Midi multi channel input?

[wibem]

Can I receive midi data on more than one channel? if yes, how? I can't find multi channel input in the tracks.

 

[Lukas]

You can receive this data but you can't record this data including the separate channels - it will be recorded to one MIDI channel since Studio One does not support OMNI MIDI channels for instrument tracks.

 

[wibem]

What does that mean that SP receives midi data on separate channels? I want to use the multi channel plugin Halion Sonic. Is it possible that this instrument on one track receives midi data on more than one channel ?

 

[Lukas]

Do you want to receive MIDI data (from a MIDI controller) or do you want to actually send it (to a multitimbral instrument like HALion Sonic). If it's the latter, then you want to set the MIDI output channel, not the input.

You can set the MIDI channel on which data on your instrument track should be sent to HALion Sonic. Then add another track and set a different MIDI CH. This way, each instrument track can play a different instrument inside HALion Sonic.

 

[wibem]

I want the latter. So it seems that I have to use many instances of Halion Sonic to get a kind of multi channel playback. I hopened that I could have one instance on one track and playback on this on a few midi channels ( like it is possible in Cubase) .

 

[wibem]

To make it clear, what I try do achieve:
I want to listen quickly though a bunch of midifiles, which have data on many channels. As instrument I want to use HalionSonic, which can receive midi on 16 channels and play them with different sounds. The sound selection should be managed by program change messages. The sender is a midfile player ( called Sweet Midi Player, which is quite nice) and the receiver should be the plugin Halion Sonic, which is located in SP. The connection is implemented with the IACbus, which is capable to send messages via all 16 midi channels. Does it work? At the moment for me unfortunately not.
I'm hearing only one channel, if I choose the IAC bus as input. When I choose "all inputs" in the track settings, it's even worse. All midi data of channels are mixed together and no transmission of program change messages.

 

[Lukas]

GM playback is not Studio Pro's strongest side. One instrument track can only record or play one MIDI channel, so multitimbral playback is only possible if you split the MIDI file across several tracks and route them to HALion Sonic on different channels.

To be honest, I recommend using a different host for GM playback, or seeing if there's a way to connect Sweet MIDI Player to HALion Sonic directly.