Incoming MIDI data

[proton]

Hi everybody,
a quick question since I might be missing something very obvious here:
how to set up a button or a knob to react to incoming MIDI data? Lets say I have a button that is triggering a lua script if pressed and I would like to trigger this same button externally always when I press “A3” on my midi keyboard. I’m pretty sure this is doable but I can’t find a way. My Ins and Outs are set properly and I am getting midi IN data from my midi keyboard and I’m also sending all I need.
Thanks in advance folks!

[Puppeteer]

You’ll need a script on the Called when panels receives a MIDI Message.

In the script you’ll need to check the incoming MIDI message for the message received, probably using a series of IF statements.

If the MIDI is what you want, set the Panel Object to the desired state, using a command similar to one of the ones below

panel:getModulatorByName(“Env3A1T”):setValueMapped(EnvTimeLookup(0),true,true)
panel:getModulatorByName(“Env3A1L”):setModulatorValue(100,false,true,true)

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[proton]

Hi Puppeteer,
Thank You for chiming in!
I tried your way and so far so good – modulators are reacting to incoming midi data! Thank you!
I will have few more questions the deeper I go with my panel but for now this works, have a great evening!
Cheers!

[proton]

Ok, so I can trigger a LUA script now every time there is a MIDI coming IN but I am struggling with one more crucial thing: how to distinguish not only if there is a MIDI IN activity but to recognize what pitch or its velocity was played?
I would like to react differently to different pitches ev. to different values/velocities. Is there a way to check for the incoming pitch (something like get midiMessageCtrlrNumber)?
Thanks in advance!

UPDATE:

For now I use this solution and it works great:

local MIDIdata = midi:getLuaData()
local byte0 = MIDIdata:getByte(0)
local byte1 = MIDIdata:getByte(1)
local byte2 = MIDIdata:getByte(2) …

I’m pretty sure it will get more complicated down the line but this is enough for now.

Cheers!

• This reply was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by proton.

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