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By Zambioni Tue Feb 28, 2023 9:43 am
Hi all,
I have a MPC live and want to clock my analogue solutions impulse command in a specific way.
The IC can be clocked when it receives MIDI Note 000.
MIDI Note 000 is the first and lowest note used by MIDI. Nicely out of the way and it wont produce a sound. Note value is C-3 (for most DAWs at least).
Sending MIDI Note 1 (C#-3) will reset the IC's sequencer.

I was testing this from the MPC but the lowest note is C-2.
The issue is that C-2 still triggers a sound so it's not a MIDI Note 000 and I cant use it just to clock the IC. (as it triggers a sound which I don't want .)
The weird thing is that the reset MIDI Note 1 ( C#-2) does work.
It resets the IC's sequencer and doesn't produce a sound.

So the question is, what is the MIDI Note 000 on the MPC live?

cheers
By jamos Tue Feb 28, 2023 4:00 pm
MIDI Note octaves are not standardized. I have seen at least three different numbering systems, but I have never seen one with C-3; so that makes four.

On the MPC, C-2 is 0.
By Zambioni Tue Feb 28, 2023 4:42 pm
cheers for the reply Jamos.
for some reason c-2 is not sending midi 0 to my IC then unfortunately.

I reckon there is no one else around with and Impulse command to test it out?
By Calcaire Wed Mar 01, 2023 11:34 am
Maybe check the note map of the midi program you use for sending to your IC ? (pencil icon program section )
There is a pad mapping preset (general midi ?) that make lowest pad A send midi 01 note... and pad A 02 send note 00 ... Could be as simple as that ( hope so) :)
By Zambioni Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:01 pm
Thanks for the tip Calcaire but I figured it out.
The C-2 does work as note 0 on the mpc, its just the IC which is behaving differently then I anticipated.