Manual: Setup/MIDI



OpenMPT’s MIDI recording is limited, but there are some settings that are worth looking into.

MIDI Input Device
Shows the device from which MIDI data will be received. Clicking on the field opens a popup menu where you can choose from all available MIDI input devices. If the list is empty, Windows is not recognizing any MIDI device — check if you have installed your MIDI interface drivers properly.

For help with setting up MIDI devices for input and output, be sure to also consult the MIDI Reference.

Apply Octave Transpose
Checking this box applies the pattern editor′s base octave setting to incoming MIDI notes. Effectively, this means that if the base octave differs from Octave 4, this difference is also applied to MIDI notes that are being received.

Respond to Song Messages
Checking this box allows OpenMPT to receive MIDI messages that cause the currently active song to play, stop, or continue.

Continue Song
Checking this box allows for playback to resume (after being paused) when any note key on the MIDI device is pressed.

Pass MIDI to Active Plugin
Checking this box sends MIDI data that OpenMPT receives from an external device to the active instrument plugin.

Enable MIDI recording
If this box is checked, MIDI In Record is enabled automatically when starting OpenMPT.

Record Note Off
Checking this box records Note Off commands ( in instrument mode,   in sample mode) when recording from the MIDI device.

Record Note Velocity
Checking this box records the note′s key velocity into the pattern as a volume effect. Some MIDI controllers may not support note velocity and will always send the same velocity value. You may also change the velocity amplification factor depending on your play style. If you have a hard playing style and use an amplification greater than 100%, this setting may decrease the dynamic range of the recorded note velocity, unless your MIDI hardware compensates for your play style, for example by applying a velocity curve.

Combine MIDI volume to Note Velocity
Checking this box takes transmitted MIDI volume changes (MIDI CC 7) into account and multiplies them with the note velocity when notes are entered from a MIDI device, given that “Record Note Velocity” is enabled.

Record Pitch Bend messages
Checking this box makes OpenMPT record incoming MIDI Pitch Bend messages as MIDI macro commands. Note that only macro values are entered; you will need to set up a macro assignment in order to send these macros as MIDI Pitch Bend messages to plugins.

Record Controllers to Macros
Checking this box makes OpenMPT record incoming MIDI CCs as MIDI macro commands. Note that only macro values are entered; you will need to set up macro assignments in order for the proper controllers to be manipulated. For an easier and more versatile method of recording MIDI events, have a look at the MIDI Mapping.

If you want certain MIDI CCs to be ignored (e.g. because they are triggered automatically by your MIDI device), you can add their decimal number in the exception list.

Record Aftertouch
If you are using a MIDI device that supports aftertouch (both channel pressure and polyphonic aftertouch are supported), you can enable this option to record pressure changes to the pattern as either volume commands or MIDI Macro commands.

MIDI File Import
The following options are used when importing MIDI files.

Quantize
Since MIDI files are not pattern-based, you need to decide how many time units you want to put within a single pattern row. This setting lets you choose the note length of a single pattern row. For typical MIDI files, 16th or 32th notes should be sufficient.

Ticks / Row
For further pattern detail, you can choose the amount of ticks per row in the range of 2 to 16. Higher values allow for very precise placement of note delays and note cuts — sometimes maybe too precise depending on how you want to further mangle the pattern data.

Pattern Length
Since MIDI files are not pattern-based, you have to select the pattern length on your own.

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