Specifications

converter 1.5
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display settings
root : display settings
[ Alt+Escape – F7 ]
The default settings for the following parameters will usually be the best settings for most situations on
most computers. However for reasons of personal taste or limited computing resources, converter can
be customized easily on the fly with the following options.
update screen
Selects one of three screen update settings:
on
(everything is refreshed),
minimal
(only the system
activity panel is updated), and
off
(none of the graphical elements are updated in real-time). By selecting
off or minimal, the computer completely focuses exclusively on performing midi processing or
conversion operations. In general, converter’s graphics code is performed at a low priority respective to
the time critical processing and/or conversion, so typically this parameter can be left set to “on”.
However if the only machine you have to use is an old 386DX system or you otherwise feel the
computer is severely bogged down and could perform better with a lighter load, and you don’t need to
see what the computer’s doing, this option may improve system response times.
vertical retrace
Enables or disables screen redraw synchronized to the monitor’s vertical retrace interrupt. Enabling this
parameter will result in less flicker from screen updates in certain situations; however it will slow down
the speed of the graphics routines when there is a high processing load, and may negatively affect midi
performance. An alternative, better way to reduce flicker is to set the oscilloscope redraw parameter to
‘intelligent’ (see below). In almost all cases, leave this set to OFF.
In almost all cases, leave this set to OFF.In almost all cases, leave this set to OFF.
In almost all cases, leave this set to OFF.
animations
Controls the level of animation used in converter’s user interface. Default is “ON – FULL”, while “ON –
NO PLT” disables any palette-type animations (which can cause flickering on certain video cards) and
will expidite the overall speed of the user interface, and finally “OFF” which, obviously, turns off all
animations in the user interface.
animation speed
Sets the speed at which the animations are performed.
midi message textbox
Enables or disables the scrolling midi message textbox at the right of the display panel. The updating of
the text messagebox is only performed when free computing cycles are available, therefore having it
enabled shouldn't affect performance; however it is sometimes beneficial to disable this as it does add
an additional load to the graphics system. In many applications (such as continuous controller audio to
midi conversion) the stream of generated midi data will scroll by too quickly to read, and so computing
cycles are wasted on a flurry of illegible text.
oscilloscope redraw
Selects the mode in which the oscilloscopes are redrawn. In
intelligent
mode, the oscilloscopes are
updated only when a midi message is generated from the current input(s). In
continuous
mode, the
oscilloscopes are updated continuously, even when the entire system is idle and there is no input
signal. Intelligent mode provides a way to reduce unnecessary flicker in the oscilloscope displays,
however continuous mode is more suitable for situations such as trigger mode where little midi data is
actually generated from the audio inputs. Normally, leave this set to continuous.
Normally, leave this set to continuous.Normally, leave this set to continuous.
Normally, leave this set to continuous.