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630Logic Pro Instruments
Use a single-channel controller with Logic Pro Vintage B3
If you don’t have a master keyboard that allows multichannel transmission, you can use
a MIDI keyboard that is capable of transmitting on only one MIDI channel. You can use
Vintage B3 Split parameters to split the keyboard in order to play upper, lower, and pedal
sounds in different keyboard zones. Each keyboard zone can be transposed independently.
There are three keyboard modes: single, split, and multi.
• Single: Uses the entire keyboard. You can only play the upper sound.
• Split: Divides the keyboard into two. You can play the upper and lower sounds in
different keyboard zones.
• Multi: Divides the keyboard into three. You can play the upper, lower, and pedalboard
sounds in different keyboard zones.
Technically, Vintage B3 remaps the incoming single-channel MIDI data into two or three
MIDI channels when either split or multi keyboard mode is active.
Set the keyboard mode
1. In Logic Pro, click Main in the control bar, then click the Split button at the lower right.
2. Set the switch to the left of the keyboard in the central display to Single, Split, or Multi.
Change the default MIDI channels
Changing MIDI channels can be useful when you perform live and require quick access to
another sound module.
1. In Logic Pro, click Main in the control bar, then click the Split button at the lower right.
2. Set the switch to the left of the keyboard in the central display to Multi.
3. Change the channel numbers for the upper, lower, and pedal manuals.
Set keyboard zones
1. In Logic Pro, click Main in the control bar, then click the Split button at the lower right.
2. Set the switch to the left of the keyboard in the central display to Split.
3. Horizontally drag the split icons to create the pedal/lower zone and the lower/upper
zone.
If you select the same value for both split points, the lower manual is turned off. If the
lower/pedal split is moved above the upper/lower split, the other split point is moved
(and vice versa).
Transpose keyboard zones by octaves
1. In Logic Pro, click Main in the control bar, then click the Split button at the lower right.
2. Set the switch to the left of the keyboard in the central display to Split.
3. Choose an octave value (+/– 2 octaves) from the Pedals Transpose, Lower Transpose,
or Upper Transpose pop-up menu.
These transpositions are independent of the global Tune parameter or transposition
features of Logic Pro. They also have no impact on the preset keys which is particularly
important when you want to use preset switching. See Use Logic Pro Vintage B3 preset
keys when split keyboard mode is active.