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MIDI Channel Viewer
Clicking MIDI Channel Viewer at the bottom of
the MIDI Device rollout displays a dialog that
lets you test your MIDI device to see which M IDI
channel is receiving events, and w hich notes are
being tr iggered.
MIDI Channel group
Providesacolumnof16buttonsandprogress
bars representing the 16 MIDI channels. Select
the channel from which you want to v iew note
activity. The channel progress bars light up when
any channel has an event.
MIDI Note group
The11Octavebuttonsletyouselectwhichoctave
you want to view . When a note is played in that
octave, a corresponding progress bar lights up in
theNotecolumn.
MIDI Controller # —When using a different type
of MIDI controller, such as a slider box, you
can specif y a note event, and then watch the
corresponding progress bar lig ht up when you
activate that event. You ca n find the correct n ote
number by activating the event while watching the
Note Number field at the bottom of the dialog.
Channel—This is one of four text fields that display
all of the values bei ng generated by the MIDI
device as you activate an event. The Channel field
displays the currently selected channel.
Event—Displays the type of MIDI event being sent.
This can be:
Note On: 9
Note Off: 8
Pitch Bend: 14
MIDI Controller: 11
Velocity—Displays the velocity, which has a
different meaning, depending on the event. For
the most common event, a note being pressed, this
value represents the velocity at which the key was
struck. Other events, however, might generate a
continuous value. For example, a pitch bend event
transmits the position of the pitch bend.
Note Number —Displays the corresponding note
number for the event. When you’re using a
non-keyboard MIDI device, such as a slider box,
you can use this to identify the note number of a
specific slider, for example.
MACUtilities Utility
Utilities panel > More button > MACUtilities
You can use the Motion Analysis Corp oration
utility to convert motion data originally recorded
inTRCformatintoCSM.Thisallowsyoutoeasily
map the motion onto a biped.
A MNM (Marker Name) fi le is needed to
determine how to convert the marker names
from the incoming data into the CSM naming
conven tion. You can either load an existing
MNMfileorcreateanewoneusingtheMNM
Creator/Mark er Selection dialog.
Procedures
To convert a TR C file into CSM:
1.
Click the Browse... button next to Create.
2. Highlight a MNM file in the Select Mapping
File... dialog . Click Open to confirm your
selection.
The MNM file serves as a naming convention
reference for the TRC conversion.
3. Click the Browse... button over Convert TRC
To C S M .
4. Highlight a folder in the Choose CSM Files
Destination Folder... dialog. Click Use Path to
confirm your selection.