget right now.

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