Since you quoted me:Whilst researching Beatstep Pro knob modes, I found a quote explaining how the relative mode should work. But I have no idea why there are three relative modes or what they do. Nothing can be found in the BSP hardware or software manuals.Not sure about relative mode on the MiniPlus, but I imagine it should be the same? ie doesn't matter where the encoder is, it just picks up the position of the software parameter and moves it from there. Meaning no jumps in parameter changes.Found Here: Rotaries that can rotate freely usually make the most sense to use relative, since then they are value independent - you get no jumps, no matter where the value is in BWS when using .inc, which is the main drawback of absolute mode.
Depending on the hardware, relative modes are implemented differently:
Basically instead of an absolute value they send an "increase" value if you turn them clockwise and a decrease value if you turn them the other way.
Often, the values are larger if you turn faster.
The receiving software has then to add or subtract that from the previous value of the control.
Since Midi is sending values between 0 and 127, you can't directly send negative values for the decrease, so there are some different ideas how to do this.
One is for instance to define everything above 64 as increase and below as decrease.
Use a Midi monitor like "ShowMidi" to see what exactly your controller is sending.
Can't help otherwise.
Cheers,
Tom
Statistics: Posted by ThomasHelzle — Thu May 09, 2024 10:33 pm