Note In
Bitwig Platform
A complete per-note input terminal exposing gate, pitch, velocity, four expressions, and MIDI channel.
What it does
Note In breaks every incoming note into eight coordinated Grid signals: Gate, Pitch, Velocity, Timbre, Pressure, Gain, Pan, and Channel. It can filter one channel, include release velocity, smooth continuous expressions, and disable the extended expression group while preserving the core note data.
Controls and ports
| Control | Label | Official description |
|---|---|---|
channel_out |
Channel Out | Note channel signals received by the device, where a '0.0' signal signifies channel 1, '+1.0' is channel 2, and so on |
channel_filter |
Channel Filter | When set to zero ("All"), all notes are received. Otherwise, only signals from the set channel will be passed thru. |
velocity_mode |
Velocity Mode | When on, outputs both note on and note off velocity signals. When off, only supplies note on velocities. |
smoothing |
Smoothing | Applies smoothing to the Timbre, Pressure, Gain, and Pan signals |
Practical uses
- Pass all eight outputs to Note Out for a transparent processor, changing only the desired fields in between.
- Separate notes by channel to build multichannel sequencers, MPE processors, or layered routing.
Things to know
- Channel output is zero-based: 0 means channel 1, 1 means channel 2, through 15 for channel 16.
- With expressions disabled, the recovered component outputs neutral defaults: Timbre 0, Pressure 0, Gain 1, and Pan 0.
- Pitch uses the normalized Grid pitch scale, not an integer MIDI note number.
Technical details
A medium-confidence Nitro implementation candidate supports the technical summary, but the visible-module mapping remains inferred.
The matching grid/io/note_in_channel_check component passes the eight signals when selected_channel==0 or channel_in[0]==selected_channel-1. A rejected channel outputs zero for Gate, Pitch, Velocity, Channel, Timbre, Pressure, and Pan while Gain remains 1. With All Expressions off it preserves core note fields and substitutes the same expression defaults. Event extraction and Smoothing sit outside this recovered component.
Open questions
- Measure smoothing law, note-off velocity timing, filtered note lifetime, channel changes, MPE expressions, legato, and voice allocation.
Version and sources
Checked against Bitwig Studio 6.0.6. This page combines Bitwig's module metadata, the existing Grid course and guides, and Nitro analysis where the mapping is strong enough to support a technical statement.
Related material
Return to Bitwig Grid Modules or the Grid Modules course lesson.
Also matches: Bitwig Note In module, Bitwig Grid Note In, Note In Grid module