Using the MIDI tab

Note: If you have a MIDI controller that includes buttons and knobs that you map to external control functions, you can use the device as an external control device and as a MIDI input device for recording MIDI — for example, you can use the buttons, knobs, and sliders on the device for external control, and still use the keyboard, pitch wheel, and modulation wheel for recording MIDI.

MIDI messages that are mapped to external control functions are filtered when you record MIDI. If a note message is assigned to a control surface function, both the note-on and note-off messages will be filtered.

Item

Description

 

 

 

Make these devices available for

Select the check box for each MIDI device that you want to use as a MIDI output

MIDI track playback

for MIDI tracks and generating MIDI clock.

 

 

To load a program map for a hardware synth, right-click the Device box for your

 

MIDI device and choose Load Device Template from the shortcut menu.

 

The selected program map will be used for any track that is routed to the MIDI

 

device. The device name will be displayed on the MIDI Output button on the track

 

header, and the programs from the device map will be available when you click

 

the Program button in the track header.

 

 

 

To assign an input device to a MIDI output port, right-click the Device box, choose

 

Input from the shortcut menu, and then choose an input device from the

 

submenu. For example, by assigning an input device, you can choose which

 

controller you want to use to play a MIDI device.

 

When you assign an input device to a MIDI output port, the device name is

 

displayed in the Device column in the appropriate row in the Make these devices

 

available for MIDI input list.

 

 

 

 

If you want an output device to receive MIDI thru data from an input device, right-

 

click the MIDI Thru From column and choose a device from the shortcut menu.

 

When you choose a MIDI Thru From device, the device name is displayed in the

 

Device column in the MIDI Thru To column in the Make these devices available

 

for MIDI input list.

 

 

 

Make these devices available for

Select the check box for each MIDI device that you want to be available for

MIDI input

recording MIDI (pg. 189) and controlling soft synths (pg. 222).

 

To assign an output port to an input device, right-click the Device box, choose

 

Output from the shortcut menu, and then choose an output device from the

 

submenu.

 

 

 

 

If you want a MIDI input device to echo its MIDI data to an output device, right-

 

click the MIDI Thru To column and choose a device from the shortcut menu. You

 

can select multiple devices to send MIDI thru data.

 

 

Auto MIDI input routing

When this check box is selected, the focus track will accept input from any MIDI

 

input device.

 

 

When multiple tracks are selected, the focus track displays a blinking indicator in

 

its track number.

 

 

The Solo Listen to MIDI Input button

in the Soft Synth Properties window is

 

unavailable when this check box is selected.

 

 

Default All

Restores all MIDI preferences to the default settings.

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