Richard2 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Hello everyone! I’m on GarageBand with my ps-x 3000 and I’m really tire of having the Casio send midi cc to my GB track volumes every time I switch patches on the Casio. What’s the trick to only send midi notes to GB. thanks for your help! Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Hi Richard. Could you expand on what you are doing? The keyboard will always send CC messages whenever tones are changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard2 Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 Thanks Brad for such a fast reply! So, every time I select a new registration on the Casio, it sends a cc volume on the active track in GarageBand. It’s really annoying having to readjust those volumes manually every time. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Can you describe why you are changing registrations when using the keyboard as a MIDI controller? Are you using it as a live performance tool? For sequencing virtual instruments? Or both simultaneously? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard2 Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 Yes, the Casio has its analog track in GB in order to play or record it. And I also use the Casio to trigger the other instruments in GB. Basically, I play the Casio live through GB along with the other tracks already recorded. Then, whenever I select a new registration on the Casio, the active tracks volume, (there is always an activated track in GB), gets messed up. Whatever the Casio is sending in my case it’s only that cc volume that’s giving me trouble. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanB Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 I'm not familiar with GarageBand but normally a DAW will have some method of filtering incoming MIDI messages so you could have it ignore for instance CC messages. You could check whether that is possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Agreed. It is more common for the receiving device to filter out specific incoming MIDI messages, rather than the transmitting device disable sent MIDI messages. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard2 Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 It’s also well known that GB doesn’t filter midi messages. So, there’s this problem using the px-s3000 with GB. Of course Logic Pro X would do the job but that would be 300$ Canadian for a midi filter! By the way, I’ve read some discussion concerning the multitimbral capability of the PX-S 3000. Is it or not? can one trigger different sounds with their own midi channel. Then, upgrading to Logic Pro X would be reasonable. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 12 minutes ago, Richard2 said: I’ve read some discussion concerning the multitimbral capability of the PX-S 3000. Is it or not? can one trigger different sounds with their own midi channel. I'm not sure I understand the second part of your question. Can you clarify? It is a multi timbral instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanB Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I found this for IOS https://www.midiflow.com and this for Mac https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/9950/midi-monitor which offer filtering. Unfortunately MIDI and DAW stuff in general often require extra bits of software and tweaking to make equipment play with each other. It doesn't make sense for everything to offer the filtering "onboard" because it's a very flexible standard and manufacturers wouldn't be able to predict everything and it would create a whole other level of complexity in the sending device setup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard2 Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 If I use Logic Pro X will I be able, for example, to create 16 tracks each their own midi channel simultaneously playing 16 different sounds of the px-s3000? Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Yes. The S3000 is actually 48 part multi timbral. A dedicated 16 part sound engine is there for MIDI use. Just be aware that you will need to completely control that from the software. The keyboard itself does not provide any control over that part of the sound engine; tone selection, volume levels, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard2 Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 Thank you IanB, I’ll check midi monitor, could be the best solution. Greatly appreciated! Richard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard2 Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 Brad, can you confirm that Logic Pro X would be the right software for such a job? i’d go for it then! Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 15 minutes ago, Richard2 said: Brad, can you confirm that Logic Pro X would be the right software for such a job? i’d go for it then! Richard I am not familiar with Logic, so I can't help there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard2 Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 Alright Brad, thank you for your help I’m quite exited with the multimbral possibilities! Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Logic is ridiculously powerful in its MIDI capabilities. You can really geek out with it. Even though I cannot say with 100% certainty of having tried what you need to do with it myself, I'd be really surprised if it couldn't do what you are seeking. Best of all, there's a 90 day free trial. See if you can make it work (as well as adjust to the advanced capabilities over GarageBand) before you spend your money. https://www.apple.com/logic-pro/garageband-to-logic/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard2 Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 Yes, you are right Joe, the elegant solution is using Logic Pro X and thank you for mentioning the trial offer, didn’t know that. But overall and beside the extra cost, I am already more then satisfied with GB. I don’t want to get into even more complex fonctions with the trouble of importing my songs. I say that because I have found a very good solution to my problem. It’s called MidiPipe an excellent little software that treats midi messages like butter. I only had to filter out cc#007 main volume and voilà. Its a free software but one should donate and I will certainly do. so, this is the end of the story, I am so much more relaxed now with my behaved volumes. Btw, MidiMonitor is only a monitor, it filters messages but only for the sake of monitoring. Big thanks to all of you, hope this might help other people with similar problems. Back to my keyboard now! Richard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard2 Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 MidiPipe is the perfect solution! Many thanks to all of you! Richard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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