Re: Midi Channel Help!!
Reply #3 –
Short answer is: Each instrument needs it's own channel. If you insert an instrument patch in a staff, it affects all other staves that share the same channel. Same goes for most multi-point controller options (pitch bend, expression, etc.) A notable exception is key velocity. Each note can have it's own velocity (but this is not easy with NoteWorthy). That's why you need to replicate the right hand dynamics in the left hand for piano parts even if you set them to the same channel.
Longer answer is: Sometimes, you have to put the same instrument on two staves with different channels e.g., you want to bend one note of a saxophone but leave other sax notes unbent. Other times, you can put several instruments on the same channel (and/or staff) as long as they never play at the same time. Visualize a bari sax player racking his sax to pick up a bass flute, then returning to the sax for that big ending. It could all go on the same channel with instrument patches in the appropriate places.