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I need to know how to use multiple midi channels and have the sounds not layer on each other.

Like this.

I have one midi channel with hi hats.

The I/O is From all channels to Master.

I have another midi channel with a synth.

The I/O is From All channels to Master.

When I play the hi hats they play fine.

But when I play the synth it plays the synth and the hi hats at the same time.

It has something to do with it coming from the All Channels option.

How do I setup the I/O properly so that I can have mutliple Midi channels with the sounds not playing overtop each other.

Thanks a ton

Please honestly. You gotta help me.. otherwise i can't use ableton as a sequencer..

I only have Channel 1 working, that's why the sounds conflict.

I need to find out how to open all the other channels.

PLZ i'm begging you. help

where you see "Ch. 1" that's a drop down box, change it to Ch.2 and put a drum part on channel 2.

the whole point of my post was. Channel 2 doesn' t work!

In fact no chanel other than channel 1 works.

I need to figure out how to be able to use the other channels.

I've looked through the manual and can't find a single thing.

What kind of synth are you using, gloomer? I have a feeling that for whatever reason, your synth is set to MIDI unison, or something similar.

If you assign multiple channels in Ableton (as described above), then you should be able to map the multi-timbral "parts" in the synth to different MIDI channels, which would fix your problem.

Onother (clunky) method would be to mute the synth track, and record just the hi-hats as an audio track, then mute the hi-hat MIDI track and record the synth as an audio track.

I do this all the time, myself... it prevents any "confusion" among my numerous MIDI devices, and keeps me from fat-fingering any critical parts into oblivion: I track all my stuff as audio, and then mute / freeze the MIDI tracks as an emergency backup.

(Lose a complex MIDI setup at 4:40AM when under deadline on a sountrack, and you'll appreciate this approach!!)