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Re: Software installation on system disk: CORRECTION 0 127 (7/26/2009 12:38:08 PM) comp.music.midi MIDI reference is incorrect. "Bruce Varley" wrote in message news:... > I've recently obtained a Digidesign Mbox-2 audio interface box, and > installed it with the standalone drivers, as I've been intending... Bruce

MIDI velocity relationship 6 254 (6/14/2008 9:30:20 AM) comp.music.midi Hi, Is there any commonly adopted relationship between MIDI velocity (1 - 127) and output from the sounding device? My Yamaha Motif Reack seems to be pretty straightline between the MIDI value and dB. TIA ... Bruce

Unexpected device name change, Win32 development 1 154 (2/26/2008 11:00:24 AM) comp.music.midi Hi, I've come across something strange in implementing an interface in C++ through USB to an Edirol midi adaptor. I parse the table of MIDI devices using midiOutGetDevCaps() in a loop, and look for the devi... Bruce

Bit OT: Synthesising bagpipes 5 152 (2/9/2008 6:27:35 AM) comp.music.midi Hi, Can anyone provide some information on how to synthesise a realistic bagpipe sound? The inbuilt one on my Yamaha Motif Rack is pretty weak, and googling hasn't revealed anything useful. Either a typical ... Bruce

MS function midiOutShortMsg 1 275 (1/30/2008 9:23:31 AM) comp.music.midi Hi, I'm wondering how Windows deals with midi messages containing only 2 bytes, for example program change (CxH yyH). According to the documentation, the message is specified in the 3 low order bytes of a DW... Bruce

Orphan note-offs 2 130 (11/7/2007 8:51:36 AM) comp.music.midi Hi, Two related questions: (1) What's the 'official' situation with MIDI protocol regarding orphan note-offs? Ie. a note-off where there's been no corresponding note-on. (2) Unofficially, is the situation l... Bruce

Voice lists for Yamaha gear 0 125 (9/23/2007 10:52:34 AM) comp.music.midi Hi, Does anyone know where voice lists for the Yamaha Motif Rack can be obtained in electronic form, spreadseet, csv or similar? The software supplied doesn't seem to contain anything that can be extracted. T... Bruce

Looking for basic bank switch/control change software 9 137 (8/26/2007 8:59:55 AM) comp.music.midi Hi, Surely this must exist somewhere, I'm looking for a simple piece of software that will enable me to output defined sequences of MIDI bytes to my Edirol MIDI interface in response to hot keys. Essentially,... Bruce