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Element Editor - Midi Output

Setting up Midi Output

Eyecon implements a complet set of midi commands. The midi section is distributed on two pages called 'Midi-Note' and 'Midi-Control'.

The port and Channel setting on the first page are also valid for the Midi-Control page.

Quick Start

Create a touchline, select the Midi note tab (default anyway)
Switch from No Note to Single Note
Select a Midi Port which can actually play through your speakers (usually you will find the Microsoft Software Synth)
On the video window, grab one of the little colored boxes (simulators) and move them through the touchline
You will (hopefully) hear a single piano note playing whenevery you hit the touchline with the simulator
Select different instruments, or notes from the selector boxes

But now a detailed explanation of the individual fields

Note Type (left column)

No Note No midi notes played
Single Plays the midi-notes when the Eyecon element (line or field) is hit, and turns the note off again, when play state is changed to off. In case of a touchline the note is playing as long as you touch the line, after leaving the line the note stops.
Repetitive As long as the element is triggered, the note is repeatedly re-played with the basic program timebase (set in the control panel). The speed is also affected by the debounce parameter, higher values of debounce slow the the playing rate down.
Permanent The midinote is triggered when the element is switched to play-state (touchline hit). The note is not turned off when the element is no longer triggered. Technically spoken, the midi note off command is not sent. This feature is used either to trigger continues sounds or to send trigger information to other programs that are not sound related.
Off If this checkbox is selected, eyecon is sending a 'all note off' command for the element specific midi channel before playing a note. This is often used in combination with Permanent notes. Setup two different lines with the permanent and the off option selected and set them to play different notes with for example an organ sound. The two lines will act as a toggle between the two sounds. One line is cutting out the sound of the other line before playing its own sound.
Velocity A midi note message always sends out a note pitch and a note velocity together. In EyeCon the normal procedure is to send out a note when you trigger an element. The note velocity is detemined by the elements current action value (i.e triger position on a touchline) mapped to a range of velocity values (Vel From..Vel To). If the action value is changed but the play state is not, there is no new command sent out

EyeCon Help, this file last changed on 19. Jan 2006