2012 (Macintosh)

Chapter 13: CoreMIDI and QuickTime OS X 209
This example shows Band-in-a-Box configured to receive/record from a MIDI
keyboard on MIDI Interface Port 8. Band-in-a-Box transmits tracks on an
assortment of synthesizers, connected to various MIDI Interface ports. This
scheme would be useful on a large MIDI setup, if your best Drum sounds are on
a Port 5 synthesizer, best Piano is on a Port 2 synthesizer, etc.
Your setup does not have to be so complex. If you want all tracks to be played
on a single synthesizer (the most common situation), set the desired destination
in the Bass popup menu, and then click the ‘set all ports to this’ button, to
quickly set the destination for all tracks. You can get excellent results with all
instruments assigned to a General MIDI compatible device, such as a Roland
Sound Canvas module.
QuickTime Music and a Controller Keyboard
If you have a small MIDI controller keyboard, but you do not have any external
MIDI Synthesizers, Band-in-a-Box can easily support this.
Band-in-a-Box will receive/record from a keyboard connected to the MIDI
interface, but playback and keyboard MIDI Thru will go to the QuickTime
Music synthesizer.