Wrong octave?

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3over3
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Wrong octave?

Post by 3over3 »

Anyone know why MachFive is displaying the octave of my MIDI notes incorrectly? If I play C3, it comes out as C4 on the MachFive keyboard, C1 becomes C2, etc. My imported library still plays on the keys I think it should, but I have to add one octave to see what MachFive thinks it's playing (if you see what I mean).

Have I just missed a prefs page? Apologies is this is a RTFM issue!
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Post by RCory »

If you're using DP, you set the octave mappings in the prefs..

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Post by Sarcazm »

This is something that has bugged me recently with all devs, not just Motu.

Many times I've been swapping synths over a MIDI track to find the right sound, and often I've had to use a pitch shifter cuz they're never in the same octave.

This is such a fundamental thing; surely a C4 is a C4 and not a C3 or C5.

Come on all devs; stick to a standard and keep to it!!!

/rant off
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Post by 3over3 »

Sarcazm wrote:This is something that has bugged me recently with all devs, not just Motu.

Many times I've been swapping synths over a MIDI track to find the right sound, and often I've had to use a pitch shifter cuz they're never in the same octave.

This is such a fundamental thing; surely a C4 is a C4 and not a C3 or C5.

Come on all devs; stick to a standard and keep to it!!!

/rant off
No, this isn't a pitch issue - it's just that what my host (Pro Tools, not DP) and my keyboard think is C3, MachFive displays as something else. It's a MIDI note thing. I know a few manufacturers disagree about what middle C is - but I like it at note number 60, like most of the civilised world!
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