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Midi-IO sample

Using the midi-io sample bundle

The midi-io example bundle in samples/midi-io demonstrates the ability to send/receive data to/from a midi device.

Prerequisites

You will need a working nodecg-io installation. If you have non yet take a look at installation guide. You may need to install this bundle, so take a look at the “Try an included sample”-Guide. It will also tell you how to log in and how to use the GUI.

You also need:

  • A midi device that can be connected to your computer

Configure the midi-io sample bundle

  1. In NodeCG, create a new midi-input service instance.

  2. Enter your device information:

    {
    "device": "name"
}

    After entering it, click save.

    Note

    A script is provided to list all inputs and outputs. It can be run from the sample directory samples/midi-input using the command npm run list. The devices should be listed with their device names and some other stuff.

    Under Linux this looks for example like this:

    nanoKONTROL2:nanoKONTROL2 MIDI 1 28:0

  3. Create a new midi-output service instance using the left upper menu.

  4. Set the sample's (midi-io) dependencies to be the newly created service instances (of type midi-input & midi-output).

  5. Check the NodeCG logs:

    You should see an error or a success message and midi messages that are received and echoed back to the device that is configured. The messages are only modified, if the received Message is a Noteon with a velocity of greater than zero or a control change message with a value of at least 64. Noteoff messages are always echoed unmodified.

Note

A Noteon message with a velocity of 0 should be handled like a Noteoff message, so they are echoed unmodified. Otherwise, this would get annoying very fast.
If a control change is assigned to the push-button values of 64 and up are interpreted as on and values lower than that are interpreted as off. Most somewhat modern Midi devices send 127 as on and 0 as off, but 63 and 64 should also be sufficient.