A Question About Using Two Midi Controllers Options

[boceway]

right now i'm running live with reason (slaved) on an ibook. i have an m-audio o2 midi keyboard controller and i plan to add an akai mpd16 midi drum pad controller. my question is this: in either live and/or reason, would it be possible to have one controller, say the m-audio, set to one channel, while another controller (the akai in this case) set to a separate channel so i can use both controllers similtaneously but having both producing different sounds (ie: the akai for drum sounds and the m-audio for synths)? any help on this matter would be appreciated.

[boceway]

thanks for the info. now that i think about it, i may want to go with the korg or m-audio drum controllers instead because, based on descriptions, a) trigger finger (m-audio) is setup for reason and live already, and b) the korg has the ability to assign pads to separate midi channels (which i'm not sure if any of the others can do). the akai only costs $100 but is very basic compared to the m-audio or korg. and yes, the m-audio and korg has more assignable knobs and buttons as well.