Configuring MIDI input filters

You can use the Input Filters tab set up MIDI message, velocity, or quantize filters.

Setting up MIDI message input filters

Use the Input Filters tab to choose which notes or other MIDI messages you want to record or exclude from MIDI recordings.

1.Select the track where you want to apply the filter.

2.From the View menu, choose Track Properties.

3.In the Track Properties dialog, click the Input Filters tab.

4.Choose Message Filter from the drop-down list at the top of the page.

5.Select the Enable check box.

6.Select your recording options.

ItemDescription

Record all

Select this radio button if you want to record all MIDI messages from the input port.

Record selected items Select this radio button if you want to choose which MIDI messages you want to record.

Record unselected items Select this radio button if you want to choose which MIDI messages you want to ignore when recording.

7.Choose a setting from the MIDI Message Type drop-down list. The box at the bottom of the page displays the available MIDI messages.

8.Select the check box for each MIDI message that you want to filter. When editing note messages, you can double-click the Min and Max boxes to type the notes you want to filter.

Tips:

•If you're recording into two tracks, you can use note message filters to split your keyboard and create two separate parts. For example, set track 1 to record only notes A1 to B4, and set track 2 to record only notes C5 to C9. If you assign track 1 to a plucked string bass soft synth and track 2 to a grand piano synth, the low notes you play on your keyboard will be recorded only on track 1 and will be voiced by the bass. The high notes you play will be recorded only on track 2 and will be voiced by the piano.

•Filtering continuous controller messages allows you to control exactly which continuous controllers are recorded. For example, if you wanted to make sure you didn't accidentally record modulation automation by bumping your keyboard's modulation wheel, you could select the Record unselected items radio button, choose Continuous Controllers from the MIDI Message Type drop-down list, and then select the Modulation check box.

•Excluding system exclusive messages during recording can improve performance during real-time recording and when using MIDI thru.

WORKING WITH MIDI 205