I’m a new user of mAirlist v6.1.2 and very enthousiastic about it!
I’m trying to set up a midi remote, and I found on the wiki how a fader on myMIDI controller controls the volume :
PLAYER 1-1 VOLUME $DATA2/127
That’s great
This will set the volume to the fader position. The /127 parts defines the 0 dB point to be at the upper end of the fader range. You could also use a value like /100 if you want some overhead in the volume.
However, I can’t manage to get this headroom volume on my fader, with a value=100, to amplify the signal, like a real mixer.
I see my incoming midi messages in the remote control console that keeps growing (from 100 to 127), but nothing happens on the sound.
Am I missing something? Or maybe I try something not possible with the application
Actually it should be possible to set volume higher than 0dB. Just try in the Remote Control Console in the About menu:
PLAYER 1-1 VOLUME 20
(= +20dB)
Just note that many sound drivers have a limiter that will reduce volume to prevent clipping. So you may not really hear a difference if the signal is already at a very high level. But when you set it back to zero amplification (PLAYER 1-1 VOLUME 0), you will notice the signal to drop shortly before restoring to normal volume.
That’s at least happening with my development machine (Windows 7 VM running in Parallels Desktop, playing into Dante Virtual Soundcard running on the host).
It’s indeed working. But I was confused because of the level indicator/slider that doesn’t update with the value sent via Midi (it does however shows “20dB” when I enter “PLAYER 1-1 VOLUME 20” in the Remote Control Console)
Is there anyway to hide this slider (didn’t find it in the setup) or to make it show the updated value?
Am I wrong or so does the peakmeter, which seems to act like a PFL meter?
(Hehe, I guess you’re working on a Mac -good choice- if you use parallel desktop ;D
It’s also in the standalone configuration software (in Windows Start Menu), no need to edit ini files manually (other than skin.ini, but that’s a different story).
