Sending velocity to midiout without noteoff message
Hello,
Is it possible to format a midi control message where i only send velocity data? much like a cc control stream or mod wheel etc. Or is velocity data always pared with a note on/off comand?
I have a behringer cybermix unit. Its an old 32 vca box build for fader automations. It reacts to note velocity.
So note 1 (C-2) vel 1 on channel 9 opens up the first vca.
The problem is that it stutters when i change velocity(control the vca) because of the note on/off message being send. I hope i'm doing something wrong and not understanding the midi protocol correctly.
Edit* This is solved. Sending note on/off and velocity messages to channel 1 resolved into normal behaviour. My geus is that the unit ignors note off messages on channel 1. Thank you.
it is always only part of a note on or off, where for note on it is obligatory.
You shouldn't be using xnoteout for this as it also sends out release velocities that your unit will not understand. Behringer units usually respond best to simple noteon messages thus:
You should not need to send noteoff messages but if you you think you need to send a "noteoff" message in order to turn something off, simply send a noteon with a velocity of zero.
Assuming that you are talking about the CM8000, I went searching for a MIDI implementation chart but the only reference to one that I could find was in Danish and had been put together by somebody painstakingly analysing the messages being generated by the software that was available for the unit. Sadly, Behringer have never been the best at publishing useful MIDI charts.