Arcade Triggers
Each trigger sends a Note On when pressed and a Note Off once released. Since these triggers
are not velocity sensitive the velocity defaults to 127. This value may be adjusted using the
Utility. By default all arcade trigger notes are sent on MIDI Channel 3.
If the ‘Note+CC’ option is enabled then the Midi Fighter 64 arcade triggers will also send CC’s.
When the trigger is pressed a CC with value 127 is sent, when the trigger is released a CC with
value 0 is sent. Momentary CC’s are sent on Channel 4.
This is useful for control of effects in Ableton, where note messages will only toggle the effect
each time the button is pressed and released. By mapping to a CC rather than the Note you
can create a mapping where the effect is on while the button is down, and off when the button
is released.
In Appendix 1 you will find a complete list of MIDI data for each button.
Setting Arcade Trigger Color
The ring illumination color of the arcade triggers has two states, active (pressed) and inactive
(released).
By using MIDI messages the user can access a much more complete palette which overrides
the default inactive/active color setting and control both the color and animation state of each
arcade trigger ring.
To set the color send a MIDI Note On of the same pitch and channel as the arcade trigger you
are trying to control. The velocity of the note will determine the color selected. A velocity of 0 will
disable MIDI control of color.
e.g. To set the color of the first arcade trigger to Bright Red send a Ch3 E3 Note On of
Velocity 5.
Fig 2 MIDI Color Velocity Settings
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