Dynamically send MIDI message to specific midi PORT

Bome Products
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Hello,

I would like to ask if there is a way in MTP to do the following:

  1. Receiving a MID message, let’s say CC#7 on MIDI Channel 1-16 from physical MIDI port
  2. If channel is 1-8, send some output MIDI message out to MIDI port BMT-1
  3. If channel is 9-16, send the same output MIDI message, but this time to MIDI port BMT-2

In the reverse path, if I receive a message on BMT-1, I want to send it to the physical port with channel 1-8, if I receive the same message over BMT-2, I want to send it to physical MIDI port as well, but this time with channel 9-16.

This is simplified scenario.
What I am trying to achieve is reduce the number of translators needed for Mackie Control communication, where one controller only supports 8 faders 1-8, and if I use an extender, it sends/receives also faders 1-8, so only the MIDI port used is telling me that I need to apply faders 1-8 from the extender to faders 9-16 in the DAW.

I can implement this by using two translators, each sending to a different MIDI port. But for 32 channels I already need four translators.

And I need four translators for faders (14-bit CC),
four translators for PAN pots (7 bit CC),
and four translators for MUTE, SOLO, REC buttons.
All of the different buttons can be handled by the same translators.

So I am looking at at least 12 translators, where it could be only 3 if the above was possible somehow.
The same is tru in the reverse direction, from DAW to controller, so another 12 translators.

Means 24 translators instead of just 6.

Not a big deal, just asking. :slight_smile:

Thank you very much

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Hi,

In a nutshell you are looking for this requirement?

Ability to use a passed parameter within a single translator to direct to the desired MIDI port in the called translator instead of needing to use separate translators for each desired output port.

Edit: BTW there is no other downside to having multiple translators and perhaps even an upside since they can handle MIDI messages in parallel.

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care

Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
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Yes, exactly!
And also some automatically set local variable that would indicate from which port the incoming message came that triggered the translator.
But as you say, using multiple translators works fine, so I can stick with that, no problem.
Treat it as a nice to have feature request. :slight_smile: