As long as you have both keyboards connected separately per USB, they are recognized by Gig Performer as separate devices, thus you can have both of them set to channel #1 with no problems - there is no need to have them hardware-wise set to diffrent channels, you should do this within GP.
In the wiring view, just insert a MIDI-IN block for each hardware controller (Arturia and Nord) and then use the channel mapping feature to map the incoming channel #1 to any other channel you need:
(see item 5)
You also could do keyboard splits in a similar manner.
My general advice would be: Let your hardware be set as simple as possible and instead use the capabilities of Gig Performer for any mapping and splitting.
It also seems to work even if they arenāt both connected separately through USB.
The Nord is connected via 5-pin to the Arturia MIDI IN which is set to send the signal through to the USB port of the Arturia. You donāt get the name of the keyboard, but I suppose the Nord is the one turning up as (MIDIIN2 (Keylab MkII 88)) below (Keylab MkII 88)?
I donāt actually know, but i guess that the Arturia then exposes two diffrent MIDI ādevices/portsā via USB- one for the internal MIDI source and another for what comes in from the outside on the 5-pin jack. You can check the available MIDI sources in the options/Midi-sources settings of Gig Performer.
Yeah, theyāre both there, along with my Focusrite and the Local GP.
There might be quite a few questions from me the rest of the day Iāve already used GP without problems at 2 gigs without problems, but I want everything to be top notch by tomorrow evening. The amateur big band Iām playing in will have a seminar, followed by a concert on Sunday, with the norwegian band leader and trombone player Jens Wendelboe. Heās been living in the US for 20 years, been with Blood, Sweat & Tears for 8 years and been Donna Summerās band leader.
Cool! Then ābreak a leg!ā for your gigā¦
ā¦and if i was in your place, i wouldnāt make any changes on the good running setup before those gigs are done!
Itās often said that synthetic bells are the realm of FM-synths, so i would check plugins like FM8 or Dexed (which is free)ā¦
But i also remember that the good old Korg M1 (and most probably Triton too) had good bell sounds - but aside from bell-sounds, these Korg plugins are worth a closer look anywayā¦
Maybe other users have other recommendations?
This is my setup too: I have an 88-note stage piano for my lower keyboard, and a Novation Impulse for my upper keyboard, and I run a MIDI cable from the MIDI out of the lower keyboard to the MIDI in on the Impulse, and then USB from the Impulse to my computer. The upper keyboard shows up in GP as ā2- Impulseā, and the lower keyboard shows up as āMIDIIN2 (2- Impulse)ā. I just let the keyboards send on whatever MIDI channel they default to and then do all the tricky stuff within GP (including mapping the input from the two keyboards to two different channels when I want to use both manuals on a Hammond plugin).
When I went to buy the 3-foot MIDI cable, the guy in the store was like āMIDI to USB?ā and I was like āno, MIDI to MIDIāā¦ hey, no shame in using 40-year-old technology when appropriate!
Iāve already used GP without problems at 2 gigs without problems, but I want everything to be top notch by tomorrow evening. The amateur big band Iām playing in will have a seminar, followed by a concert on Sunday, with the norwegian band leader and trombone player Jens Wendelboe. Heās been living in the US for 20 years, been with Blood, Sweat & Tears for 8 years and been Donna Summerās band leader.
