[LAU] Ardour's Mixer fader for MIDI tracks

Len Ovens len at ovenwerks.net
Thu Mar 16 16:22:19 UTC 2017


On Thu, 16 Mar 2017, Will Godfrey wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Mar 2017 08:52:56 -0700 (PDT)
> Len Ovens <len at ovenwerks.net> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 16 Mar 2017, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>
>>> what exactly does the fader of Ardour's mixer for MIDI tracks control?
>>
>> It depends...
>>
>> It depends on where the fader is placed (or where the synth is placed).
>> If the fader has only a midi stream to deal with, it controls velocity.
>> The values shown are (looking at latest git) 0 to 2. This is gain. with
>> the fader centred at 1 velocity in = velocity out. if the fader is at 1.5
>> then velocity out will be velocity in * 1.5. (eg 64 in * 1.5 is 96 out).
>
> That seems a bit risky. What happens if the incomming velocity is 110?

127 is max. I was perhaps a bit simplistic, but in general Ardour does 
check values all over the place for range.

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