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[the-486-kid]

[NOTE: Moved over from old forums  ]

I'm really interested in expanded MIDI funtion in Milky Tracker!

For nearly a decade, I have used FT2 live, on stage. And About half of the tracks in the XM's I perform live are controlling my MIDI gear.  Tweaking knobs on the midi gear and tweaking the tracks/mix of sample and midi data flowing from FT2 comprises my live sets.
Sadly, I can not yet use MILKY to properly play back these songs, or use Milky on stage with out this super fundamental functionality.

FT2's MIDI out is HORRIBLE I might add..  It lags, lacks many features of even the most basic midi output, and it oftentimes does not send proper note off's,  but along with all the other idiosyncratic behaviors of FT2, I have just gotten used to, or worked around them.

I would LOVE to find expanded MIDI features/functions in the next release of Milky Tracker!

I envision the ability to build MIDI instruments with amplitude and panning envelopes, and the ability to send track FX such as, volume, portamento, arpeggio, etc, and of course.. proper note offs, to resolve one of the major failures of FT2's MIDI out
This would turn Milky Tracker into an AMAZING live performace tool!
Milky would be on stage with me at every gig!

I dream of being able to control my ATARI ST, my C64, my NES's, my gameboy's my sk-1's, speak n spells, and all the other wild MIDI instruments in my studio.. all with my tracker.

Additional MIDI IN functions


Support to patch the incoming Pitch / Mod wheel MIDI data to instruments Tune / Vibrato LFO's etc.
Support to patch incoming MIDI CC data to Instrument volume sliders, etc...


Can I get a witness?


FULL MIDI please!

Maybe I need to make a kind donation to the author of this fine program,   

loving 0.90.60 by the way!!  WHOO HOO!!!!

~486

http://www.the486kid.com

[segoh]

I dream of being able to control my ATARI ST, my C64, my NES's, my gameboy's my sk-1's, speak n spells, and all the other wild MIDI instruments in my studio.. all with my tracker.

Controlling my other synths with Milkytracker is like a dream come true

[Eagle]

I totally agree that Full MIDI I/O support would be awesome with GM and everything. Of course, I wonder how it would work really, without making MilkyTracker more than just a modern FastTracker II clone. .XM extensions are out of the question, so a modified format would probably be neccesary, unless an adaption of .XM could work.

I ain't sure. I just know that MIDI and trackers are not the optimum combination, although it is a combination that well made fully works together.

[KungFuFurby]

For MIDI In, if you want to, you should add GS and XG support. Quicktime plays GS, and, with either a soundcard or a soundfont, XG files.

GS is a Roland extension of the GM format, and XG is Yamaha's extension of the GM format.

[raina]

What do you mean GS and XG for MIDI in? MilkyTracker just plays any inbound notes using the currently selected instrument, it's not like it's multi-timbral or anything.

[KungFuFurby]

Here's the desciption for GS and XG.

[raina]

Right.. But how does this relate to MT?

[Saga Musix]

I think he means that MT should interpret the additional commands that are sent via these protocols. Btw my Yamaha synth also supports XG of course, it would be cool to support it so I could probably also record pitch wheel changes and the knob settings

[Eagle]

Btw my Yamaha synth also supports XG of course.

Wow, Yamaha supports XG. I wonder why? No, can it be? They invented the XG extensions?! GS is invented by Roland, I'm not sure in what order though.

EDIT: Geez, Korg? I knew I was out and walking! Roland made GS. I stand smitten.

[Saga Musix]

Eagle, I know that they invented it, i just wanted to make clear that i would appreciate XG support as i have a compatible synth