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Bome MIDI Translator: User's Manual 13 Tips & Tricks

13.6.3 Avoid Redundancy

When a project grows over time, often similar things are done in two

different ways, or too much use of copy/paste caused duplicated

Translators. Also a common thing is to forget to remove Translators that

were once added for testing only. So it is a good idea to look through the

Presets with an eye for duplicated functionality.

13.6.4 Use Project/Preset Default Ports

A common problem that is hard to detect is sending MIDI messages to all

MIDI ports. When no default ports (in Project Properties / Preset Properties)

are set, an Outgoing MIDI Action will send MIDI messages to all open ports.

As long as only one MIDI port is opened and in use, that's OK. But then,

when you open multiple MIDI ports, your Outgoing Actions will suddenly

send all MIDI messages to multiple MIDI ports. Often, this remains

undetected, because the project still works. But the workload is much

higher.

The best way to do that is to group the translators into presets by MIDI

ports, and then use the Preset default ports to specify only one MIDI OUT

port per Preset as default port.

13.6.5 Use the Log Window For Development

The log window is a powerful tool for watching your Project in action. Every

now and then you should double check your project by verifying in the Log

window that the Actions are executed and processed as planned.

Turn off the Log Window when actually using MIDI Translator in action, to

ensure best performance.