MIDI mixer control messages?

[Mikko Helin]

>	What is the standard way of controlling a mixing desk via MIDI? It would
>seem possible that you could send note-on data using the key number as the
>channel and the velocity as the level. But that doesn't account for PAN on
>that channel.
>
>Or is there a standard set of controller messages? I guess that would work
>like... CCxx tells the system it's a mixer control message. Followed by
>CCyy with the level information and CCzz with the pan information. I have
>no idea what the standard is.
>

I guess there are no standards for controlling audio mixers via MIDI.
However, there are some CC's used for MIDI mixers on GM and XG synths
which are listed on http://www.midi.org/table3.htm, like
Channel Volume (0x07), Pan (0x10), FX 1 (typically reverb,
0x12) and FX 2 (chorus, 0x13). If you have more than 16 channels
to control you'll need multiple MIDI ports. 

You could also download the Cybermix software from
http://www.behringer.de/eng/support/software/softix.htm
and record the output of it and check what kind of 
MIDI messages it will use (propably SYSEX).

Check also the summary of MIDI messages on
http://www.midi.org/table1.htm

Hope this helps,

Mikko

>Any comments would be most appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
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