What is the status byte in "midiformat" ?
Hi, I'm very new to Max environment.
Reading "step by step" book I got to know that I need to use midiformat message to controll vst plugin embedded into Max.
In the reference of "midiformat", it's written that the massage is like [midievent 144 60 127] this format and I could understand about 2nd and third argument, (2nd is note pitch, 3rd is velocity) but I can't get what the first argument is...
" First number in series is the status byte, which combines inlet (type of message) with channel to make one number. "
I don't know what the status byte is ... and how it's determined??
Hi,
The Midi status byte determines the type of the message and the channel, but you don't need to directly worry about that with [midiformat] - each of the inlets is for type of message (note on/off, cc, aftertouch etc), and the [midiformat] is using that to emit the correct bytes for the desired message.
Rgds,
Nick.
Thank you Nick!
Please check if I understand correctly...
So ... the status byte is decided automatically regarding informations like note on/off, cc, aftertouch etc,
It specify just the status of message, and not mean kind of "size" of message doesn't it?
Kind regards,
Rina.
I think its really clearly explained here: https://www.midi.org/specifications-old/item/table-1-summary-of-midi-message