Midi channel selection not working
Probably a stupid question, but I have been trying for quite some time and can't solve my problem.
In Max4Life, I have a patcher that should output midinotes in a selectable Midi Channel. I am doing that with the noteout object and the rightmost input gets the wanted Midi Channel.
I copied the example from the Docs and it still does not work. In the Midi Monitor I have after my patch, (in Live), no matter what, I always see ch.01.
I have my Test attached.
PS.
I noticed that it might be a Live issue that I do wrong.
I researched the midiformat object.
There the midichannel changes (I can see that through a print object), but in Live, by means of the Midi Monitor, all I get is everything on Midi Channel 1, despite setting the midi channel on the midiformat object to other channels than 1.
I'm pretty sure this is down to Ableton. Midi output from track devices will always be seen by Ableton on midi channel 1, regardless of what channel they were sent on.
Work arounds are using send/receive (something like this):
https://midi2themax.gumroad.com/l/mxl-free-pack
Or externals (not sure if these still work with max8), which can access midi devices so you could use virtual midi to route to other tracks:
https://www.theimpersonalstereo.com/max-externals
HTH
Thanks Submo.
Your first link looks promising.