Music Creator 6 Issues with Yamaha PSR - E 433

It's simply a matter of understanding midi channel assignments and the process.
 
It might look cryptic to some extent, but read through it first, then go back step by step and it should make sense.
 
The keyboard defaults to channel one in TTS so you will get some sound..... it's now just a matter of setting the channels up properly to get TTS to recognize the other channels and play music back on each of them..... I realized this was a problem for many folks so I set up this quick reference on my web site..... it shows you how to set up TTS for 3 channels...... each playing a different instrument, and all inputted from the same midi source which just happened to be transmitting it's data on midi channel 6.
 
Ask more questions if you need further clarification on something.  Ignore that the info says MC 4&5... it still works for MC6
 
From my website: 
 
 
Tips for Music Creator 4 & 5

ADVANCED TTS set up and operation.

You only need one instance of TTS to be able to play 16 different midi tracks as 16 different instruments. In this demo I will explain just how you accomplish this by starting with 3 midi tracks and one instance of TTS.

So…open a new project ( I opened a normal project and deleted the audio track and then inserted the midi tracks needed and then inserted the soft synth) and insert 3 midi tracks and one instance of TTS. I have:
 Track 1 midi piano
 Track 2 midi bass
 Track 3 midi strings
 Track 4 Cakewalk TTS1-1 (audio track this is where TTS lives in this project)

Use the track icons…it makes it ease to know what track you are working on.


Understand that this is just a basic setup of TTS to show you how to setup multiple instruments in one instance of TTS and get it all working.

Set Track 1 (piano)

Input FR channel 6
Output 2-Cakewalk TTS1-1
Channel 1
Key 0
Bank & patch = piano

Set track 2 (bass)

Input FR channel 6
Output 2-Cakewalk TTS1-1
Channel 2
Key -12
Bank & patch = bass

Set track 3 (strings)

Input FR channel 6
Output 2 Cakewalk TTS1-1
Channel 3
Key 0
Bank & patch = strings


A NOTE about my set up..... Notice that all 3 tracks are using the same input....FR channel 6. (Focusrite=FR) This allows all three channels to “hear” the midi keyboard which I have set to transmit on channel 6.
I could set each channel input to a different channel. By doing so I have to change the midi keyboard to transmit on that channel....none of the other channels will hear it, and that can be very useful in recording as you will see shortly.

By setting all 3 channels to the same midi input channel (channel 6) I am able to play all the parts into the three channels with out changing the midi transmit channel on my DX27S. I arm track 1 and record my parts doing the same for the next two tracks. Since the outputs are set to different channels they are sending their midi data to different channels in the TTS synth. The synth looks at the channel number, and routs that data to that channel and applied the patch & bank info you assigned to it and it carries out those instructions. The result is that you hear 3 different instruments playing from your speakers.

You are in the wrong part of the software. All you need to do in preferences is make sure the keyboard is selected as your MIDI input device. All the channel, bank and patch assignments happen on the MIDI track strip(s) in the track view in MC. After inserting an instance of TTS-1 it will default to playing on channel 1. To change it to channel 2 use the channel drop down in the MIDI track.

This is what a MIDI track strip looks like in the track view (from: http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation/default.aspx?Doc=Music%20Creator%206%20Touch&Lang=EN&Req=Playback.16.html#1108203 )

 
P points to Channel
Q points to Patch
S points to Bank
 

Thank you!  I'll have to review this and the Cakewalk documentation and see if my poor old brain can make sense of it.  Thanks for your patience.

You are welcome for the pic. I just drag them in from the MC6 Touch help on this site, no special server needed.

Don't mess with the PSR E-433. Use the keyboard default settings. Then set the MIDI track input to the keyboard Omni or channel 1.
 
The TTS-1 can play up to 16 channels. Starting with output channel 1 makes sense but it is not necessary. By convention channel 10 is for drums but the TTS-1 does not care about the convention.
 
I am sure there is an historic reason for the bank name but cannot tell you what it is. BTW, if you prefer, it is possible to set the instrument directly in the TTS-1 by clicking the EDIT buttons at the top of the UI and the click on the instrument name. All of the instruments will show in a popup menu.

57Gregy
I think Herb mentioned that channel 6 just happened to be what his keyboard was set to transmit on, you don't have to use 6.
I have always used Omni as the track input from the keyboard.

 
Yes... I set my keyboard to channel 6 midi output years ago for a reason I no longer remember..  any channel can be used including OMNI.