Step Notes up and down with one toggle button

Question

Hi all and thanks for MIDIDesigner, a great tool!

I'd like to step through notes with a single button, like this:

 

long Button press: long c

next long Button press: long c#

next short Button press: short d

etc.

Preferably I'd also like to use a slider or similar to be able to choose the next note (pitch) value by hand.

These is how far I got:

I've got a button as supercontrol for a slider. The Slider sends out NoteOn/Off values alright but doesn't change note number but velocity of a single note. Can I convince the slider to send out stepping (up) note values instead of velocity?

Thank you very much for your help

Sebastian

Comments

I've seen the tips on making a stepper. I guess the two questions I have are:
1) can I do this to step through note numbers instead of program changes, cc values and such
2) How do I keep the duration of the "key" press?

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Thanks, transpose isn't coming out until 1.6.1, which is already in Alpha testing and nearing Beta. If you'd like to help test (it's a different app, so it wouldn't mess with your production MIDI Designer) please get in touch. Thanks Sebastian!

Best!
Dan

Dan Rosenstark
Author & CEO
MIDI Designer

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Transpose will only allow you to do SOME of this, but at least it's part of what you're asking.

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Specifically, we don't do short or long button presses (yet), but it's a good suggestion and we've seen it before and we're contemplating it.

Answer 1

If he uses a momentary button as a super control for a note transpose slider I'm sure he be able to do all that he mentioned here. And actually press buttons for as long as he wants the notes to play.

Answer 2

If he uses a momentary button as a super control for a note transpose slider I'm sure he be able to do all that he mentioned here. And actually press buttons for as long as he wants the notes to play.

Answer 3

This should do what you asked for.

 

1. Create a NoteOn/NoteOff button and set its note value to zero.

2. Create a note transpose slider and press no to the dialog that offers to set the preferred default values so that your slider has values from 0 to 127 and make sure it has that many ticks.

3. Create the momentary button that you will press for sort or long durations and make sure it's Max value is the amount you want velocity to be.

 

Make 3 a super control for 2 and 1 and make 2 a super control for 1. Now every time you press 3, button 1 will increment by one note and with the duration you keep 3 pressed.

 

You can adjust 2 (the slider) to set the starting position of your NoteOn button (1)

Comments

Hmmmm... OP didn't comment on any of these. Odd. Thanks for answering midicode!

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YW admin.
It wasn't  what the op wanted, the op wanted fixed long and short durations so I would expect for sending a NoteOff or anything really.
I know midi designer does a snap to delay action but whether it could set precise delays I don't know.
Hopefully by now the op might have more experience with Midi Designer and would be able to see if he could create the long/short delay part.

Answer 4

This should do what you asked for.

 

1. Create a NoteOn/NoteOff button and set its note value to zero.

2. Create a note transpose slider and press no to the dialog that offers to set the preferred default values so that your slider has values from 0 to 127 and make sure it has that many ticks.

3. Create the momentary button that you will press for sort or long durations and make sure it's Max value is the amount you want velocity to be.

 

Make 3 a super control for 2 and 1 and make 2 a super control for 1. Now every time you press 3, button 1 will increment by one note and with the duration you keep 3 pressed.

 

You can adjust 2 (the slider) to set the starting position of your NoteOn button (1)

Answer 5

You will need to make sure you add 1 before you add 2 to the super control 3

so that the new values you set with the slider are always sent like you expect but there's a bit of a bug when selecting note 0 with the slider. Apparently In that situation note one gets sent for note off but any other value you set with the slider is fine.

 

If you use the example that I gave in an earlier comment you won't get the bug but your initial slider value has to be one less then the first note you want to play, remember to play note zero in that situation you will have to set the slider to 127.

Answer 6

You will need to make sure you add 1 before you add 2 to the super control 3

so that the new values you set with the slider are always sent like you expect but there's a bit of a bug when selecting note 0 with the slider. Apparently In that situation note one gets sent for note off but any other value you set with the slider is fine.

 

If you use the example that I gave in an earlier comment you won't get the bug but your initial slider value has to be one less then the first note you want to play, remember to play note zero in that situation you will have to set the slider to 127.