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Hello lovely people. This is a continuance of a previous question. I'm almost there, but still need a little help (I may post the same question on the Akai forum).

The setup:
Nord E6 and Akai Keys 37, midi'd out>in in both directions. Nord global midi is 1, external keybd 10. Send & receive Control/Program change are all on.

The requirement:

1. Drive the song choice from the Akai. Choose a song, and the Electro jumps to it too.

2. Be able to use the Akai as the external keyboard for the Nord (ie. send ext to low split and play the Nord Organ on the Akai with the Nord board dedicated to piano or whatever).

3. Be able to use the Akai to play from the Nord when I need to fatten up sounds (mainly brass & strings).

I can do all of these things, just not at the same time. The main clash is between 1 & 2. If I set the Akai midi to 1, it will change the song when I choose the song on the Akai, but then won't function as an external keyboard (it just plays whatever's on the Electro board). If I set the Akai midi to 10, it functions fine as the external keyboard, but won't bring up the song when I choose it on the Akai.

Anyone know how I can have my cake AND eat it?

EDIT: Yes, I can! The Akai needs separate tracks with different midi channels for program change and note info.

I'm not familiar with the Akai Keys 37 but if it can only send Midi on one channel then you'll need some kind of Midi processing box.

The CME H2 Midi Pro will probably do what you want. You can program it so Program Change messages are mapped to a different channel and everything else is unchanged. In your case you would have Akai Midi Out on channel 10 to CME Midi In - PC is mapped to channel 1 and all other messages stay on 10 - CME Midi Out to E6 Midi In. E6 Out can be connected directly to Akai Midi In.

Other Midi processing gadgets are available - Midisolutions, Blokas etc but the CME is inexpensive and I'm 99% confident will do the job.