The Sonic Foundry Virtual MIDI Router (VMR) |
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The Sonic Foundry Virtual MIDI Router (VMR) is a software-only driver that allows you to control Sound Forge from other MIDI-capable applicationsand vice-versawithout using MIDI hardware.
A MIDI router transfers MIDI data from one port to another. The Sonic Foundry VMR driver transfers MIDI data but requires no hardware. The driver provides up to four devices for MIDI output and input. Each of the output devices sends all MIDI data to its corresponding input device.
If one application sends MIDI data through the #3 Sonic Foundry MIDI Router output device, another application can receive this MIDI data as input from the #3 Sonic Foundry MIDI Router input device.
The
first character of the device name is a device number from 1 to 4.
The device number is placed at the beginning of the name for
compatibility with sequencer software that tries to display device
names in very small spaces.
The Sonic Foundry VMR can be very useful for synchronizing two MIDI-capable applications. You can trigger Sound Forge from your MIDI sequencer, or you can drive your MIDI sequencer from Sound Forge using SMPTE/MTC. This and more can be accomplished without using MIDI hardware for routing.