Apple Logic Pro X - Manual (Page 776)

Chapter 23 Work in the Environment 776
Standard instrument parameters
Standard instruments have the following parameters:
•
Port pop-up menu: Use to set a direct connection to one of your MIDI output ports. Remember
that you can also cable an instrument object directly to (or from) other Environment objects,
allowing MIDI processing.
•
Channel pop-up menu: Sets the MIDI channel for the instrument’s output. If you set this
parameter to All, all events are sent with their original channel settings.
•
Program, Volume, and Pan: Transmit program changes, volume controller (#7), and pan
controller (#10) data.
No data is sent until you select the corresponding checkbox. If the box is already selected, any
value alterations are sent immediately. The values are also sent whenever you select the track
while holding down Option.
Beneath the Program parameter is the Bank parameter. If your MIDI sound source recognizes
bank select messages (check the device manual), you can switch between sound banks. If your
sound source responds to the standard Bank Select message (Controller #32), you can use this
parameter directly. If not, you can define your own bank select commands.
•
Transposition pop-up menu: Defines the number of semitones that all note events are
transposed by, on output. Negative values transpose downward.
•
Velocity field: Use to increase or decrease the note on velocities of all note events, by an
amount between –99 and 99.
•
Key Limit field: The two note values of the Key Limit parameter define a pitch range. All notes
outside this range are ignored by the instrument when it plays a MIDI region. In other words,
this range of notes will not be played.
•
Vel Limit field: The two values of the Vel Lim parameter define a velocity range. All notes with a
velocity that falls outside this range are not played by the instrument.