Hi OS,

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Originally posted by OldSchool:
Yes, your remarks were quite helpful. However, it's obvious to me we're doing very different things. Correct me if I'm wrong - it sounds like you're primarily performing, or recording performance on a keyboard for MIDI playback; and you depend on your keyboard(s) to address and route MIDI information. It sounds like your MOTU unit is just broadcasting everything.


Yes, it can do merging and 'broadcasting' at all outputs, or only selectively at certain outputs (with the aid of a interfaced computer to create custom routings). Look at a manual before buying to confirm it'll do what you want.

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I, of course, now use a software package for that purpose, but I still enter every note.


MIDI devices don't really care how the data got into the device; one note at a time thru editing, or played and recorded: it makes no difference to the sequencer. Just out of curiosity: are you entering monophonic instrument passages only, or chords, as well?

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I've managed to learn how to assign specific voices to channels through the software, and have become somewhat proficient at extracting some semblence of realism from the MIDI sequences through coded software controls rather than performance MIDI recordings.

I want to be able to separate channel destinations through the sequencing software, or (and this was the reason for my question) an intermediate device, so all modules don't play all channels.


MIDI allows for something called 'Device ID', but this is used to identify different modules when sending bulk dump data, etc.

Someone help out if I'm wrong, but I don't think you can do music sequencing with device ID (or is it possible to address specific modules with sysex?).

MIDI was created to assign different parts/sounds/instruments (whether monophonic or not) to separate channels: it may be easiest to accept that basic tenet (unless you were serious about liking to examine hex contents). The MIDI model is like an old-fashioned T.V.: all stations send their signals out, but the receiver filters out all the rest to get messages from one transmitter, only.

However, even my old 16-track hardware sequencer (QX-3) allows me to assign which channels go to which output: either MIDI OUT 1 or 2 (or both).

OS, your answer is out there: maybe someone more up on MIDI specs can take it from here.

Chris