ESX-1 MIDI out conflict

piseh · Post by **piseh** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 2:45 pm

Hi guys,

Forum newbie here (hello!), and I am hoping to get some help with an issue.

I bought an iConnectMIDI2+ MIDI interface last week to link up my hardware and DAW, but i can't stop the ESX from feeding MIDI notes to the rest of the system.

I have a Korg ESX-1 sampler plugged into the MIDI in/out port #2 of the interface and a DSI Tetra synth plugged into the MIDI in/out port #1. The interface is plugged to my macbook via USB, I run Logic Express as my DAW, and I use a USB MIDI keyboard Set to channel 1 to feed the DSI Tetra.

I have set DSI Tetra to send/receive on Midi channel 1, and the ESX to send/receive on Midi channels 2, 3 and 10. These settings are matched in the Logic Environment and in the Mac MIDI setup.

The issue I can't resolve is that whenever the ESX-1 is running a sequence, either fed by a Logic midi region or via its internal sequencer, it sends note on/off messages to the DSI Tetra too, even though the two machines are set to send/receive on different channels. The same happens regardless of how i set the ESX clock (internal/external/auto).

For some reason, the same does not happen with the synth, i.e. whenever the DSI Tetra plays notes either from a Logic Midi region or via keyboard input, no note on/off is passed on to the ESX-1.

This is not how I intended the setup to work. I would like the input/output of the two machines to be completely independent, so that I can record synth sequences to Logic on channel 1 while the sampler sends/receives midi data on channel 10. I do not want the ESX to feed input notes to the Tetra.

Am I missing something? Can somebody please help me? thank you a lot!

Alvise

DrHoo · Post by **DrHoo** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 3:14 pm

Sounds like you need to set your preferences in the esx1 midi filter. It's all in the manual under 'midi filter'

_INTER_ · Post by **_INTER_** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:10 am

Midi Channel 10 is reserved for drums.
I'm not sure, if this programm would help you in any way, but you might give it a try (depends if that Midi interface is recognized or not):
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpbb2/ ... hp?t=84304