|
MIDI Monitor displays incoming MIDI streams and passes the data to a MIDI output driver or the MIDI
Mapper. The program was originally included in the MS Windows 3.1 SDK, but has been
extensively modified. Here is part of the information that can be found
in the installation package:
MIDI Drivers
You can choose which MIDI drivers to monitor, by opening Options/MIDI Devices... all installed MIDI drivers will be displayed
in 2 list boxes. You may select any number of input devices, but only one output device (you can change the output device at any time).
You can also choose the MIDI Mapper for the output device. Be sure to check the "Output On" box, if you want MIDI input passed through
to MIDI output.
Control Panel
The Control Panel is opened by choosing Options/Control Panel... It allows you to send MIDI events to both the display, and MIDI output.
By using it you can send Patch changes, volume, pan etc. in real time. It is a non-modal dialog box, which means you can keep it open
all the time the program is running. If the "Auto Send Value" box is checked, the events are sent as soon as the value changes. You can
use the up and down arrow keys (as well as page-up and page-down) to change the "Spin" controls (in addition to clicking on the up or down
arrowheads). The "Panic" button will send 128 note-offs on each MIDI channel, as well as _all notes off_ and _reset controllers_ on each
channel -- this may take a few seconds to complete.
Filters
The filtering functions only affect the display -- all input is passed to output. If an item on the menu is checked, it is filtered. Active
sensing (FE) and Realtime messages (F8) are filtered by default -- you can turn them on by
un-checking the menu.
Display
The Monitor Display shows a TimeStamp -- A value of "MIDIMon" is used
for events sent from the Control Panel; Port number -- the number corresponds to the order of the MIDI Input devices; Status, Value1,
and Value2 contain the actual hexadecimal MIDI values; Channel is numbered between 1 and 16; Event shows a textual description of the
MIDI Event.
Notes
When the program is minimized to an icon, the icon will animate when MIDI data is received.
You can temporarily release, and later re-attach, MIDI devices from the system menu, if you wish to use other programs which require MIDI
devices, without closing MIDIMON.
If you choose Options/Save Setup, the current configuration is saved to MIDIMON.INI in the Windows directory.
Currently, only one instance of MIDIMON may be opened. Attempts to start another instance, will activate the first instance.
|
