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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.
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Make these devices available for
MIDI track playback
Select the check box for each MIDI device that you want to use as a MIDI output
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
MIDI input
Select the check box for each MIDI device that you want to be available for
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.
Auto MIDI input routing
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.
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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