ctlout
Description
Transmits MIDI continuous controller values to a MIDI device.
Examples

Arguments
port [symbol]
Specifies the port (a-z) for transmitting MIDI control messages. If there is no argument, ctlout initially transmits out port a, on channel 1. When a port is specified by a letter argument, channel numbers greater than 16 received in the right inlet will be wrapped around to stay within the 1-16 range.
device [symbol]
The name of a MIDI output device may be used as the first argument to specify the port. The name 'none' can be used to prevent the object from transmitting MIDI messages on any port.
ctrllr-channel [list]
Following the (optional) port argument, the next argument is an initial value for the controller number to be used in control messages transmitted by ctlout. Controller numbers are automatically limited between 0 and 127. If there is no controller number specified, the initial controller number is 1.
Following the controller number argument is an initial value for the channel number on which to transmit control messages. If the channel argument is not present, ctlout initially transmits control messages on channel 1. In order for this argument to be used, a controller number argument must precede it.
If a port has been specified with a letter argument, channel numbers greater than 16 will be wrapped around to stay within the 1-16 range. If no port argument is present, the channel number specifies both the port and the channel. The exact meaning of the channel number argument depends on the channel offset specified for each port in the MIDI Setup dialog.
Attributes
matchport [int] (default: 0)
If the port argument doesn't match an existing port or device name, set the object's MIDI port to 'none'.
name [symbol]
Set the object's MIDI port based on a device name. The attribute will attempt to do a case-sensitive partial string match based on the attribute's value.
Common Box Attributes
Messages
int
Arguments
(inlet1)
Arguments
(inlet2)
Arguments
float
Arguments
anything
Arguments
(mouse)
port
Arguments
Output
(MIDI)
There are no outlets. The output is a MIDI control message transmitted directly to the object's MIDI output port.
See Also
Name | Description |
---|---|
MIDI | MIDI |
bendout | |
ctlin | |
midiout | |
noteout | |
xbendout | |
Max MIDI Tutorial 1: Basic MIDI | Max MIDI Tutorial 1: Basic MIDI |