How to Assign Different Instruments to Individual Strings in Pro Tools

Looking to play multiple different VSTs or instruments with individual strings on the Jamstik? Here's how! This demonstration walks through the process using the Jamstik Studio, but the connection process is the same for all of the Jamstik controllers. 

Setup Instructions:

• First, double-check which MIDI mode your Jamstik is in using Jamstik Creator or Jamstik Control. You'll want to be in either Multi-Channel or MPE mode.
  
  *If you're in Multi-Channel mode, the Jamstik's strings should be mapped to channels 1-6.
  
  *If you're in MPE mode, the first channel is reserved for global messages, so you'll want to map the strings to channels 2-7.

Video Instructions

Step-by-step Instructions:

• First, make sure your Jamstik is plugged in via USB and turned on.
• Then, in Pro Tools, create six new MIDI tracks.
• Change the input of each track to a string on the Jamstik.
• Then, create 6 new instrument tracks.
• Next, you’ll need to engage “Instruments” under the “Mix Window Views” tab and then change the input of each instrument to a string on the Jamstik.
• Select the instrument you would like to use and arm the tracks! 

Splitting MIDI Channels Demo: 

Here's a little snippet of what you can achieve by splitting MIDI channels!