How to make bome log window show cc numbers instead of raw midi

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Hi everyone, I am using Bome MIDI Translator Pro and the log window only shows raw hex messages like B0 6A 7F. This is not very helpful because I just want to see something like CC 106 value 127 or at least the controller numbers and values in a readable way. Is there a way to make the log window show CC numbers and values instead of only hex?

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Hi,

At this time, MIDI IN and MIDI OUT in the log file is only shown in raw hex format while transaltors (incoming and outgoing) are shown similar to what you are requesting. I’m not sure if there are plans to present MIDI in a different format within the log window but I will check.

In the meantime, you have to figure out the messages themselves.

An 3 byte message with the first byte (control byte) starting with “B” is a CC message. The second half of the control byte is the MIDI channel 1-16 (0-F)

As an example “B0” would be CC 0 on MIDI CH 1

For the second and third byte, the second byte is the CC# (in hexadecimal) and the third byte is the value (again in hexadecimal). 0-127 decimal is 0-0x7f hex. In some cases, I use my Windows programmers calculator or just google something like “24 in hex”. After a while, the conversion in your head gets simpler.

Note message control bytes (1st byte) will start with eith 9 (note-on) or 8 (note-off). The second byte is the note number in hex and again the third byte is the value (in hex). A special condition of 9 as the control byte with the thirds byte being 0 is another form of note-off.

A two byte message with the control byte C is a Program change so Program change 5 on MIDI CH3 would be “C2 05”.

For other raw MIDI messages you can refer to MIDI.org for more detail or maybe google search “summary of MIDI messages”.

In summary, the MIDI Message type and MIDI channel are easily distinquishible by the control byte and then it is a matter of hex to decimal conversion from there.

Again, I’ll see if there are any plans to change the log data format for MIDI IN and MIDI OUT, but right now I’m not aware of any.

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care

Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
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