[ SOLVED ] Articulation Map - Root note Offset

[sadicus]

Is an Articulation Map the best way to get VST plugins to match Piano Roll? There might be a simple MIDI setting to change, but i'm not sure.
There are a few plugins where the notes are offset. and C1 etc. has to actually be C2 for the key switch to work.
 

 

Edited October 30, 2022 by sadicus

[Bristol_Jonesey]

I think you'll need to adjust the Base Octave in Preferences > Display

 

[msmcleod]

It's worth mentioning that C2 or C1 are not standards, which is why the option to change the base octave is there in preferences.

The actual MIDI note for middle C is always 60, regardless of whether it's called C3 or C4.  This is why the dropdown in the Articulation Map editor also shows the MIDI note number to avoid ambiguity.

I'd recommend using the MIDI Learn function in the Articulation Map editor, so you don't have to worry about note numbers at all - you just have to play the note on your MIDI keyboard.

If you're working from a list of key-switches in the documentation, you could use MIDI Learn for the first note to see whether it says C2 or C1, and then enter them manually from there taking or adding one to the octave as appropriate.

This page is a handy reference:  https://studiocode.dev/resources/midi-middle-c/