Using MIDI Triggers

Available only in Sound Forge

Options Menu

You can use MIDI triggers to control Sound Forge functions using MIDI commands from external devices such as a MIDI keyboard or sequencer.

What do you want to do?

Configure an internal or external MIDI controller

  1. From the Options menu, choose Preferences, and click the MIDI/Sync tab.

  2. On the MIDI/Sync tab, choose the device from which you want to receive triggers from the Input drop-down list and click the OK button.

  3. From the Options menu, select MIDI Input Sync/Trigger to enable MIDI input.

  4. Use the MIDI Triggers dialog to configure the triggers you want to use.

If you use a controller for creating regions, clear the Always ask for Region and Loop names check box on the General tab of the Preferences dialog. When this check box is cleared, Sound Forge will assign a default name instead of displaying the Add Marker/Region dialog when a region is created.

Assign Sound Forge events to MIDI triggers

  1. From the Options menu, choose MIDI Triggers.

  2. Select a Sound Forge function that you want to trigger in the Event list.

  1. Click the radio button that corresponds to the type of trigger you want to use to trigger the selected event:

Item

Description

None

Click to assign no MIDI trigger to the selected event or to remove an existing trigger.

Note

Click if you want to trigger the selected event with a MIDI note.

Specify the MIDI channel to which the trigger is assigned in the Channel box, and specify the musical note that will trigger the event in the Note box.

Controller

Click if you want to trigger the selected event using a MIDI controller.

Specify the MIDI channel to which the controller is assigned in the Channel box. Use the Controller box to specify which controller will trigger the event and specify a value in the Value box.

You can automatically enter the values in the Channel, Note, Controller, and Value boxes. Select the Enable MIDI Input Sync/Trigger check box and press a key or controller on your MIDI device.

  1. Click the OK button.

MIDI triggers are different from triggers in the Playlist and Regions List. When using triggers in the Playlist, Regions List, or MIDI Triggers, be aware that they can interact with each other to create unexpected results. Sound Forge first looks at the MIDI Triggers, then the Regions List, and then the Playlist when determining what to do when a MIDI command is detected.