User guide
Channels and MIDI.

A MIDI channel contains MIDI events. Because it is strictly tied to the sequencer, you cannot trigger a MIDI channel manually as you would a sample channel. The main sequencer must be running in order to play a MIDI channel.

Clicking the main button lets you edit MIDI events and perform additional operations. You can add a new MIDI channel by right-clicking on each column in the main window.

Anatomy of a MIDI channel

A MIDI channel is made up of several components. From left to right:

• Play button — starts and stops the channel;

• Arm button — arms the channel for recording;

• Main button — shows the channel name and gives access to many operations. More information is provided in the paragraph below;

• Mute button — mutes the channel;

• Solo button — enables solo mode. Only this channel will be audible;

• FX button — displays the plug-ins window;

• Volume dial — controls the channel volume.

The MIDI channel main button

Clicking a MIDI channel's main button opens a pop-up menu with several available options:

• Edit actions — opens the Action Editor;

• Clear actions — deletes all recorded actions from this channel;

• Set keyboard input — binds keyboard keys to the channel;

• Setup MIDI input — binds MIDI events to the channel. More information can be found in the MIDI input management chapter;

• Setup MIDI output — enables MIDI output from this channel. More information can be found in the MIDI output management chapter;

• Edit routing — lets you adjust input and output properties such as panning and volume;

• Rename — changes the channel name;

• Clone — adds a new channel by creating a full copy of the current one;

• Delete — removes the channel from the column. All MIDI actions will be deleted as well.

MIDI channel statuses

• Off — the channel is stopped;

• Wait/ending (blinking) — the channel is waiting for the first beat to start or is about to stop;

• Play (fixed) — the channel is active and playing.

Keyboard interactions

MIDI channels can be played by clicking the channel play button or by pressing the corresponding keyboard or MIDI button, if one is bound:

event	result
click on play button	wait, then start or stop on the next first beat
shift + click on play button	immediate stop
click on mute button	mute