About MIDI Devices and Patch Names under PT 6.

[J. Guerrero]

Hi, just wanted to post what the manual says about it, cause many of us were asking how it'll be handled under OS X... so here it is, from the manual:

"Pro Tools 6 supports XML (Extensible Markup Language) for storing and importing patch names for your external MIDI devices. Pro Tools installs MIDI patch name files (.midnam) for the factory default patch names of many common MIDI devices. These files reside in directories, sorted by manufacturer, in Root/Library/Audio/Midi Devices/MIDI Patch Names."

NOTE: I corrected the path written in the original text according to a procedure that comes in the manual for loading custom patch name lists. There's also a tip:

"MIDI Patch name files (.midnam) can be edited in any text editor (such as TextEdit), so you can create your own custom patch names."

Now, many were wondering about equivalents to the IAC buses for OS X since they are not an option when configuring MIDI with the OS X's AudioMIDI Setup. Well, the solution for this is that Digidesign implemented four internal virtual MIDI buses named Pro Tools Inputs that work exactly as the IAC buses. These channels are located at the MIDI Input Devices list and you can turn them on or off to sync PT to other sequencers, control soft synths and route MIDI to plug ins, or to send or receive MIDI data.