Muse Research Receptor manual v1.2 - Manual (Page 99)

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Multitimbral Synth Tip: Note that the Listen to MIDI Channel and Play Plugin MIDI Channel settings, when
used together, let you play multiple channels on a multitimbral VSTi. If you instantiate a multitimbral VST and
assign its LISTEN TO value to ALL and its PLUGIN CH value to THRU, then every incoming MIDI channel
will be thru’d to the like-numbered VST channel, allowing for multitimbral operation of that VST.
Play Plugin MIDI Channel
Use this section when a plugin needs to play on a particular MIDI channel regardless of what MIDI channel is
used to trigger it.
By default, this parameter is always set to 1, meaning every instantiated instrument plays whatever sound
is assigned to it’s internal definition of channel 1. In general, you will not need to change this default MIDI
channel mapping since the majority of VSTi’s are monotimbral and will respond the same no matter which
MIDI channel you use to play them.
A small number of VST instruments (such as Native Instruments’ B4) respond differently depending on which
MIDI channel you play them on. For example, B4’s upper manual is hardwired to MIDI Ch 1; its lower manual
to MIDI Ch 2; and its pedals to MIDI Ch 3. If, for example, you instantiated the B4 on Instrument Channel
7, you would hear its upper manual play (since all plugin channels are, by default, remapped to Ch 1). If you
actually wanted to play the lower manual, you would set the Play Plugin MIDI Channel value to 2 so that the
incoming MIDI data would be routed to B4 Channel 2, which is the lower organ manual.
In addition, some VST instruments are multitimbral and may therefore have different sounds assigned to
different MIDI channels. Most of these multitimbral instruments will work flawlessly with MIDI channel 1,
which is why this is the default value. However, the Play Plugin MIDI Channel parameter lets you control any
plugin channel you wish, regardless of which Instrument Channel you used to instantiate the plugin, or which
incoming MIDI Channel it listens to.
You can choose between MIDI channel 1-16, or you can choose THRU, which means that the VSTi plays on
the same MIDI channel set in the Listen to MIDI Channel column.