midiMessage for NoteOn/NoteOff not as stated in the manual

Bug reports
1

The manual states:

> For example, a Control Change message can be access either as:
> 
> 
> midiMessage = {
>     channel = 1,
>     type = CONTROL_CHANGE,
>     data1 = 1,
>     data2 = 127
> }
> 
> or
> 
> 
> midiMessage = {
>     channel = 1,
>     type = CONTROL_CHANGE,
>     controllerNumber = 1,
>     value = 127
> }

However this do not work on NoteOn/Off

midiMessage = {
   channel = 1,
   type = NOTE_ON,
    data1 = 60,
    data2 = 100
}
midi.sendMessage (PORT_1, midiMessage)

Returns error: bad argument #-2 to ‘sendMessage’ (number expected, got nil) because it does require the variables noteNumber and velocity.

2

you can use the midi.sendNoteOn and midi.sendNoteOff functions for this.

Or try (haven’t done it myself) replacing ‘data1’ by ‘noteNumber’ and ‘data2’ by ‘velocity’

3

Yes, both workarounds are available, but it is still a bug. And that’s why I reported it.