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Re: Bidule midi question



Thanks Per.

Steve


On 12 Jul 2009, at 23:22, Per Boysen wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Steve Bingham<sbingham@con- 
> brio.com> wrote:
>> Do any Bidule users out there know how I can do the following, as  
>> I'm pretty
>> new to the program:
>>
>> I have two midi inputs coming into Bidule from external sources, on  
>> two
>> different midi channels. One is connected up to a synth module  
>> (Absynth). I
>> would like to use a range of note on values from the other input to  
>> control
>> the volume in Absynth.
>>
>> Any ideas welcome!!
>
>
> Having two MIDI In ports is no problem. You can either (1) cable MIDI
> streams wherever you need to send them or through Bidules that
> filters, transposes, remaps etc. Or you can (2) use the Parameters
> Window to directly assign some MIDI to a target parameter.
>
> Or you can just double-click and Bidule or plug-in and click its "MIDI
> Learn" button, touch a parameters graphical object and send in the
> external MIDI you want to create a binding to. After having done this
> you mustn't forget to turn off the MIDI Learn function - or you will
> end up with hundreds of parameters assigned to your precious pedal
> ;-))
>
> Regarding that "range of notes" you want to control Abysynth volume I
> have a feeling that it would make a good start convert those notes to
> either MIDI CC# or direct parameter control data. I would look for a
> way to that to start with. Might need some scaling to work, which is
> done by first opening the plug-in's GUI then clicking its button
> marked "Params" (at the top Bidule shell) and then selecting the
> actual parameter in the parmeters list in the left column. You can
> then set Min and Max value for the parameter to scale it to you
> musical need.
>
> I'm sorry I don't know the details, but the manual is quite ok for
> looking up things and at the Bidule forum people are very keen on
> helping.
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se
> www.perboysen.com
>