#Middle c midi note number software

For example, in Kirk Hunter Concert Strings 2, if I'd wanted to choose the 'Smooth' articulation (C#1) I'd have to drop it into the PRV at C#2. Some, such as Orange Tree Samples, try to avoid such confusion by showing the actual MIDI note value, which no doubt confuses musicians even more! Most other vendors don't do this. For example, if a Kontakt instrument designates MIDI note 24 as an articulation selector, the instrument developer will typically show that as 'C0' on the GUI. Where I used to often get confused was with keyswitches for Kontakt instruments, because Kontakt instrument developers presume 'C4 = Middle C', and show keyswitch assignments that way rather than by MIDI note numbers. With a drum map, the PRV shows 'Kick' for MIDI note value 36, regardless of the base octave designation. When it comes to drums in particular, use a drum map. Bottom line: if you want Middle C to be called 'C4' in the PRV, set the 'base octave for pitches' to -1. Meanwhile, in the musical world, while there was no universal consensus, most musicians called it C4. Yamaha had their own take on it, making Middle C = 'C3'. Unfortunately, that makes MIDI 60 land on the 5th 'C', so it would be designated 'C5'. The middle C will be the closest C to the middle of the keyboard. The simplest way to find middle C on your keyboard is to position yourself at the center of the piano. The very first note on an 88-key is an A (A0). A MIDI note value of zero would correspond to C0. A keyboard with 88 keys has a total of eight C’s middle C is the fourth C from the left. Bob Moog was not a musician), the zero-based convention made far more sense. Because synthesizers were designed by engineers and not musicians (e.g. Zero means the top of the list (no offset), and 1 refers to the second thing on the list (base address + 1).

#Middle c midi note number software

Electronics engineers and software programmers tend to start numbering at zero, because when you reference a list of things, be they numbers or names, you specify an offset (or index) into an array. The MIDI Manufacturer's Association would have no problem with you calling it 'Fred'. That's a display issue, not a musical one. It does not dictate what you call that note. It simply says that MIDI note 60 is Middle C (261 Hz), and that's that.

What you have to remember is that MIDI doesn't care about octave notation.