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MIDI channel output from Atom 2 in AUM
I have two instruments on two audio channels in AUM. Channel “A” is listening on MIDI channel 1 and audio channel “B” is listening on MIDI channel 2. I have an Atom 2 instance on its own AUM MIDI channel for each audio channel.
How do I get the Atom 2 instances to output via a specific MIDI channel?
If I set my keyboard or other input device to MIDI channel 2, and record into Atom 2, the notes in the piano roll display a “2 →” above the note name and Atom 2 will dutifully output those notes on MIDI channel 2. But it seems that any Atom 2 piano roll recorded previously with the input device set to MIDI channel 1 is permanently fixed to that channel; I’d have to re-record those tracks with the input device set to MIDI channel 2 to change the output channel for Atom 2.
I’ve also found the option to “Set MIDI Channels” on the AUM MIDI channels, but I can’t figure out what it does. There is no way to view the channel’s current setting, and it doesn’t appear to have any effect on what that channel is either listening on or using for output. The AUM documentation doesn’t clear up any confusion on this setting, simply stating “ Set MIDI Channels—This allows you to batch-set the MIDI channel for all controls in the collection, recursively. Enter channel 1-16 or 0 for OMNI (any channel).” In any case, futzing with this setting has not resolved my problem (it honestly feels like one of those half-baked features that gets stuck in at the last minute in response to someone’s suggestion during beta testing.)
This has me stumped.
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Hi. You could use something like mfxStrip to change the MIDI channel of the outputs from the different instances of Atom. But if you're using separate instances of Atom, you could just route each one to its instrument, using the AUM MIDI routing matrix. Then you don't need to worry about channels.
The AUM Set MIDI Channels option is a rather specialized feature that changes the channel for all MIDI mappings in a MIDI Channel Strip. You're not using mappings, so it has no effect.
Think of the channel settings in AUM as channel filtering. They don't change the channel, they only allow or disallow channels coming into them.
As @uncledave says, you will need to run Atom2's output through something like mfxStrip to convert the channel before sending it to it's destination.
I believe Atom 2 has a funnel mode that channelizes the output
Oooh. Great catch!
That wouldn't work for changing the midi channel of just one channel of a multi-channel clip. You'd need more than one instance, each funneling only the wanted channel. But Atom2 is great for that kind of thing.
mfxStrip feels like it could be a bit simpler, or perhaps more visible. It's also controllable via AUv3 parameters.
But wow, what great recall you have @espiegel123 ! That is an amazing Atom2 find out of the ol' memory archives. 👍🏼
Thanks, folks! I wasn’t familiar with Funnel Mode, and that seems to be exactly the solution. I am using AUM’s MIDI matrix. The reason I have things listening to different MIDI channels is I’m incorporating a Novation Launchpad. This allows differentiation of incoming data depending on whether it’s coming from the drum pads or the note pads. Funnel Mode is going to make this work.
Thanks again!!