Play two instruments at the same time?

Hi!
I'm stuck with GarageBand right now, where I can only play one instrument at a time. Preferably I want to play both (for example) piano and strings using one real-time MIDI input. Is it possible to do that with either Logic Express or Pro?

Do you mean play the same thing at once with two instrumets simultaneously playing two different sounds?

Similar Messages

Any way to play two clips at the same time one over the other? (transprent)

Any way to play two clips at the same time one over the other? (transprent)

Yes.
See the information here for a variety of ways to do this:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=933500&tstart=50
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=903151&tstart=0
http://karsten.schluter.googlepages.com/jackiechancredit
http://www.geethree.com/slick/V_04.html

Apple TV plays two languages at the same time!

Hello,
I ripped some of my DVDs using handbrake. I added two language tracks (original language + my mother tongue).
After adding meta data with subler i also checked both language tracks at subler so they will both appear in itunes.
Everything works fine when i watch the movie on my computer, i can perfectly switch languages in the settings menu.
But wen i stream it to my apple tv (i use itunes on my computer at chose apple tv as streaming device/airplay instead of browsing with the apple tv directly)
it will play both languages at the same time! no matter if i chose a language in itunes or not, it always plays both languages.
Did anyone else have this problem?
Or even a solution?

When an apple tv and an airport express are connected at the same time and the apple tv is powered on, the itunes multiple speakers feature will show both the express and the apple tv. you can select either, or both using the multiple speakers option.

How to play two videos at the same time

Hi everyone!
Ok, so what I'm trying to do is basically play two videos, which are already saved on the computer, at the same time. I can get one video to play, but when i try to start another it just displays a blank screen.
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.media.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.media.protocol.*;
public class TwoVideoTest {
     public static void main(String[]args) {
     MediaLocator locator1 = null;
     MediaLocator locator2 = null;
     try {
     locator1 = new MediaLocator("file:/C:/truck1.mpg");
     locator2 = new MediaLocator("file:/C:/truck2.mpg");
     } catch(Exception e) {
     System.out.println("COULNDT CREATE LOCATORS IN MAIN TEST CLASS");
                      System.exit(-1);
     Player player1 = null;
     Player player2 = null;
                 try {
      player1 = Manager.createRealizedPlayer(locator1);
     player2 = Manager.createRealizedPlayer(locator2);
                  } catch(Exception e) {
          System.exit(0);
     JFrame frame = new JFrame();
     frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    JPanel panel1 = new JPanel();
   JPanel panel2 = new JPanel();
    panel1.add(player1.getVisualComponent());
   frame.getContentPane().add(panel1);
   frame.setSize(new Dimension(500,500));
   frame.setVisible(true);
   player1.start();
   player2.start();
}

HELLO AGAIN! I guess i post too soon....
So i modified my code and now the videos play together. Threads, sigh.
But the audio that comes with the video doesn't appear to be starting at the same time. And this problem I ASSURE you i have no clue how to handle. And yes i know, the two video audios will overlap, but this a test for heavens sake!
Anyways, heres the modified code in case it will help anyone
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.media.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.media.protocol.*;
public class Video implements Runnable{
     String url;
     MediaLocator locator;
     Player player;
     JPanel panel;
     public Video (String url,JPanel panel) {
          this.url = url;
          try {
               locator = new MediaLocator(url);
               player = Manager.createRealizedPlayer(locator);
               panel.add(player.getVisualComponent());
               player.start();
          } catch (Exception e) {
               System.out.println("ERROR CREATING MEDIALOCATOR");
               System.exit(-1);
     public void run() {
          try {
          Thread.sleep(100);
          } catch(Exception e) {}
     public static void main(String[]args) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          JPanel panel1 = new JPanel();
          JPanel panel2 = new JPanel();
          panel1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100,100));
          panel2.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100,100));
          Thread thread1 = new Thread(new Video("file:/C:/truck1.mpg",panel1));
          Thread thread2 = new Thread(new Video("file:/C:/truck2.mpg",panel2));
          frame.getContentPane().add(panel1);
          frame.getContentPane().add(panel2);
          frame.setSize(new Dimension(500,500));
          frame.setVisible(true);
          thread1.start();
          thread2.start();

Can itunes play two songs at the same time? Mine can!!

If you let a song run until just before the end and then click to an earlier part in the song on the time bar, itunes starts playing both that tune and the next one.
Does this happen with anyone else?
What a basic error, how did apple not catch this?
Peace and God Bless.
ibook g4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Actually, I have the same problem...only moreso.
When I'm streaming from another computer, my songs frequently start double-playing without my doing ANYTHING at all. Right now, The Skeleton Killers' "Despair" is doubling up--that's twice the dirge--and I wasn't even touching the computer when it started.
Oh, goodie! One of the streams has finished and the next song, George Michael's "Outside", has begun, now running concurrently with the last minute of "Despair". I can't tell you how poorly these songs go together.
The problem started with 7.0 and continues with 7.0.1
Apple! Help!
--Jay

Using mainstage with two instruments at the same time

Hi, I'm using an M-Audio firewire solo as an interface with my macbook. I have a usb keyboard and want to play guitar as well, switching between the two onstage. My question is, how do I get the outputs to the soundboard so they can be mixed separately? The interface has two inputs and balanced outputs (ch1 and ch2). I want channel 1 (gtr) to go to ch1 of the output and channel 2 (keys) to go to ch2 of the output so they can be mixed to the front of house and monitor mixes. Is this even possible using mainstage or logic, or even by just using the headphone out on the macbook?

Since MainStage only deals with outputs in stereo. You'll need to do some panning. Pan your Guitar fully LEFT, and your keys fully RIGHT. That'll give you two separate outputs....
FYI, there are some issues with panning in MainStage 2. So, to get around this.... Create two Sub Aux channels. One called Guitar Out, and the other Keys Out. Do your panning there and not on the individual channels. And send channel one to the Guitar Out Aux, and the Keys to Keys Out Aux.

I want to play two sources at the same time - what software is there?

Hi
Something of an unusual request. I have CDs of natural background sounds (my favourite is one of the sea which I have on iTunes on repeat). The sad thing is, I have to choose between these and my music.
What I need is a free CD player (software) that allows me to play my CDs on repeat in the background, then I can use iTunes for all my regular music playlists, and have them both going at once.
Any ideas?

I've found something called SimpleAudioCDPlayer which plays the CD (and does have a Loop facility).
Problems:
1. there is no icon in the Dock, just a little icon that floats right in the middle of my screen (I can adjust it to tiny but it's not moveable and is a bit of a nuisance)
2. more seriously, there is no volume control which means I cannot reduce the sea sound to background sound.
So maybe someone knows of something better?

[KDE] Unable to play two sounds in the same time

I am switching from gnome to kde, and i did a fresh install (i formatted) the entire system.
The problem is that, for example, before in genome i was able to have songbird playing while a movie was being as well played and if someone talked to me via pidgin, the warning sound would be heard as well....
In kde, if i am listening to amarok, i cannot listen the audio from a video from youtube, and sometimes, while i am listening to music, someone talks to me on kopete, stops the playback on amarok and then plays the new message warning sound...... i understand this is a misconfiguration of my audio system, isn't it?
Where should i start from? I am using xine as sound engine (phonon-xine)-.....
Thanks!
Last edited by Xi0N (2009-10-15 16:08:10)

Seems to be a problem with your alsa conf...
But, here with a stupid intel chipset, it works without any configuration !
Maybee your gnome was configured with pulseaudio?

Is it possible to play two videos at the same time in Captivate 4

My idea is to create some e-learning material which shows a screencast of a powerpoint presentation and a video in the top left corner of the screen showing somebody presenting the slides.
Does anybody know if it is possible to do this with Captivate 4?
I know this functionality is provided in Adobe Director.
Any help regarding this will be greatly appreciated
Kind Regards
Jay

Hi Jay
Do you have the eLearning Suite? If so, you have Adobe Presenter available to you. If you don't, you should be able to download the Presenter installation file and evaluate it.
Presenter is an add in for PowerPoint. The neat thing about it is that it provides for a Table of Contents type of functionality as you see is configured in Captivate. But the twist with that is you are able to do something you cannot do in Captivate. You are able to insert videos inside the TOC area!
Just musing out loud... Rick
Helpful and Handy Links
Captivate Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form
Adobe Certified Captivate Training
SorcerStone Blog
Captivate eBooks

Loading and Playing 2 videos at the same time

Hello everyone
I'm having a problem on loading and playing two videos at the same time on XletView.
The background video, I'm loading by editing channels.xml that is located at config folder into xletview folder. I've just to add the file path and when i start the video it starts playing.
But now, I have a problem. I have to load a file that is into my HD, and play it at the same time of the main(background) video.
Do anyone know how to do this?

anyone?
PowerBook G4 1.67 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.7) 1.5 GB ram

Can Express 9 play and record multiple instruments at the same time?

I have logic express 9 and was told with my interface that I can play and record different instruments at the same time on Express 9. Is this true because I have spent a long time trying to figure out how.

Hi,
to record multiple Inputs at a time, open up the appropriate number of audio tracks. Now for each track, select the correct Input in the Channelstrip.
Now, ARM all these tracks for recording by clicking the little red R in the track header or channelstrip. Now if you hit record, all these tracks should record simultaneously their respective inputs.
All other existing tracks should playback while recording.
Fox

I am very disappointed with iTunes. I have 1200 songs and I can't play them. I try to play them and before one song finish a song starts playing. This then results in hearing two songs at the same time. I will like to know if you can fix this. I feel li

I am very disappointed with iTunes. I have 1200 songs and I can’t play them. I try to play them and before one song finisha song starts playing. This then results in hearing two songs at the same time.I will like to know if you can fix this. I feel like listening with the iTunesplayer is useless.

I don't know man I too hope apple will do something this new I-tunes blow my top lost my whole tune!!!

Playing 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 software instruments at the same time

in older days, if you clicked on 3 programs in the sequencer like track 1,2 and 3 which made them blink on an Ensoniq TS10
you heard all three instruments at the same time which allowed for quite a nice sound. Other companies im sure had this feature. This was great for live playing as you had lots of combinations of SI/programs to experiment with. It seems GB when played live only plays one of the SI at a time. Am i wrong here? wouldnt it be nice if we could hit track one with piano, then double click track 2 with a synth pad, then the same with track 3 with a flute combine their sounds and depending on the RAM & processor speed ( ive got tons ) one could hear live the combination of multiple si and sf2's. this should be on GB 3.1 when i play at home live i should be able to hear the combination of sounds not just one of them

Drag the software instrument(s) into the timeline. Just clicking on a si loop in the browser window is for previewing the si. You can change the length of the loops by grabbing the right edge of the loop and dragging it.
Play around with GB and read the Help files.

With previous editions of iTunes for Windows, I could play a CD at the same time as it was being imported. That does not work anymore. Why not, and is there a way to do both with the most current version?

With previous editions of iTunes for Windows, I could play a CD at the same time as it was being imported. That does not seem to work anymore. Why not, and is there a way to do both with the most current version? I am running a Surface Pro 2 with Windows 8.1 and the most recent vesion of iTunes, which, in all other respects, works well. I just can't listen to an album for the 1/2 to 1 hour that it takes to import it into my library.

Two JVM's ? I thought that J2EE worked within a single JVM and run everything in containers. Can you see the two processes?

How can you listen to music and play a game at the same time?

How can you listen to music and play a game at the same time?
I am playing music, by starting the Crash Baandicoot Nitro Kart 3D game it shuts off the music playing. Is there a way around this?
It seems like this should be possible.
Message was edited by: RuthlessVengeance
Message was edited by: RuthlessVengeance

Select the music play list you want to listen to and start it playing. Go back to the home screen and start the app you want to use, music will stop. Press the home button two time quickly and it will bring up a simple control for controling the music. This works for me with all of the apps I have purchased including games. Just a note you can pull up the same music control if the iPod is a sleep and locked by pressing the button three times quickly.
Mike

Play two instruments at the same time?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for