How do use a control's value in a Sysex string?

Question

If I want a control's, say a slider's, current value to be sent as part of a sysex string in hex how do I do that?

Comments

Hi and thanks for your question. I placed an answer below, but if anything is not clear, I would be happy to go another round (or rounds) on this question. Thanks for checking out MIDI Designer!

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How do I get to this properties screen?

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mr-x please check out the tutorial at http://midiDR.com/video to get a general orientation. Then Sysex properties are available for controls whose MIDI Message Type has been switched to sysex by tapping on the field called "Sysex Bytes in Hex"...

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"tapping on the field called "Sysex Bytes in Hex"" was the step I was missing.
Thank you very much!

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That's great. We use those tappable text fields everywhere in MIDI Designer, so this should open up a lot of doors. Thx!

Answer 1

Hi and thanks for your question.

When you enter the sysex properties (change the control to type sysex, first), you will see this box:

Use the V key on the keyboard (or with an external keyboard, type "v" or "V") in the position in which you would like the value to be placed. The bottom field--"bytes in value"--determines how many MIDI bytes the value will take up in your string.

The LSB-first option also pertains to the value: it reverses the order of the bytes in the value.

 

 

 

Answer 2

Hi and thanks for your question.

When you enter the sysex properties (change the control to type sysex, first), you will see this box:

Use the V key on the keyboard (or with an external keyboard, type "v" or "V") in the position in which you would like the value to be placed. The bottom field--"bytes in value"--determines how many MIDI bytes the value will take up in your string.

The LSB-first option also pertains to the value: it reverses the order of the bytes in the value.