midi note 36: is it C0 or C1

[sluggo]

I've been working on an sfz sampler program for a while, using keyswitching. But I'm getting totally confused. Is midi note #36 going to trigger C0 or C1 in MuLab?

[pljones]

That depends on the value you have set for "Middle C Index" in Preferences. If Middle C Index is 4, the C4 = 60. If Middle C Index is 3, then C3 = 60. You then have to work out the note number you're after based on that.

I, too, would really like a "numbers, not names" option.

[MuTools]

But I'm getting totally confused. Is midi note #36 going to trigger C0 or C1?

Search around the web for this topic and you'll see that it's an ambiguous situation. That's why the "Middle C Index" preference has been added.

[Reincke]

That's why the "Middle C Index" preference has been added.

MuLab gets better and better.
JR

[Braserox]

Since midi has been introduced there is a manufactor war , japan , us , and europe. there is no rule defined in midi standard.
This is why we have this probleme. You will get same problem with many Vst Vsti plugins. Best solution i have found is to add a midi monitore vst plugin in your rack or mux editor to see the right midi number.

Middle C is allways midi note 60 , midi range is 0 to 127 (in past so manufacturer used 1 to 128 in there syntesizer manuals)

[sluggo]

Thanks, I didn't realize there was a preference to set. I knew that there is ambiguity.

[MuTools]

Thanks, I didn't realize there was a preference to set. I knew that there is ambiguity.

To avoid confusion: You don't have to set that preference, the default is that middle C (indeed always note nr 60) is named C4, as that's the most common. But you can change it if you want.

[Braserox]

Maybe it would be more use full to replace the grid or add it in "Note status Monitor" with midi input data so we can see incoming midi note number .
It can be usefull for other external midi controler values coming into Mulab.

Sometime to much data can be sent to Mulab in complex setup . This way we can modify setup on hardward or add midi filter plugin before stack or vsti, in modular mode.