Request: MIDI channel separation for external control
Posted: 06 Sep 2013, 07:03
Hello!
The new breed of MIDI controllers like the Akai APC-40 and I assume APC-20 reuse midi channels across the board. As freestyler doesn't appear to use the midi channel data it makes it impossible to use much of the control surface. For instance 8 of the 9 faders are all on cc7, just on different midi channels. Same with the 64 trigger buttons -- it's 8 notes x 8 channels that overlap. This is also the case with other control surfaces on the market.
I notice Freestyler already detects this information so I would assume it would be fairly straightforward to add in reception of that. I just don't know how it would effect the midi to DMX feature or whatever.
Would it be possible to get it where the midi channel is recorded with the note or controller value?
I looked before and saw the channel column and didn't worry about it. Then when testing tonight and then googling I found out that column is for some other midi to dmx feature. *gulp* Upon googling other control surfaces do the same thing. The old midi standard was each device had it's channel, but with these USB devices I guess they assume they're all the channels since they will never share with daisy chained units.
Thanks in advance.
The new breed of MIDI controllers like the Akai APC-40 and I assume APC-20 reuse midi channels across the board. As freestyler doesn't appear to use the midi channel data it makes it impossible to use much of the control surface. For instance 8 of the 9 faders are all on cc7, just on different midi channels. Same with the 64 trigger buttons -- it's 8 notes x 8 channels that overlap. This is also the case with other control surfaces on the market.
I notice Freestyler already detects this information so I would assume it would be fairly straightforward to add in reception of that. I just don't know how it would effect the midi to DMX feature or whatever.
Would it be possible to get it where the midi channel is recorded with the note or controller value?
I looked before and saw the channel column and didn't worry about it. Then when testing tonight and then googling I found out that column is for some other midi to dmx feature. *gulp* Upon googling other control surfaces do the same thing. The old midi standard was each device had it's channel, but with these USB devices I guess they assume they're all the channels since they will never share with daisy chained units.
Thanks in advance.
