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Bome MIDI Translator: User's Manual 3 MIDI Setup Guide

3 MIDI Setup Guide

3.1 Virtual MIDI Ports

A virtual MIDI port driver is included with the application which enables you

to send MIDI messages to other programs running on the same computer,

and to receive MIDI messages back from them. The virtual MIDI ports in

MIDI Translator are unidirectional MIDI ports, requiring the MIDI Translator

application running on one end, and any other program destination on the

other.

Unlike "loopback" virtual MIDI ports, which function as both IN and OUT

ports simultaneously, Bome virtual MIDI ports only pass through the

Windows API once rather than twice to route MIDI data. This added

efficiency makes Bome MIDI Translator faster and potentially more reliable,

resulting in reduced latency and jitter when operating with MIDI data. Bome

MIDI Translator also benefits from a high-speed MIDI data processing

engine at its core, delivering MIDI and translator action data at near

realtime speeds.

As a result of this direct connection, one end of the virtual MIDI port MUST

be connected to the MIDI Translator application via translators or the MT

Router. Direct use of the virtual MIDI ports between two other applications

is not possible.

virtual port flow diagram