[linux-audio-user] midi ctrl

[njcross at sbcglobal.net]

 Stephen Cameron <smcameron at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Isn't the data that comes from a midi controller typically
> already in the form of noteon/noteoff events?
> 
> I know when I was messing around with an Akai MPD16
> (drumpad thingy) I was getting note-ons coming out
> of it.  There was no real "conversion" necessary, 
> though I filtered out some things it was sending which
> I wasn't interested in.
> 
> Maybe I misunderstand your question -- and I'm amateur, 
> so don't take what I say as being authoritative by 
> any stretch.
> 
> Maybe you mean record incoming MIDI events into a MIDI
> format file?  There's arecordmidi
>
I don't think that midi control data sends midi note on/note off specific 
commands.
Dunno, maybe I'm wrong.

N.