Selecting MIDI ports in AA3

I've been checking out the MIDI capabilities in AA3, and so far so good EXCEPT I can't figure out how to use separate MIDI ports. I see how you can select ports in the "MIDI Devices" box. But how do you use different ports for different tracks? For example, I've successfully sequenced tracks for Channels 1, 2 and 3 for hardware modules on Port A, but now I have a dedicated synth/sampler PC which is connected on Port B. When I try to sequence tracks using Port B and change the MIDI Devices box to select Port B, all of the previously sequenced material switched to Port B as well. But I want those tracks to stay selected for Port A. I keep looking for a tab or drop-down button on the track, where you can select "MIDI IN" Port A Channel 1, and "MIDI OUT" Port B Channel 3 or whatever. I just cant find where you can have separate tracks each with different ports and channels. I hope I'm missing something and that Adobe hasn't overlooked this IMPORTANT feature. Other than that I love what I've seen so far in AA3. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.

OK, I got the answer from Durin at the Adobe Forums....

"This first implementation is limited to one global MIDI port. Each channel is broadcast on all ports enabled in the hardware preference manager. This was not our preferred behavior, and is one we intend to address in the next release.

The short explanation comes down to time and choosing which features were prioritized over others. As our goal with this release was not to create a full-featured MIDI editor but a VSTi-based sequencer with basic MIDI support for controllers and keyboards, some of the more advanced features MIDI offers had to be deferred in favor of ensuring our VSTi support was solid and robust.

I've already written up feature designs to implement multiple ports, sophisticated hardware routing and assignments, and full SYSEX and Patch support, and it's my hope that our next release can continue to beef this sequencer up and make it as valuable as the rest of the application. If you have suggestions or a wishlist of features you'd like to see, please share them either in the forums or privately to "


So...... I guess we'll have to wait for this to happen in 4.0

Aaron