Hardware MIDI
Gridshift automatically detects and connects to all available MIDI input devices. When you plug in a MIDI controller, it’s immediately available — no configuration required. To make a controller’s knobs and buttons drive Gridshift — transport, mixer, navigation — map them with the Controller Profiles wizard or ad-hoc MIDI Bindings.Supported messages
Routing
MIDI input is routed to the selected instrument track. In Focus Mode, input is routed to the focused clip’s instrument.Computer keyboard (Musical Typing)
When an instrument track is selected or a MIDI clip is focused, your computer keyboard becomes a musical instrument. See the Musical Typing page for the full keyboard layouts. Musical Typing has three layouts, selected per-track via the Keys Layout picker in the Inspector:- Scale — Three rows of scale degrees across 3 octaves. Only notes in the selected key/scale are played. Best for melodies and chords. Default for new instrument tracks.
- Piano — Chromatic piano layout with white keys on the middle row and black keys on the upper row, across 2 octaves.
- Drums — 26 sequential chromatic pads across Y/Z…P, with Y/Z mapped to MIDI 36 (General MIDI Bass Drum). Automatically selected when you load a drum plugin.
- Octave shifting via Command Palette (Musical Typing: Octave Up/Down)
- Velocity control
- Real-time recording and step entry
Instrument tracks
To use MIDI input for playing and recording:1
Create an instrument track (⇧⌘T, then pick an instrument)
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Assign an Audio Unit instrument in the Inspector
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Select the track — MIDI input is now routed to it
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Play your controller or use Musical Typing