# Modules for the Orac

**URL:** <https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/modules-for-the-orac/2823>\
**Category:** Patches\
**Created:** [May 25, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/modules-for-the-orac/2823 "2018-05-25T14:25:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![thetechnobear](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.critterandguitari.com/thetechnobear/32/42_2.png) [@thetechnobear](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/thetechnobear)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/modules-for-the-orac/2823/16 "2018-06-07T14:31:04Z")

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> [@junklight](#):
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> well it turns out PDs implementation of midi devices is kind of poor - I don’t seem to be able to select which device to put midi out on (even on my desktop version - it lets me add multiple devices but I can’t see how to control where the midi goes)

this is already covered in my [how to thread](http://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/how-to-advanced-midi-setup-3-1/2264)

you have a choices  
a) map multiple controllers onto channels 1-16, then in orac you can select midi channel in chain  
(i.e. just use different midi channels for each controller)  
b) use -mididev in pd-opts.txt to attach multiple channels grouped, 1-16,17-32,33-48 etc.  
then use midi channels in chain

if your controller is not able to select midi channel to send on (then after complaining to the manufacturer it should do), use option b, which will put midi channel 1 , 17 etc.

if you do use over channel 16, you will find orac limits selection in the router module 😭

but have no fear, I rarely hard code anything…  
go to the router module, open module.json, and there you see midi channel, change range to your new range  
e.g. 0-128 😉 (0=off, so keep zero)

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