[sdiy] MIDI volume to volts formula

Andre Majorel aym-htnys at teaser.fr
Tue Jun 5 21:49:19 CEST 2018


On 2018-06-04 20:53 -0400, Ben Bradley wrote:

> "So ultimately you'll likely have a 127 entry lookup table."
> 
> I have the impression this is usually the way it's done, as there
> doesn't appear to be any standard regarding velocity. I've read about
> the "velocity curve" on various synths, so this is appareltny a known
> problem that various generators and receivers use different
> algorithms/"standards" to generate and respond to velocity, and for
> some devices it's user-changeable in an attempt to match things up.

I'm a bit confused now. I always thought that velocity curves
were used in converting the time it took to depress the key to a
velocity value. Not in converting a velocity value to a voltage
or other parameter of sound production, which is what the OP is
asking about.

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André Majorel http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/



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