On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 00:52 +0100, James Morris wrote: > On Mon, April 12, 2010 00:38, James Morris wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm pretty sure I've seen this dealt with on the list before, but can't > > find it. > > > > With the program I'm fumbling around trying to create, it will be possible > > for successive note on events for the same pitch to occur without note off > > events intervening. > > > > Does the MIDI spec allow such things? > > Sorry to answer myself so soon... > > I guess it is allowed. The simplest case being a sequencer outputting to > the same channel and port as a keyboard player. Nothing can prevent this - > right? >
The question is what happens at the other end when a note gets struck a second time. a) Nothing, the note is already on. b) Re-trigger, the voice is reset and the note gets played from the top c) Trigger, a new voice is assigned and will play simultaneously to previous voices > And there's no way in the world that missing note-offs could be added in, > in a fashion guaranteed to cover all possible permutations of connections, > or without delaying the note-on which implies a missing note-off. > An all-notes-off will take care of any missing note-offs > > James. > > > The bash-script prototype of the program did this, and, I believe, the > > soft-synths used, acted appropriately - that is, re-triggered the notes. > > So I guess the question is, does it make any difference if I add-in the > > note-off events - which, thinking about it, is going to be tricky because, > > basically, although the program is sequencing, it will be real time and is > > not psychic! > > > > > > Cheers, > > James. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
