Novation SL MkIII - Device Messaging; Messages From the Device

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Messages From The Device
This section shows all the messages sent by the device when in
InControl
view.
All MIDI messages are sent via the InControl USB port.
Buttons
Buttons send the value 127 when pressed, and the value 0 when released. See the indices table
for the values for each button.
Examples:
Message
Message Decimal
Description
0xbf 0x5a 0x7f
191 90 127
Options button pressed
0xbf 0x38 0x0
191 56 0
Soft button 6 released
Rotary Knobs
The knobs send two's complement encoded delta values. See the indices table for the values for
each rotary knob.
MIDI value (0 - 127)
Delta (-64 - 63)
0
0
1 to 63
+1 to +63
64 to 127
-64 to -1
Examples:
Message Hexadecimal
Message Decimal
Description
0xbf 0x15 0x1
191 21 1
Knob 1 turned slightly clockwise
0xbf 0x16 0x7f
191 22 127
Knob 2 turned slightly anti-clockwise
Faders
Faders send messages with a range of 0-127. See the indices table for the values for each fader.
Examples:
Message Hexadecimal
Message Hexadecimal
Description
0xbf 0x29 0x7f
191 41 127
Fader 1 moved to the top of its range
0xbf 0x2e 0x40
191 46 64
Fader 6 moved to the middle of its range