#Midi note number octave higher pro

Whatever/whoever it was caused quite a stire and a preference was added to Opcode's Vision software: 'C3 (Yamaha)' and 'C4 (Standard)'. Later, other sources (perhaps the MIDI spec itself) started labeling the same note C4. Perhaps the fact that it was the third C on the physical keyboard had something to do with it. This discrepancy is purely in the way that the software/device displays the note name to you.Ĭ3 was what Yamaha called middle C on the DX7 (this device never fails to appear in these type of discussions). So, middle C's note name is C3, the lowest note name is C-2, and the highest note name is G8. In that case, the first 2 octaves (that are physically missing) are referred to as -2 and -1. So they pretend that the third octave is octave 0, because the first two octaves are physically 'missing' on the keyboard). (They do this because they may be designed to better conform to a keyboard controller that has a more limited range one which perhaps doesn't have the two lowest octaves of keys which a 128 key controller would theoretically have. Some software/devices instead consider the third octave of the MIDI note range (ie, 2 octaves below middle C) as octave 0. The lowest note name is then C0 (note number 0), and the highest possible note name is G10 (note number 127). If your MIDI software/device considers octave 0 as being the lowest octave of the MIDI note range (which it ideally should), then middle C's note name is C5. One discrepancy that exists between various models of MIDI devices is the octave numbers for note names. Now for some background on how the confusion started: In any case, thanks for bringing this to our attention! Perhaps the best way to deal with this situation is to add a preference in the SampleCell editor which gives you the option for MIDI note labeling.

The result (as stated above) is that everything works properly, but the labeling is off (by one octave) in regards to PT and SC.

#Midi note number octave higher pro

Unfortunately, we are a victim to the various 'standards' (term used very loosley here) and happened to employ two different nomenclatures for labeling octaves.one for Pro Tools and one for SampleCell. To make a long story short, this is a problem with syntax and the way each vendor chooses to label their MIDI notes. If your MIDI software/device considers octave 0 as being the lowest octave of the MIDI note range (which it ideally should), then middle Cs note name is C5.