2nd midi track play 1st track sound also

#1

Hello

I am running windows 11.

Whenever I create a 2nd new midi track and select a different sound patch, like the first track is piano which sounds good. The 2nd track may be horns, I heard the piano & horns when I trigger midi keyboard. When I tap the on screen keyboard I will hear only horns. How can I get my midi keyboard to respond the same?

Thank You

#2

Chances are you have the MIDI Port patched to both tracks. Ardour works a bit different from others in this regards in that it doesn’t filter per channel on each track, but there is a free plugin for this purpose: x42 MIDI Filter Collection

So assuming you are using different channels on the MIDI keyboard for each patch, then you could filter with the plugins above on the input.

If however you just need to only hear that track temporarily and are not able to filter, just mute/solo the tracks as appropriate.

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#3

You can also turn off the MIDI input for that channel using the green MIDI icon on the top of the mixer strip.

I think there is also a preference for “midi input follows selection” or something like that. It should be in the manual.

#4

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#5

Thank you.

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