Hi,

I have seen various ways in which a command can be sent using two possible states but not 4.

I am using 2 switch devices which can generate MIDI Note On messages when pressed/released (note 1, 2, 3, 4) all set to velocity at 127. I want for each switch to trigger a different OSC path namely;

Switch 1 Pressed - Note 1 > OSC: press/bank/1
Switch 1 Released - Note 2 > OSC: press/bank/2
Switch 2 Pressed - Note 3 > OSC: press/bank/3
Switch 2 Released - Note 4 > OSC: press/bank/4

Is anyone able to help with this?

Regards
Mike.

@mdiamond You can take the midi note and insert it in the message like this......

As only velocity 127 is being received you can ignore the velocity value.
The method for sending it onward over the network as an osc message is slightly different depending on whether you will use Pd extended / Pd vanilla with the mrpeach library........ or use purely Pd vanilla.
David.

Thank you for the reply David.

The way I am looking to have it setup is to have Pd extended receive MIDI commands and then send the OSC command to localhost. I have Companion software on the same machine which listens for the commands and triggers the switching of cameras via my Blackmagic Atem Mini.

The last configuration I had, used the notein command with updsend as the input / output. Should I change them as you have illustrated? I would like a way to connect to the localhost automatically when the software is launched, so my wife is able to operate it without any technical intervention.

Any ideas? Your way certainly seems more streamlined.

Not sure if this is a silly question - but is there also a way to run Pd in the background? I currently have a shortcut of the Pd config file stored in the startup folder, which does the job, but you see the GUI and configuration page when it boots up - would be great if this could startup minimised in the background. Is that possible?

@mdiamond Yes, you can run the patch in the background using the command line switch -nogui
The terminal will not run at all and the patch window will not therefore be shown..... but will be running in the background.
The -nogui flag is added to the part of your script that starts pd...... not the line that opens the patch.

Sorry.... I did not post a patch...... yes... [notein] will receive your midi and the message I posted will use the note number it receives from [notein]...... replacing $1 with that number...... and send on the message you want.
Then you will need [oscformat] + [netsend] for pure vanilla...... or [packOSC] and [udpsend] if you use the MrPeach library.
So where I put [inlet] put [notein]
Where I put outlet put [packOSC] followed by [udpsend].
David.

@whale-av Thanks David for your support, that helps a lot