SD3 – MIDI channel interpretation instead of filtering

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Currently, SD3 can apply filters to incoming midi notes based on the midi channel.  Ie. one can choose a specific channel to process (ignoring all others) or process all channels (through a linked setting in either the “Midi In” config or the “Midi setup” config in standalone).  I’m assuming the same filter likely exists in most/all DAWs for an SD3 instrument.

Once the notes get through that filter, SD3 ignores the channel attached to a given note, as best as I can tell.  I looked briefly at the Midi spec, and it seems that an optional component of the spec (MIDI 1.0 level 2 section 2.3)  allows for multiple rhythm channels, which would allow for multiple modules (midi sources) to be used together by assigning them separate channels.  This would imply, in my mind anyway, that the midi note values might overlap, but the modules would be differentiated by the channels.  Maybe my interpretation of the spec is wrong, but this is how I read it.

Anyway, I’m curious whether SD3 could ever interpret incoming midi as the combination of channel and note, and not just note (after being filtered by channel).  This would effectively expand the total number of note slots available for mapping, and could really help with large kits using instruments with a lot of mapped articulations (think: multiple hi-hats with all 6 openness levels for edge, bow and bell).

I realize I can handle this with multiple instances of SD3 with channel filters (either standalone or separate tracks in a DAW), but that becomes quite cumbersome to maintain across different presets.  I think this would make a good wish-list item for next-gen SD.

Thanks!

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