How to monitor midi cc number coming from knob

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I would like to see what cc number the knobs on my midi controllers send. There is an app called Showmidi that does this but it won t work on my older mac.Just the cc number. Not the stream that the log window shows me. Can this be done withmidi translator pro? Tried every setting i can think of……

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Hi,

Please find the attached project file.

We monitor for CC’s in the first translator, Note-On in the second, Note-Off in the third and Program Change in the forth.

In each case we use the ‘Log’ rule to display the result in the Log Window. You can change this as you wish.

Log Monitor.bmtp (1.9 KB)

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care

Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
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Thank you very much. Works great! This helps me a lot with mapping several controllers😊

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Glad to have been of help!

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care

Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
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I’m going to test this as well.

Can I get an answer for why the MIDI monitor in BMT doesn’t provide the user friendly display of messages similar to the above mentioned ShowMIDI? Why only the HEX format?

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For translators (where Incoming and Outgoing" are used, they will show in a more friendly format.

For showing them this way in MIDI IN and MIDI OUT, this is currently a planned future enhancement.

In the mean time you have to know how MIDI hex works

0x9n - as the first byte is note-on MIDI channel n where n=0 (for 1) to F(for 16). The second byte is note number and third byte is velocity. If velocity is 0, it is actually a note-off message.
0x8n - as first byte is note-off midi channel n. The second byte is note number and third byte is velocity
0xBn - as first byte is CC where second byte is CC number and third byte is value.
0xCn - as first byte is Program Change and second byte is program number

These are the most common short MIDI messages.

All values are displayed in hex.

Again, your request has been noted for a future enhancement.

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care

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