Tue Aug 17, 2021 3:38 am
Hello John,
Hauptwerk itself never explicitly sends any MIDI messages using MIDI running status, and doesn't have dedicated support (within the Hauptwerk code itself) for running status.
However, on Windows, any MIDI running status support would be implemented within the Windows' MIDI APIs and/or the driver anyway (not within an application, such as Hauptwerk, due to the high-level nature of the Windows MIDI API). I've never heard of a MIDI driver on Windows that doesn't support receiving MIDI running status (and the Windows MIDI API may well handle it anyway, rather than the driver), or that sends running status, but it's conceivable that one might exist (although very unlikely, I think).
Likewise, I've never heard of a MIDI interface/driver on a Mac that sends MIDI running status, or that can't handle receiving it. (macOS' MIDI API is a bit lower-level than Windows' one, so if it is that case that any MIDI driver exists that doesn't support it I think it would be more likely that it would be on macOS, but again I think it's unlikely, especially since lots of MIDI hardware since the 1980s uses running status.)
Summary: any support for MIDI running status would be within the OS or MIDI driver, not the application, but I think you should be fine in assuming support for it.
Best regards, Martin.
Hauptwerk software designer/developer, Milan Digital Audio.