I've not used Mellosoftron much with MIDI, but I can tell you a bit about what is happening with the loopback.
Mellosoftron works like this:
1) MIDI Messages are received.
2) Software checks channel and key mappings to determine which waveform to play.
3) Playing of .WAV file in concordance with patch settings commences.
By setting Mellosoftron's MIDI settings to corrospond with an external MIDI port, the program can receive MIDI messages from external devices, such as a Keyboard.
However, this does not allow one to use a sequencer within the <B>same computer</b> to play the Mellosoftron. Doing this requires a MIDI loopback device, in either software or hardware.
This devices functions as follows:
1) MIDI Messages are received.
2) MIDI Messages are rebroadcasted on another channel or cable network.
Thus, MIDI Messages flow from your sequencer to the Loopback, from the Loopback to Mellosoftron. Here, they are converted to actual sound.
Re: Mellosoftron/MIDI
I've not used Mellosoftron much with MIDI, but I can tell you a bit about what is happening with the loopback.
Mellosoftron works like this:
1) MIDI Messages are received.
2) Software checks channel and key mappings to determine which waveform to play.
3) Playing of .WAV file in concordance with patch settings commences.
By setting Mellosoftron's MIDI settings to corrospond with an external MIDI port, the program can receive MIDI messages from external devices, such as a Keyboard.
However, this does not allow one to use a sequencer within the <B>same computer</b> to play the Mellosoftron. Doing this requires a MIDI loopback device, in either software or hardware.
This devices functions as follows:
1) MIDI Messages are received.
2) MIDI Messages are rebroadcasted on another channel or cable network.
Thus, MIDI Messages flow from your sequencer to the Loopback, from the Loopback to Mellosoftron. Here, they are converted to actual sound.
Hope this answers your question.