Hey man. Just import the midi, let it create new midi tracks, then set up 2 or 3 xpand tracks. You can have 4 tracks per xpand instantiation. So some of your midi tracks can go to xpand2 1, then more to xpand2 2, and so on. You could also instantiate the mini grand and set a midi track to it. Hope this helps a bit.
Kevin. Westmoreland wrote: > I now trying to figure out how to copy/move something from the region list to > a midi instrument track. I don’t seem to be able to import a midi file such > that it creates a new instrument track. The problem comes when I want to use > Xpand2 instruments to play an existing midi file. > I imported the midi file to a region list and now have three midi items on > the region list. I want to now put them one at a time onto three instrument > tracks that I have created and set the insert to be the Grand Piano. > > Can I do this? How? > > Thanks, > J. R. > > > From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > OfChuck Reichel > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 5:28 PM > To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Midi track setup & program changes. > > > Hi JR, > > Since your on midi have you found a way to insert a program change that > actually stays in the track? > > I have been poking around the PT midi tracks and can change banks and > program changes. > also some what use the midnam files in the midi track. > BTW the midnam files do display there patch names just fine after entering > the program #. > After a re launch of the pt session containing the midi tracks the next day > the program changes are not staying in the track! > any 1 having the same results? > Is there a keyboard command to insert a program change?Thanks > > On Feb 25, 2011, at 1:45 PM, J. R. Westmoreland wrote: > > > Hi, > > We are now in Chapter 6 on the PT101 course book. > This chapter is recording and working with MIDI. > > I have the MIDI keyboard up and running, a JV 35 by Roland. It was a bit > tricky but mostly because it was one of those where you have to change from > “local: on” to “local: off”, on being the default, This is one of those cases > where you have to be able to see the LED display on the keyboard. The bad > part is that it claims in the book that the parameter isn’t saved which means > you have to do it every time the keyboard is powered up. Anyway, it is > working now. > > I created a blank session, then created a new “instrument” track. According > to my instructor and the book this allows the use of xpand2 pack. > If I follow the procedure we used in class and the book there are at least > one place where you must use the mouse, maybe even two. > Does someone have a procedure they use when doing this that is fast and no > mouse required? > > Second, I want to select and record 4 bars for a drum loop, I suspect I will > use these later to duplicate for the track. In the book they have you drag > from bar 1 through 4 to select them as a region? Then record them. What is > the best way to accomplish this procedure? > Can I set the start and end info in the counters area then somehow select it? > > It would be nice to take this text and set up an alternative set or > procedures that could be used by the visually impaired. Maybe I should write > down what works and collect them together for the next person who attempts > this cert effort. This would be a good time to do this since the book is VERY > new, we couldn’t get them for the class until Jan 7th. I’m still trying to > get an accessible version of the book that isn’t just a scanned version. LOL > > Thanks for the advice. > > Best, > J. R. > > > > > Chuck Reichel > 954-742-0019 > www.SoundPictureRecording.com > > >
