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Sound Object MIDI Properties

Additional MIDI properties are located in the MIDI Tab for the parent Sound Object. These properties can be used to: control the behavior of incoming MIDI Events, transform the transposition or velocity offset of MIDI data before it is executed, or filter incoming MIDI data. These techniques can be particularly useful when building instruments comprised of multiple samples, synthesizers, or any combination to be targeted by a MIDI file.

Sound Object properties in the MIDI Tab of the Sound Property Editor

Sound Object MIDI Properties include:

  • Keymap Editor - Inspects the object in the MIDI Keymap Editor.

  • MIDI Events

    • Override parent - Determines whether the MIDI events controls are inherited from the parent or defined at the current level in the hierarchy. When this option is not selected, the MIDI Events controls are unavailable.

      If the object is a top-level object, this option is unavailable.

    • Play On - Determines what type of MIDI note event will cause the object to play.

      • Note-On - Plays the object on Note-On.

      • Note-Off - Plays the object on Note-Off.

    • Break On Note-Off - If Play On is set to Note-On, this property determines whether the playing object stops looping upon reception of a note-off. If so, the playback of looped sounds or continuous containers is stopped, while allowing the current object(s) to finish playing.

  • Note Tracking:

    • Override parent - Determines whether the Note Tracking controls are inherited from the parent or defined at the current level in the hierarchy. When this option is not selected, the Note Tracking controls are unavailable. If the object is a top-level object, this option is unavailable.

    • Enable - If selected, the node's playback is pitch-shifted. The amount of pitch-shifting is determined by the note of the received MIDI event and the value of Root Note.

      • Default Value: false

    • Root Note - The root note of the node's sound. This value is used in conjunction with a received MIDI note to determine the pitch-shifting of the node's sound.

      • Default Value: C4

  • Transformation:

    • Transposition - The offset applied to the MIDI event's note. The transposition is applied before the Key Range filters.

      • Default Value: 0

    • Velocity Offset - The offset applied to the MIDI event's note velocity. This applies to MIDI note events only. The offset is applied before the Velocity filters.

      • Default Value: 0

  • Filters

    • Key Range - Filter applied to received MIDI note event's note. A received MIDI note event is ignored if its note is not within the Min-Max range.

      • Default Min: C-1 Default Max: G9

      [Note] Note

      Note: The mapping of numerical MIDI notes to octaves is specified via the user preferences; refer to: Wwise Help > Wwise Reference > Projects > User Preferences for more details.

    • Velocity - Filter applied to received MIDI note event's velocity. A received MIDI note event is ignored if its velocity is not within the Min-Max range.

      • Default Min: 0 Default Max: 127

    • Channel - Filter applied to received MIDI note event's channel. A received MIDI note event is ignored if its channel is not in the filter.

      • Default: 1-16

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