Playback and Recording : MIDI Recording : Configuring MIDI or Instrument Tracks for Recording
Configuring MIDI or Instrument Tracks for Recording
To configure one or more MIDI or Instrument tracks for recording:
1 Create a new MIDI or Instrument track, or use an existing MIDI or Instrument track.
2 For Instrument tracks, select View > Mix Window > Instruments or View > Edit Window > Instruments.
3 From the track’s MIDI Input selector, select the device and channel to be recorded. (For Instrument tracks, the MIDI Input selector is available in Instruments view.)
 
MIDI track Input selector
 
Instrument track MIDI Input selector
4 From the MIDI Output selector, select the device and channel for MIDI playback.
 
MIDI track Output selector, Mix window
 
Instrument track MIDI Input selector, Mix window
5 To assign multiple destinations to a single MIDI or Instrument track, Control-click (Mac) or Start-click (Windows) the MIDI Output selector and select additional channels from any device. When multiple destinations are selected for a single MIDI track, a plus sign (“+”) appears next to the first destination name in the track’s MIDI Output selector.
6 To assign a default program change to the track, do the following:
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Click the Patch Select button.
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Make the necessary selections for program and bank select.
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Click Done.
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Default program changes are sent whenever the track is played. For more information, see Patch Select (Program and Bank Changes).
7 If recording to multiple MIDI or Instrument tracks, repeat the preceding steps for each track, then continue to the next step.
8 To use a click, enable and configure the click, and set a default tempo and meter for the session (see Recording with a Click).
9 Enable either Wait for Note or Countoff in the Transport window.
10 To replace existing track material, disable MIDI Merge in the Transport window (see MIDI Merge/Replace).
11 To automatically quantize material as it is recorded, enable Input Quantize (Event > Event Operations > Input Quantize). See Input Quantize.
12 To start recording from the beginning of the session, click Return to Zero in the Transport.
13 Record enable the MIDI or Instrument track by clicking its Record Enable button.
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To record enable additional MIDI and Instrument tracks, Shift-click their Record Enable buttons.
14 Make sure that Options > MIDI Thru is selected, then play your MIDI controller. The MIDI device or instrument plug-in assigned to the track’s MIDI Output sounds, and the track’s meters register MIDI activity (note velocity).
You are now ready to record MIDI data to the record-enabled MIDI and Instrument tracks.
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To monitor audio from an external MIDI instrument, select the corresponding audio Input Path for your MIDI instrument on the Instrument track (or use an Auxiliary Input track). See Signal Routing for Monitoring and Submixing.