Sending multiple Midi channels from Max to Logic X Issue

In Logic:
- goto File>Project Settings>Recording and check 'Auto Demix by Channel...'
- record enable all 4 tracks

Yeah I've tried that as well, still doesn't differentiate the individual midi channels. The thing I find strange is even if I have only one instrument open and receiving midi on a specific channel it will receive all midi information coming from max. If there are multiple noteouts set to different channels but not being needed in a patch the only way for logic to note listen to those is by completely cutting the connections.

Yes, there is a problematic feature of Auto Demix:
"If MIDI is received on a channel for which there is no instrument track, that input is recorded to the selected track."
So if you want only one instrument receiving on a specific channel you need to make sure that this track is not selected.

I've hardly used Logic for years, but IIRC wouldn't you cable the "from Max 1" outlet of the Physical Input to a channel splitter then its individual outlets to the appropriate instruments? In the Environment, that is.

Yes, with older versions of Logic it could only be done in the environment.

During recording, Logic shows all the incoming notes in a single track, it's only when you stop recording that it distributes the information to the remaining tracks, according to the MIDI channel specification.

Anyway, it's very cumbersome and limiting. For instance, although you can demix information by channel, you can't easily (not through the Environment) do it by device??? One would guess that if they have several MIDI input devices (MIDI keyboard and drum set, for instance), they may want to record simultaneously several musicians...

Gawd, this sort of stuff makes me want to stick to acoustic piano.

I believe that I can help with your issue, Branton.

MIDI in Logic is a bit tricky. The solution is on the "Clicks & Ports" layer in Logic's environment. You must create a channel splitter, send Max's midi notes to the new channel splitter, and then cable the individual channels of the channel splitter to the midi track itself (found on a different layer).

In the patch below, I have broken the connection from the Physical Input's Sum over to the keyboard (labeled Input Notes) which connects on to “to Recording & Thru”. So, the only MIDI notes that make it to Logic's tracks are thru the “16 MIDI Chnls from [noteout]” object.

Here is a link to a page that contains a zip file (Logic file, Max patch, and text file).
http://home.lagrange.edu/mturner/MitchWebSite/logic_help_files.html

Let me know if this does not solve your issue.

Hope it helps,
Mitch