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I am trying out Freestyler and liking all it has to offer. Thank you to the developers.

I run my bands show from a keyboard using software synths and midi control for all our effects and patch changes. I also used my computer to send patch change info to a hardware DMX controller to change scenes in sync with the songs.

I would like to do the same thing with Freestyler. I have a vurtual midi driver "loopbe1" installed. I go tot he midi setup in Freestyler, click start and edit. I then send a midi note on message from my other software. Freestyler acts as expected and learns the note message accurately. So, I know that the virtual driver is working and FS is seeing messages sent from my other program.

However, when I save and exit setup and try to send the same message there is no reaction by Freestyler. I have tried mulitple different actions, primarily testing with Toggle Blackout. However, I get no reaction in Freestyler to the trigger sent from my other software. Is it possible that this is because Freestlyer is not the "active" window when I send the midi message? that would be odd since Freestyler received the note on message when learning from the setup page while not being the active window.

Any ideas? I would really like to trigger sequences in Freestyler from my software midi controlelr and it seems like im so close but no success.

Appreciate your help,

Paul

OK, I've managed to take a step in the right direction. Now, I can get the Blackout to go on, but when I resend the Note On Message, it does not turn off. There is no Toggle. It reacts once only. The same is tru if I send a command to an override button. It turns on, but doesnt turn off. If I use the mouse to turn off whatever Im triggering directly in Freestyler, I can usually get it to turn back on via midi but thats it. Its very inconsistent.

I get the same reaction when using an outboard piece of gear to send the midi message so Im sure its not the virtual midi now. What am I missing here? How can I send a midi message to start and stop a sequence or other action?

Well, enough experimentation and I figured it out. in case anyone in the future ever needs the answer the solution is as follows:

In your sequencer or whatever you use to send the midi note on message, you need to send 2 messages. A Note On message at 127 followed by a Note On message at 0. This seems to work perfectly. Yay. Now on to the next thing . . .