5MIDI Sequencing Exercises

This chapter contains a series of MIDI sequencing exercises that are designed to help develop the practical skills you will need to complete the main sequencing projects. Each exercise focuses one particular aspect at a time, giving you step-by-step examples and practical tips along the way.

Exercise 5.1 Initial set-up

This exercise will cover the following:

• Creating new MIDI tracks

• Receiving MIDI information

• Selecting a MIDI input

• Assigning MIDI tracks to a sound source

• Routing tracks to a sound source

• Selecting different sounds

• Choosing which sound you hear when you play the keyboard

• Sharing MIDI channels with tracks

• Assigning drum sounds to MIDI tracks

• Saving a song template.

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