1 synth, multiple sounds.... due to midi channels?

So I watched a video on youtube
and at 8:30 he starts explaining how this happens..... is this only happening because the motif itself has multiple tracks? could this be possible on a regular synth with no tracks? or does it need to be a workstation of some kind??

The way i produce is using MIDI and solo it and "sample" it and assign it to a pad then erase my midi track and use another for different parts (lead, bass, solo). This would be SO MUCH EASIER, if i could acheive this method with a synth or at least get a workstation and know it's possible.

thanks for the help forum.

You just need a multi-timbral synth, which lets you set up a different synth sound/patch on different MIDI channels in some sort of 'Multi' mode.

Workstations will allow this, but many other synths/samplers do as well.

THANKS SIMON! I do have a multi timbral synth.... now the hard part is actually getting it to work!

Read the manual, look for some sort of multi mode, you should be able to set up to 16 different sounds, on 16 different MIDI channels, depending on how many multi-timbral parts the synth provides.

Then you use a different MPC track, set to the appropriate/matching MIDI channel to the part you want to play in the synth, to play each different sound.

yeah i just checked the manual.... and it reads that I have to download the software to change the midi channels in multi mode otherwise pretty much impossible alone. and 4 parts not a full 16. So I guess, new synth.

You sure?

Do you have to change the MIDI channels it responds to in multi mode anyway, maybe it responds to channels 1/2/3/4, and if so, you just set 4 different MIDI tracks in the MPC to those channels, and play each part/sound from the 4 different MPC tracks.

Let us know what the synth is, and we might be able to help to set it up, without having to buy a new synth.

Multitimbral synths, very simply put, means the synth can 'watch' several MIDI channels at once. Each channel output from the MPC can drive a different patch. (Actually, if two patches watch the same channel. they'll play the same part back using the two sounds).

You are limited by the number of timbres available, in your case: 4. Buying a new synth won't really solve the problem; in fact, you could still use the existing synth on a different port if you choose to keep it (depending on how many MIDI OUT ports your MPC has).

Reading the manual for a specific device is pretty much the best way to figure out how it can respond to MIDI. You need to research how to assign different patches to different channels on the synth, and how to do that per track on the MPC.

Den iz all jus gettin down ta bidness.