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cdh
Total Posts: 3
Joined 04-09-2007 status: Newcomer |
Hello everybody, I have done quite an mount of searching and got the answer to a couple of questions, but I’m still a bit stuck. I using Logic Pro 9 on a Macbook Pro as a sequencer for controlling a classic Motif Rack which is connected via an 8x8 Midi-Interface (not USB).
Now I have installed the PLG board in slot 1 and in voice-mode I can select the board and by using shift Next, the Editor that’s on the CD does not work on OSX anymore, but when i look at the Yamaha site (or here in the downloads) I don’t see any anymore. Is there any way to edit the voices on this board under OSX?
thanks a lot
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meatballfulton
Total Posts: 3022
Joined 01-25-2005 status: Guru |
There is no OSX editor for any of the PLG boards, Windows only. The VL editor can be used for loading the user bank if you either have a WinPC or run Windows on your Mac (BootCamp, VMWare, etc.). To be honest, when I owned my ES and wanted to use the PLG boards I just bought the cheapest Windows laptop I could find just to run the editors.
Were you in voice mode or multi mode? In voice mode that should work fine, in multi mode it’s possible to set up a PLG board to the same MIDI channel as a rack voice. When I had my ES, this used to drive me nuts every time I set up a new sequence I’d get both the PLG voice and the ES grand piano playing. Go back and reread the manual about multi mode to see the details on this. If you use USB for MIDI (which you said you do not) the PLG boards can be on a separate MIDI port, giving you more than 16 MIDI channels and no layering with the rack voices. Hope this helps. |
cdh
Total Posts: 3
Joined 04-09-2007 status: Newcomer |
Hi, and thank you for this information. Having to use another computer is of course nowhere close to optimal, but if there’s no way around it, then i guess that’s just the way I have to go..
To the second question: yes, I was in multi-mode when I observed this behavior.. voice mode was fine, but that’s not really useful for me..
I know that I can see more ports in logic when connecting the rack via USB (tested this once), however I never tried using these other ports.. maybe I will look into this. Either way, thanks a lot for your help |
Bad_Mister
Total Posts: 36620
Joined 07-30-2002 status: Moderator |
There are 16 MIDI channels per PORT.
The PLG SLOTS 1, 2 and 3 will share MIDI channels with PARTS 1, 2 and 3. SHARE = LAYERED
If you would like to use the PLG-boards on their own discreet MIDI channel you have two choices:
By setting your PLG 150 Boards on PORT 2, they now have their own discreet MIDI channel assignment. This works because PORT 2, MIDI channel 1 is totally separate/discreet from PORT 1, MIDI channel 1
So by setting your PLG150 Boards to PORT 2 you have added a 17th, and 18th PART to you MULTI
All PLG150 series boards are single PART boards so will only occupy a single MIDI channel of PORT 2.
Press [UTILITY]
I should mention you must be connected to the Motif-Rack via USB in order to use the multiple Port function.
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