[LAU] Ardour's Mixer fader for MIDI tracks

Will Godfrey willgodfrey at musically.me.uk
Thu Mar 16 16:31:44 UTC 2017


On Thu, 16 Mar 2017 09:22:19 -0700 (PDT)
Len Ovens <len at ovenwerks.net> wrote:

> 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.

That's what I was hoping was the case, but thought I'd better make sure!

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