Please help: Can't hear combi tibres (MIDI Ch.)

UltraBird · Post by **UltraBird** » Tue May 08, 2012 5:59 pm

Hi!

I'm having a strange problem with my MicroStation. I can't hear any timbres but Timbre 1 in any INIT COMBI, thus preventing me from making my own combis.

I have discovered that the problem stems from the fact that for an INIT COMBI, by default only Timbre 1 uses MIDI Ch. 01G, which is the only channel that the MicroSTATION uses for audio out. My problem is that I can't change the MIDI Ch. for any timbre: when I try to edit it in the menus, the up and down arrows don't change the channel number. When I use NUM LOCK, I can make the MIDI Ch. change to another blinking number but when I hit "enter" it reverts to the original channel, not the channel I entered.

I *can* change MIDI Ch. for a timbre using the MicroSTATION Editor on my Mac, and this resolves the problem, but I don't understand why I can't do it on my workstation directly.

Any thoughts?
Thanks!

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Tue May 08, 2012 9:51 pm

This is normal behavior, your microStation only listens to e.g. MIDI channel 1. You can user other synths for the other MIDI channels.

You also cn change the global midi channel and then play that particular MIDI channel. In a sequencer you can use all MIDI channels depending on which MIDI channel the track is recorded.

UltraBird · Post by **UltraBird** » Tue May 08, 2012 10:08 pm

Is it normal to be unable to change the MIDI channel for a combi timbre as I described above? This literally makes it impossible to create combis, since I can only hear one voice (the one going through 01G).

X-Trade · Post by **X-Trade** » Tue May 08, 2012 10:42 pm

Normally you can't change MIDI ch or a few other things whilst any notes are playing. Make sure you have nothing hanging in the release stage, or a sustain pedal held down.

Sustain pedal has been known to cause this problem actually. Particularly if it is a non-korg pedal where you've had to change the polarity in Global settings.

Also, use Gch (at the end) rather than 01G. It makes your patches more portable if you want to share them with others.

UltraBird · Post by **UltraBird** » Tue May 08, 2012 11:35 pm

It was my non-Korg pedal polarity! Thanks!!!

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Wed May 09, 2012 6:55 am

UltraBird wrote:It was my non-Korg pedal polarity! Thanks!!!

You can change the polarity in the global page.

gustavomx · Post by **gustavomx** » Sat May 09, 2015 10:37 pm

X-Trade wrote:Normally you can't change MIDI ch or a few other things whilst any notes are playing. Make sure you have nothing hanging in the release stage, or a sustain pedal held down.

Sustain pedal has been known to cause this problem actually. Particularly if it is a non-korg pedal where you've had to change the polarity in Global settings.

Also, use Gch (at the end) rather than 01G. It makes your patches more portable if you want to share them with others.

After many years, this is a very useful tip, thank you very much, I was having problems with my Krome and it was a Roland pedal I was using!

Mr_SamDoogie · Post by **Mr_SamDoogie** » Fri May 15, 2015 3:27 pm

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