by CopperPhil » 07 Mar 2012, 22:42
No it is not possible to disable active sensing at the moment. It is automatically generated as soon a connection is established to the CopperLan->MIDI device, and stopped when no more connection is pointing to the device...
So we believe it make sense since CopperLan is a networking technology. If a source located on computer A send a note on to a CopperLan->MIDI port on computer B, then the connection is dropped (just unplug the cable), the CopperLan->MIDI port on computer B loose its incoming connection, and so stop sending active sensing resulting in a sound off on.
This example is also valid inside a single PC, if the source application crashes after triggering a sound ON.
It is true that if you are just connecting a VMIDI->CoppeLan to a CopperLan->VMIDI on a single computer, the risk is limited, but you can always drop the connection while a sound is on...
Well... we may consider a new option to manually disable active sensing if it makes sense for many people...
Cheers,
/Phil