l@nsed Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 or is this not possible....im looking at a live rock band situation and would be nice if could assign something to buttons or dials on midi keyboard to change channels within a pattern.. directwave is o.k, but would prefer to swap between channels..... any thoughts?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzumebachi Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Err... what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanthos Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 He wants to split his keyboard so that he can play two or more instruments at once. As far as I know, this is different for every keyboard. Try looking in your keyboard's manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_NutS Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I know it can be done in reason with the combinator by assigning sections of the keyboard to specific ranges. There should be some way to do it in FL I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Actually, it sounds more like that he wants to change the currently selected pattern by using a MIDI signal. So that he doesn't have to actually CLICK on a new channel every time he wants to switch sounds. I think it's possible, but I'll have to look into it later when I get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 My Ensoniq ESQ-1 has a mysterious effect on FruityLoops. The patch selector buttons will select different channels in the step sequencer. I honestly have no idea why it does this, or how it was somehow automatically mapped to, but it's going through my MIDI cable so it must be a MIDI thing. It's not a definite switcher though, so the channel selection is usually random. Since you want to trigger different patterns, you might want to switch to Ableton Live, which by reputation so far is excellent for live loops playback. I believe both Niyaz and Xerxes use Live, as well as some other doods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzumebachi Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 My Ensoniq ESQ-1 has a mysterious effect on FruityLoops. The patch selector buttons will select different channels in the step sequencer. I honestly have no idea why it does this, or how it was somehow automatically mapped to, but it's going through my MIDI cable so it must be a MIDI thing. It's not a definite switcher though, so the channel selection is usually random. My keyboard does this too. It's probably a FL thing. Whenever I press the patch up/patch down buttons on my keyboard, rather than switch patches in whatever channel I have selected, it goes through the channels in the step sequencer. Kinda annoying really. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villainelle Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Hm...the title of this thread is a different question than the one in his post. To answer the title question: create a layer channel, set the channels you want as its children, and assign each one to a different range on the keyboard. There's a video about that and other layer stuff here: It's long though, and IIRC the part about splitting the keyboard of a layer channel is towards the middle or end. No idea what the MIDI CC to change channels is though (if FL has one set by default?). If you have the step sequencer selected you could just hit the up and down arrows on your computer keyboard to change channels... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l@nsed Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 To answer the title question: create a layer channel, set the channels you want as its children, and assign each one to a different range on the keyboard. There's a video about that and other layer stuff here: It's long though, and IIRC the part about splitting the keyboard of a layer channel is towards the middle or end. thanks leah, brilliant video.......was right under my nose all along..........its all on now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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