K61 MIDI Channel Question

Blankman8503 · Post by **Blankman8503** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:36 am

I just got a K61 MIDI keyboard and am wondering if there is a way to set the slider, knobs, or buttons to control which MIDI channel the controller sends on. Right now I can go into the editor software and change the MIDI Channel but I control multiple synths with one controller through ableton and would like to be able to change channels without going into the editor software, changing channels, and then transmitting the data. I was going to just set up a track in ableton that received from the K61 and then I would map something to the MIDI Out Channel, but Ableton doesnt allow me to map to that parameter.

Blankman8503 · Post by **Blankman8503** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:32 pm

Solved. KORG tech support emailed me back about this and said, "The MIDI channel assignment can only be changed via the K-Series Editor software." So you cannot map the MIDI channel to a control. Why give it the option to be powered and work as a midi keyboard without a computer if you can't change the MIDI channel? It seems like companies miss things that should be common sense on every product.