Feature Request -- Add Note-Off events to MIDI-mapping choices

That won't work in the case of two-position tab or rocker switches--

Restricting the value of a MIDI signal, so that the MIDI map entry is only activated by a single value or limited range of values, is very useful, but it is not sufficient in this case. A two-position physical switch could be programmed to produce a MIDI note-ON message in one position and a note-OFF event in its other position, but might send no velocity information at all, or might send the same velocity (0 or 127) for BOTH a note-on *and* a note-off MIDI event. These two-position switches are not intended to produce any sound, but instead only to turn something on and off. In this case, only the MIDI-note-number (0-127), corresponding to which two-position-switch is moved, and a MIDI-note ON-or-OFF message, corresponding to one of the two switch positions, is important or significant.

On a standard organ or piano keyboard, ONE key press transmits BOTH a note-ON followed by a note-OFF message (and usually MIDI velocity data). A key on a MIDI piano keyboard is a "momentary switch": it remains on only as long as it is pressed, and sends a note-off message as soon as the finger is lifted from the key.

HOWEVER, on some physical organ consoles, the plastic tabs that turn stops on or off are configured to send a MIDI note-ON message when they are pressed, and they REMAIN in that position until they are manually moved back to their opposite position, at which time they produce a MIDI note-OFF message. They are TWO-position toggle or rocker switches, not momentary switches like regular piano or organ keys, and many organ consoles have them, so it seems reasonable to request that a note-off message be added to the list of MIDI events that are selectable as triggers in the MIDI mapping functionality, to accommodate cases where note-on and note-off MIDI messages are used for a purpose other than sounding a particular note of a scale.

Pianoteq already allows one to use a sounded or unsounded note of a keyboard (such as a key that is outside the range of the instrument model or preset) to toggle between two states (activating or deactivating an upper or lower harpsichord manual independently, for example) by using just the note-ON message of two or more CONSECUTIVE key presses to alternate between two states (on or off, active or not-active), but that would not work in this case, with a two-position switch specifically intended to act as a toggle switch that produces only a note-ON message in one position, and only a note-OFF message in the other position.

I got an email today letting me know that note off midi messages are currently disabled in Organteq. That functionality is planned for a future release.