Map MIDI channel

A user asked this by email:

I have a MIDI controller. What I want is to be able to press a CC button and have all following MIDI messages broadcast on a certain MIDI channel. Is this possible using MIDI Translator and how do I do it?

Yes, this is certainly possible with Midi Translator Pro.

In general, you'd use a "global variable" (say "gc" for global channel) to store the MIDI channel that you want all MIDI messages to be sent. Note that internally in MIDI, channels are zero based, i.e. 0...15 correspond to MIDI channels 1..16. Therefore, if gc has value 0, you'll transmit on MIDI channel 1, if gc is 9, you'll transmit on channel 10.

Now for how to setup MT to change all outgoing messages to MIDI channel 10:
Create translators like this:
I admit that the rules for changing the MIDI channel are not obvious to non-programmers. But for that you have us

It should be relatively easy to adapt the first translator (or create additional copies of it) for different channel mappings. Translator 2 and Translator 3 above can always remain the same, you'd just add translators that modify the MIDI channel.

Florian

What I just thought: if you want to use a controller (say a knob) to directly set the MIDI channel, that's easily possible, too. Replace translator 1 above with the following to select MIDI channel 1 when the knob is in its lowest position, then, when turning, the MIDI channel will be gradually increased, and at maximum, you'll map all messages to MIDI channel 16. I assume you're sending CC#1 (Modulation wheel) on MIDI channel 1, but you can use MIDI capture to see which controller is actually sent by your knob/slider/wheel/...
Hope that helps!
Florian

You. Are. My. Hero

I've been trying to figure out how to do this for 3 days. I can't thank you enough!

Now I'm off to go buy the full version

THANK YOU!!!