Ah, so it seems others have bumped into this limitation.

Please, Faust devs, implement this! :D

Aaron Krister Johnson
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On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM <l...@grame.fr> wrote:

> Additional reading here:
> https://github.com/grame-cncm/faust/discussions/696
>
> All of this must be carefully considered...
>
> Stéphane
>
> > Le 10 sept. 2025 à 19:26, Aaron Krister Johnson <akjmi...@gmail.com> a
> écrit :
> >
> > P.S. -- and if this is implemented, covering key/vel/velocity, too :D
> >
> > Aaron Krister Johnson
> > Music, etc.:
> > https://soundcloud.com/aaron-krister-johnson
> > https://soundcloud.com/filtercreed
> > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_utjGYbSizWE0dNyr0Vdmg
> > https://aaronkristerjohnson.bandcamp.com/
> > http://www.untwelve.org
> > Code:
> > https://github.com/akjmicro
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM Aaron Krister Johnson <
> akjmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks, Stephane, yes, it would be most useful to have a Faust synth
> only respond on a declared channel, and `0` (or no specification) being
> "listen on all channels".
> >
> > Would this be in the "options" header, then?
> >
> > Aaron Krister Johnson
> > Music, etc.:
> > https://soundcloud.com/aaron-krister-johnson
> > https://soundcloud.com/filtercreed
> > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_utjGYbSizWE0dNyr0Vdmg
> > https://aaronkristerjohnson.bandcamp.com/
> > http://www.untwelve.org
> > Code:
> > https://github.com/akjmicro
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM Stéphane Letz <l...@grame.fr> wrote:
> > Hi Aaron,
> >
> > MIDI metadata for standard MIDI control can use MIDI channel:
> https://faustdoc.grame.fr/manual/midi/#configuring-midi-in-faust
> >
> > But it is currently not possible to set a given channel for polyphony,
> you can see that the channel info is not used in the polyphonic code for
> now:
> >
> >
> https://github.com/grame-cncm/faust/blob/f5c23da4fe6e09fa55667ae588f4b6ef9c226cae/architecture/faust/dsp/poly-dsp.h#L900
> >
> > Should we extend/revisit the syntax of freq/gate/gain convention for
> something like [freq: chan],  [gate: chan],  [gain: chan], with the
> convention chan = 0 would mean « receive on all channels», like for other
> MIDI messages ?
> >
> > Stéphane
> >
> > > Le 10 sept. 2025 à 17:35, Aaron Krister Johnson <akjmi...@gmail.com>
> a écrit :
> > >
> > > I notice in the manual, certain MIDI slider metadata operations can be
> filtered by a certain MIDI channel, like `keyon` uses the velocity of a
> given key on a given channel.
> > >
> > > But IMO, these kinds of operations seem geared towards a non-standard
> way of using a MIDI signal. Most useful mono- or poly- synths would want to
> use the general
> > > keywords with special meaning: `freq/key`, `gain/vel`, and `gate` to
> drive the usually needed MIDI parameters in, for instance, a synthesizer
> signal chain.
> > >
> > > The problem I am having is: I'd like to pair a custom Faust synth with
> an outboard analog monosynth. Ideally, I could assign Faust to listen only
> on a certain MIDI channel.
> > > As it is, it seems like I have to do the opposite: Faust will respond
> to _all_ channels (not ideal) and I make the hardware synth respond to MIDI
> channel 2. They are isolated only
> > > by the fact that they are listening on different MIDI ports
> (otherwise, the Faust synth would be "hearing" both channels and trying to
> respond to both). What I have works for now,
> > > but let's say I want 2 Faust synths -- they'd both be responding to
> all channels that particular virtual port is listening on.
> > >
> > > So, in short: is there an easy way to make a running Faust synth
> instance listen only to a particular MIDI channel when it's designed to use
> the keywords `freq`, `gain`, and `gate`,
> > > per the docs? How easy would it be to hack Faust or add a feature for
> users for this if not?
> > >
> > > Aaron Krister Johnson
> > > Music, etc.:
> > > https://soundcloud.com/aaron-krister-johnson
> > > https://soundcloud.com/filtercreed
> > > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_utjGYbSizWE0dNyr0Vdmg
> > > https://aaronkristerjohnson.bandcamp.com/
> > > http://www.untwelve.org
> > > Code:
> > > https://github.com/akjmicro
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