Hi Gord, Thanks for pointing out that it's controlling expression on the modulation wheel and not volume. I assumed it was volume due to the fact I wasn't hearing anything when the value was set to 0. I was a bit foolhardy to try and chime in regarding garritan. Steve W ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Kent To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 11:32 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: To anyone using Garritan Hello: Actually you are controlling expression, not volume. The relative volume is still cc7. You would really want to use an expression pedal to send cc11 messages and then use cc7 to control the overall volume of the instrument. Gord From: Steve Wicketts Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 10:41 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: To anyone using Garritan Hi Mike, One thing to watch out for with Garritan is, most midi instruments have CC0 (Control change 0) for modulation. Garritan foolishly decided that CC0 would be volume instead. It's a Stupid thing to do as if you have say a digital piano with no modulation or pitch bend wheels, the chances are when you switch the piano on, it will reset midi CC0 to value 0 equals no volume. They should have left volume on CC7. If you understand a little about control changes, I put below a little info which will help make a couple of the trumpets sound a little more believable. Release Effects (CC#15): Trumpets in a jazz context often release notes in unusual ways. The three most common are: "falloffs," "doits," and "kisses." In Jazz & Big Band these effects can be chosen with CC#15. They are switched as follows: Table with 2 columns and 4 rows Value 0-32 Off Value 33-64 Falloffs Value 65-95 Doits Value 96-127 Kisses table end Steve W Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Tyo To: ddots-l Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 4:46 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: To anyone using Garritan Thanks Gord. Now that you mentioned it, I should've done that when I was reading some of the manual; You know how it is when you wanna get things up and running in a minimal amount of time. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Kent To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 01:08 Subject: [ddots-l] Re: To anyone using Garritan Hi: Your best bet is to study the midi implementation section of the manual. Many midi controllers are mapped to gpo parameters. Gord __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6416 (20110827) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6418 (20110828) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6418 (20110828) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com