Multiple MIDI channel out for output device please

Ideas & suggestions
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Would be quite useful, if also the midi outputs were capable of sending on any (midi channel = off/any) channel.

For example you wanna route a midi fx VSTi out to multiple instruments, currently on OSX, you have to

  1. add a midi output instrument below, target a midi loopback device (like IAC-driver in OSX).

  2. setting input in the audio VSTis to IAC-driver.

Now it’s not possible that one VSTi receives on midi ch1, and the other on midi ch2. Because on the midi output instrument, you have to choose a channel. Any is not possible, sadly.

EDIT:

Example:

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You need synth1 VSTiand lua protoplug VSTi. Also you need to setup a loopback driver in midi OSX settings:

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Routing in example should be:

instr 0: midi input your midi keyboard, midi routing to instrument 1 <-- seems to send always on ch.1

instr 1: midi input none, output midi loopback/iac driver CHANNEL 1 <- here would be nice to have "ANY"

instr 2: midi input loopack/iac, midi ch.1

instr 3: midi input loopack/iac, midi ch.2 <-- currently not working

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Also, as far as I understand the protoplug script in instr. 0 (see example above), the chord should be sent thru multiple channels. But it stays on channel 1, if you look into midi monitor.

3

That’s at least very uncommon. “Any” usually only is an input setting but not an output setting. Would need to send out 16 notes instead of one for a single note on then too, as there is no “any” channel in the MIDI specs.

4

ok, do you have any idea, how i could send to multiple vsts using a protoplug/midi fx vsti otherwise?

5

I encountered this too

Sonicbytes era has 16 midi outputs

Yet in renoise it’s only possible to control 1 instrument .

Besides , if we want a midi plug to send mdi out , we have to make an additional ( mdi out ) track

6

Yeah, if we could target multiple instruments, with different ranges and / or channels… Would be really nice :slight_smile:

Anyway, I made some “workaround”, using keyranges with protoplug vsti:

https://forum.renoise.com/t/protoplug/41867

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That’s at least very uncommon. “Any” usually only is an input setting but not an output setting. Would need to send out 16 notes instead of one for a single note on then too, as there is no “any” channel in the MIDI specs.

Hi taktik,

I think it would be enough, if on “ANY”, the midi output channel simply was the same as the input channel. Sending it on all would not be required.

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Old bump…but I’ve just come up against this issue. Have a MIDI plugin that sends notes out to a hardware MPE synth, but doesn’t work as data is forced onto one channel. An ANY option that leaves channel unchanged would be most welcome!