ROUT = CH1-4: should channels 5–16 be ignored?

[UncleYakow]

Hi! I have a question about the behavior of ROUT = CH1-4.

In a setup with multiple MIDI devices, MIDI Note messages may be coming in on different channels even though they are not intended for the FM-1 at all.

Currently, in CH1-4 mode:

• CH1–4 → Tracks 1–4
• CH5–16 → selected track

Because of this, any incoming note on channels 5–16 still triggers the currently selected Felucca track, even if that MIDI data is meant for another device in the setup.

As a result, there is no way to reserve MIDI channels that Felucca simply ignores.

Based on the name CH1-4, I would rather expect the behavior to be:

• CH1–4 → Tracks 1–4
• CH5–16 → ignored

The SEL mode already seems to cover the case where incoming MIDI should play the currently selected track regardless of channel.

Is the current CH1-4 behavior intentional?

And if not, what would be the better approach: change CH1-4 so that channels 5–16 are ignored, or keep the current behavior for compatibility and add a separate mode such as CH1-4 ONLY?

[kurogedelic]

Good catch, and you're right: with ROUT CH1-4, channels 5–16 should not play anything. SEL is the mode for "everything plays the selected track". I'll change CH1-4 so it only listens to channels 1–4 in the next update.

[kurogedelic]

Done in Felucca 1.0.3: with ROUT CH1-4, channels 5–16 are now ignored, and ROUT SEL still plays the selected track from every channel. Thanks again for raising it.