maybe this question has been discussed here already but I did not find it. If yes, please send me a link.
My problem. I have AKAI MPK MINI and I would like to use it the same way as computer keyboard in Renoise. That is, the MPK should control (automatically) only the instrument I select in the upper right corner. IE only the selected instrument should receive MIDI signal. It is very inconvenient that after I select another instrument in the corner the MPK is sending notes to all other instruments at the same time. Of course I know that I can assign “manually” the MIDI input device to each instrument but this is really time consuming and counter intuitive. It seems really unnatural that I have to click on 10 buttons before the MIDI keybord works the same way as computer keyboard.
Maybe if there is some mod to Renoise or some tweak I did not yet discovered?
Yes there is some “tweak”. Or rather intended standard behaviour.
Remove all midi mappings to the midi instrument you wish to use that way. Yes, remove. Then make sure it is in one of the 4 boxes where you can choose midi devices in the preferences.
It should then trigger the currently selected instrument in the currently selected track, just like the typewriter will. Track output routings will be respected. If you put the instrument in the midi tab of some instrument this behaviour will break in favor to the device now following the routings.
Midi mappings for parameters etc. are a bit more complex, but triggering notes, pressure, pitchbend and mod work this way.
Yes, glad I could help. And sorry for not writing it clear enough to understand right away.
The essence is, renoise will allow you to use a “master keyboard” set in the preferences like the pc keyboard. But it may not be associated to a certain instrument, as well as the instruments you wish to use this way must have blank midi mappings. Hence the step of clearing the mappings to make it work, you could also set/unset mappings in a more customised way if you have multiple midi devices for different tasks, but still want to use a keyboard as “on the fly” master controller.