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Mainstage: Multiple Controllers [Premium]

Have you ever wondered whether you could use multiple MIDI controllers with Mainstage? Well, you can. This video will show you the ins and outs of multiple controllers in Mainstage.

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Posted by: David Nunez
David graduated Stanford University with a degree in music composition. Now working in LA, he has been involved as a composer, orchestrator, sound designer and music programmer on a number of feature films and other musical projects. He is also currently producing tracks for a handful of local rock musicians and bands.

05 Nov, 2008

Comments to “Mainstage: Multiple Controllers [Premium]”

Jose Gude says:

October 15, 2009 at 11:28 pm

How do you set up multiple controllers in Logic? (I don’t see a tutorial on that on the site).

I want to play a piano soft synth sound with midi controller keyboard 1 and an organ sound with midi controller keyboard 2. Setting the different keyboards to different midi channels doesn’t seem to work (they both play the same; if you record enable piano, they both play piano. If piano and organ are record enabled on different midi channels, both keyboards play both sounds (layered).
Thanks!

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- Graham English says:
  
  October 16, 2009 at 1:19 pm
  
  Choose File > Project Settings > Recording, and select the “Auto demix by channel if multitrack recording” option. There you have it!
  
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  - Jose Gude says:
    
    October 18, 2009 at 1:39 am
    
    Thanks. That works.
    Now for bonus points…
    
    Is there any way to keep a track record-enabled while toggling up and down and selecting other tracks? I want to keep the synth bass track on midi channel1 record enabled (plays on keyboard1), while I select and move through other record-enabled tracks on different midi channels with keyboard2. What happens now is that when another track is selected (and record enabled when selected by default), the synth bass track is “record-disabled” as it is deselected, so it no longer can be played with keyboard 1. Does this make sense? Any workarounds?
    
    Thanks a lot for your help. Excellent site!
    
    Jose
    
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rodney harris says:

December 6, 2009 at 2:12 am

i have a presonus firestudio project and two axiom controllers . how would i be able to use them all within Logic studio 9 ? The Firestudio has regular midi cables and the others are usb. thanks for any advice.

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- Graham English says:
  
  December 6, 2009 at 11:30 am
  
  Do you mean how do you connect them physically? Sounds like you’ll need a MIDI interface and a USB port. Then you just choose the appropriate controller in the track inspector of the Arrange window.
  
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  - rodney harris says:
    
    December 6, 2009 at 12:53 pm
    
    the presonus has its own midi connection on the box, and the others are connected usb, question is in the in Mac Audio.\Midi setup you can’t change the ports of them ,they all seem to be using channel 1 . How can I tell Logic that i want these midi connections separate when i use my software instruments and or external Midi . suggestions ? thanks
    
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    - Graham English says:
      
      December 17, 2009 at 11:40 pm
      
      Choose the port that the controller is connected to in the track inspector. I’ll try and show you in a tutorial soon.
      
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daren says:

February 10, 2010 at 9:23 am

how come mine is unclickable?

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- Graham English says:
  
  February 10, 2010 at 10:29 am
  
  What exactly is unclickable? Something on the website? On MainStage?
  
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