How to route MIDI output to multiple destinations?

[XJENSEN]

I know this works for audio (you can send the output of an audio track to multiple busses or even hardware outs), but how do you route MIDI output from one track to multiple destinations/VIs?

I was looking for a convenient way to compare multiple options for sounds and instruments without having to copy over playlists to each new track.

[skylar_battles]

It's works the same way for MIDI/Instrument tracks, but you do have to turn off the new midi FX system by switching the tracks have plugin on them to the correct VI on channel 1. Then route as you please! So on a MIDI track, you can hold control to select multiple output destinations for the clips on the track/record enable to have play up to all loaded VIs if desired.

[Redpony]

FYI: Using 2024.3.1 I had to hold control before clicking the dropdown. With audio busses I can click control after the dropdown opens.

[skylar_battles]

Confirmed here. It would be great if this was the same for MIDI and you could just hold control after clicking. It's slightly more finicky with MIDI routing.

[albee1952]

Originally Posted by skylar_battles

Confirmed here. It would be great if this was the same for MIDI and you could just hold control after clicking. It's slightly more finicky with MIDI routing.

Agreed, but another work around would be to duplicate the midi file(as many times as you like) since midi info doesn't require much in the way of system resources

Originally Posted by albee1952

Agreed, but another work around would be to duplicate the midi file(as many times as you like) since midi info doesn't require much in the way of system resources

However, if one decides to edit the performance, one MIDI track is ideal & also an act of foresight.
By the way, for Windows users it would be the Windows logo Start Key. After pressing the Start key and selecting additional VI's in the assignment list you'll see a "+" symbol added to the assignment list. Meaning there are more assignments added to the list.

Love employing this method to trigger multiple VI's & create layered sounds from one MIDI or Instrument track.

[albee1952]

Originally Posted by take77

However, if one decides to edit the performance, one MIDI track is ideal & also an act of foresight.

I thought it was easy to have mirrored editing on midi tracks(sorry but I am not a big midi user so I haven't experimented with this).

Originally Posted by albee1952

I thought it was easy to have mirrored editing on midi tracks(sorry but I am not a big midi user so I haven't experimented with this).

We're definitely on the same page and I thought you might say that. lol
I actually deleted the part of my comment that said "unless using MIDI mirrored editing."

Although, I now prefer mirrored edits to be all on one track also. For example, when editing a drum pattern that's been copied & pasted at various points down the timeline.
I still do the duplicate track method sometimes. Gets a bit busy and easy to lose track of what changes are being reflected and mirrored editing didn't always work the way I wanted due to my own user error and lack of foresight. Usually when I consolidated something and tried to mirror a clip later.
And when sample rounding was an issue it was an editing nightmare having to fix every track. lol

Although, I will sometimes do duplicate MIDI tracks when combining a couple different Drum Vi's.
I might like the kick from one library and snare from another. Then copy the MIDI clip to the other VI track and mute all notes except the kick and vice versa. Then unload the rest of the kit in that VI that triggers the kick.
Just one way to do that of course.
These day's I'll just use the pieces that are meant to be together as a kit. lol

It's definitely cool that there's more than one way to do things in PT and you can attain the result the way that you feel like.
I do like the hidden capabilities of PT; being able to assign a single MIDI track to multiple VI's or create multiple audio outs/in from a VI all at once in PT using the right shortcuts.

[JoelSaez]

Hi, I'm in Pro Tools Artist and I can't add another MIDI output simultaneously by holding Ctrl on a Mac. Any idea if this is a limitation of Artist or something?