TC Electronic M5000 - Spontaneous Data-Emissions; Conversion Routines; Convertmiditopar; Convertpartomidi

Chapter 2: Individual Parameter-Access 5
Note: If you set a parameter that hasn’t yet been extracted from the queue, the queue-entry for the
given parameter is updated to hold the new value. This means that you don’t need to worry about
placing delays in the MIDI data-stream while the user is dragging a slider in a patch-editor.
Simply transmit the new value for the given parameter every time the slider is moved.
The parameter-queue in the M5000 holds 32 messages. If you are setting up an algorithm like
TAPFAC-1 or DYNAMIC1 (which have more than 32 parameters), you must place slight delays in
the MIDI data-stream. Some special parameters take some time to recalculate (you will know these
parameters from the M5000 front panel). Instead of having a specific delay for each parameter-type,
you should simply transmit the parameters at a pace that works.
2.5 Spontaneous Data-Emissions
The M5000 will generally never output parameter-packets spontaneously. However Recall Preset
packet will be transmitted if the user recalls a preset via the front-panel or an ATAC.
Meters are never transmitted spontaneously, but must be polled.
2.6 Conversion Routines
2.6.1 convertMIDItoPar
The following routine combines the two MIDI-bytes that identify the parameter-ID and return a
single unsigned short:
unsigned short convertMIDItoPar(char byte1, char byte2)
{
return byte2+(byte1 << 7);
}
2.6.2 convertPartoMIDI
The following routine derives the two MIDI-bytes that identify the parameter-ID from a single short:
void convertMIDItoPar(unsigned short parNo, char *byte1,
char *byte2)
{
*byte1=parNo >> 7;
*byte2=parNo & 0x7f;
}
2.6.3 convertMIDItoValue
The following routine combines the two MIDI-bytes that identify the parameter-value and return a
single short:
short convertMIDItoValue(char byte1, char byte2)
{
short value;
value=(byte2 & 0x7f) + ( (short) (byte1 & 0x7f) << 7);
if (value & 0x2000) i |= 0xc000; // Extend sign bit
return value;
}