[Solved] MIDI Editor insert note with pen tool doesn't follow Channel mapping

[D Rocks]

Hello,


I am using one instance of Kontakt 5 with 8 MIDI tracks that are each input mapped to a unique MIDI channel (channel 1 to 8).

Kontakt receives my keyboard inputs on the correct channels but when I am in the MIDI Editor and having a specific MIDI item selected, then the pen note creation tool inserts a MIDI note that is not mapped to the channel of this MIDI item.

For example: MIDI track 8 is mapped so that it's input goes to the 8th MIDI channel in kontakt and it triggers the instrument that is linked to channel 8.
But if I create a note with the pen tool, the note triggers the MIDI channel 1 only.
If I play the keyboard the created midi notes will be correctly sent to the mapped input.

Please help me sort it out, I know it sounds complex, but I don't know why its doing that.

Thanks

[xpander]

Use the filter to select the channel you want to use for each item the first time you draw into them. You might notice there's a box saying "Draw events on channel...". When you have done this channel selection and drawn to each item on their respective channels, select "All" in the channel box.

[D Rocks]

Hey Thank you for your reply xpander.
It made me wonder what you were talking about as I was not aware about that.

So I digged in and finally I found something that works and is most probably the way we are supposed to do it. I was doing something wierd and I guess that's why the mapping was messed up between the tracks and the midi editor.

Good way using only the send setups: "all midi inputs sends to channel 1-8" to kontakt


Bad method I had problems with:

[xpander]

Originally Posted by D Rocks

Hey Thank you for your reply xpander.
It made me wonder what you were talking about as I was not aware about that.

Sorry D Rocks, I was probably not that clear with my answer. I meant MIDI filter, accessible from the MIDI editor toolbar. But you already found a way to do it, so that's good.

[D Rocks]

Thank you again xpander.

I have looked at it and the wierd thing is that with the previous method I've found, this filter dialog indicates that events are written to channel 1 on each different MIDI item, but in fact it does work correctly as I intend. It sends the events correctly to the channel I assigned with the send configuration of the MIDI tracks.

So I tihnk the bottom line is that I don't even know what MIDI mapping is in relation to simply assigning a MIDI track to a MIDI channel.

Any ways, I'm glad it's working rn. This mapping and event filter thing is interesting tho, that's why I'm still curious.