Re: [Lmuse-user] project-3 removed - lash

[Hiram A. <dom...@on...>]

Quoting Robert Jonsson <rj...@sp...>:

> On Thursday 30 Mar 2006 21:43, Hiram Abiff wrote:
> <..>
>> so I did. I managed to figure out that the Ch refers to mono/stereo for
>> a wave track. what I still don't get is the relationshiop of the Ch
>> value for a MIDI track and the Output Port in Midi Ports/Soft Synths.
>
> Looking through the GUI I only found 'Ch' in reference to MIDI in the drum
> editor so I assume that's what you are talking about?

Yep.

> Ch is, ofcourse, short for Channel. It is a part of the midi standard.
> A physical midi connection has 16 defined channels. They can individually be
> configured to refer to a different instrument. Hence by connecting one midi
> device you can easily play 16 different instruments.
>
> The physical midi connection is in MusE referred to as 'Port'.
> More over, in MusE you can only configure one device on a port, this is a
> deficiency in MusE as it is possible with midi to connect several instruments
> to a single midi cable.
>

Thank you for claryfying this, I think I understand the subject pretty well
now thanks to the tips I got from people on the list.

>> What's the difference between a Midi Port and a Midi Channel in
>> Muse?? Could someone please shed some light on this, I feel stupid
>> on account of not getting this as it seems all the rest of you
>> grasp this concept.
>
> I don't think midi in itself was ever considered easy. And then taking into
> account the actual implementation in MusE it's still confusing. Rest assured
> that lots of people have struggled with it before you ;).
>

It would be great if all of this was explained at length in some muse
tutorial/manual for us MIDI beginners to grasp.

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