From Edward Schultheis Sent Sat, Nov 3rd 2018, 02:44
From Edward Schultheis Sent Sat, Nov 3rd 2018, 02:44
Used a midi monitor... as expected the wx7 is only outputting c2 (breathe co= ntrol) until I hit a key. Then it transmits the note. It also transmits pitchbend when it s supposed to. So aggravating! I cannot find any sort of local off on the digitone so not sure if that wil= l work for it > On Nov 2, 2018, at 6:27 PM, Brian Willoughby <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wro= te: >=20 >=20 >> On Nov 2, 2018, at 4:46 PM, Murray <xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >> There has been a misuse of Note off since midi began. Some manufactures u= se a midi note on (Hex 90) with a value of zero as a note off and some use a= proper midi note off (Hex 80) with sometime a zero value and sometimes a va= lue of the release speed of a note. >=20 > None of the above is a =E2=80=9Cmisuse=E2=80=9D of MIDI. The Specification= has always defined Note On, Velocity Zero as being equivalent to Note Off. T= he reason is to take advantage of Running Status, especially since most synt= hs do not implement Note Off Velocity anyway (neither on the keyboard or the= voice architecture). >=20 > People who use MIDI should grab a copy of the spec and give it a read. It=E2= =80=99s a free PDF from the MIDI Manufacturers Association. Anyone who devel= ops MIDI software or designs hardware and firmware should definitely read th= e specification from start to finish. >=20 > What you may be thinking of, at least in terms of misuse, is that some man= ufacturers started sending All Notes Off whenever the player removed all fin= gers from the keyboard. Since MIDI sometimes suffers from stuck notes, the f= olks who dreamed up this =E2=80=9Cclever=E2=80=9D abuse must have been think= ing that it would cure stuck notes. The idea is that as you play chords on t= he keyboard, there might always be at least one key down, but as soon as you= release all keys the MIDI processor will send All Notes Off. This is almost= fine, so long as you only have mono-timbral synths, and so long as All Note= s Off puts voices into Release mode instead of silencing the voice. Unfortun= ately, some synths treat Note Off as a gentle transition into Release mode, b= ut they treat All Notes Off as a sort of emergency sound kill command. Multi= -timbral synths sound like crap when connected to one of these keyboard cont= rollers, because voices are always getting cut short before the full release= phase. >=20 > The abuse, misunderstandings, and general incompatibility between brands w= as so bad that revised copies of the MIDI Specification specifically say, =E2= =80=9CDO NOT DO THIS!=E2=80=9D >=20 > Eventually, MIDI added an All Sounds Off message, separate from All Notes O= ff, with subtle differences in the definitions of what each is supposed to d= o. >=20 >=20 >> You should probably run the output of the WX-7 into something like MidiOX= to see what the controller is actually outputting. I have never played a sa= x but would you not get a note if you just blow into one? >=20 > This is definitely a great suggestion. It pays to become very familiar wit= h all of the messages that your controller can send. You also want to learn a= ll of the messages that your synth will respond to. Things work best when yo= u know what=E2=80=99s going on and can alter settings and configurations as n= eeded. >=20 > I have a Casio MIDI Guitar, and it has a few different modes that change t= he way MIDI messages are generated. I=E2=80=99d probably have been lost if I= didn=E2=80=99t know which messages were appropriate for a given synth. >=20 >=20 >> Once you have that data check the synth you are playing it into to see ho= w it handles midi note data. >>=20 >> MH >>=20 >>=20 >>> On 3/11/2018 12:29 PM, Edward Schultheis wrote: >>> Hi all, I got a Yamaha WX-7, and absolutely LOVE IT! >>> Problem is, with some synths, I seem to get strange triggering when usin= g the keys. >>> 1- if I blow in and don=E2=80=99t hold a key down, is still get a note >>> 2- when I press a key, I get a note, and when I release it I get a note!= ? >>> What setting would it be that makes a key release cause a note to be pla= yed? >>=20 >=20 >=20