how do i force all midi notes to one single note,

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graphixsounds
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how do i force all midi notes to one single note,

Post by graphixsounds » Wed Oct 12, 2016 12:06 am

id like my piano playing to trigger a midi event for each note press, but i want the midi from the instrument to interpret it at C4 each time. does anyone know the easiest way to do this?

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Re: how do i force all midi notes to one single note,

Post by yur2die4 » Wed Oct 12, 2016 1:18 am

For small range use Scale.

Larger, two Pitch midi devices. One at min, one at max. Maybe a third to set the note.

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Re: how do i force all midi notes to one single note,

Post by graphixsounds » Wed Oct 12, 2016 2:34 am

hey thanks for the thought but this doesnt work- i want all notes at all octaves to hit at C4.

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Re: how do i force all midi notes to one single note,

Post by yur2die4 » Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:09 am

Did you try the second suggestion?

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Re: how do i force all midi notes to one single note,

Post by graphixsounds » Wed Oct 12, 2016 2:54 pm

yes- it doesnt actually filter anything out, it only omits notes. i need every midi note keypress action to hit c4, or a small range of notes

perhaps i need a max for live device for this?

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Re: how do i force all midi notes to one single note,

Post by yur2die4 » Wed Oct 12, 2016 3:42 pm

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Re: how do i force all midi notes to one single note,

Post by graphixsounds » Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:23 pm

ah great! that worked. thank you

can you let me know how i would add a small range a few notes above and a few notes below to that?

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Re: how do i force all midi notes to one single note,

Post by motherbrain5000 » Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:55 pm

The jpeg that gave you the solution is now gone lol. How did you solve this? I have the same need.

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Re: how do i force all midi notes to one single note,

Post by jgthms » Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:30 pm

motherbrain5000 wrote:
Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:55 pm
The jpeg that gave you the solution is now gone lol. How did you solve this? I have the same need.
You're in luck. I wanted to do the exact same and figured it out. You need 2 "Pitch" plugin instances.

1st Pitch instance
  • Set Pitch to -128st
  • Leave Range at +127st
  • Leave Lowest at C-2
2nd Pitch instance
  • Set Pitch to +60st if you want C3
  • Leave Range at +127st
  • Leave Lowest at C-2
Basically, the 1st Pitch instance "resets" all notes (there are 128 notes separated by a semitone, and you're reducing them all by 128 semitones, so they're all at C-2 effectively).

Then the 2nd Pitch instance increases the note again, from C-2 to your desired pitch. Here I increase it by 60 semitones, which is 5 octaves, which means I go from C-2 to C3 (the "middle" of the keyboard, and usually the note where the sample is not pitchted).

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