# MIDI Monitor

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To open the **MIDI Monitor window**, press Tools and tap in the column MIDI at MIDI Monitor.

![](/img/dot2/dot2_viewsandwindows_midimonitor01_1-1-3-da9005.png)_Figure: MIDI Monitor_

The MIDI Monitor displays:

- sending and receiving MIDI notes
- MSC (=MIDI Show Control) In commands
- MSC Out commands

To scroll vertical, use the vertical scroll bar.\
To scroll horizontal, tap in the view and move the view from right to left.

If you are not at the end of the MIDI Monitor, there is a direction arrow ![](/img/dot2/dot2_viewsandwindows_commandhistoryview01_1-0-45887f.png) displayed.\
To go to the end of the MIDI Monitor, tap the directions arrow ![](/img/dot2/dot2_viewsandwindows_commandhistoryview01_1-0-45887f.png).

To leave the MIDI Monitor Window, tap ![](/img/dot2/dot2_viewsandwindows_controlelements_titlebar08_1-0-5c7c42.png) in the title bar or press Esc on the console.

For more information about MIDI, see:

- [MidiNote Command](/dot2/key_keyword_midinote/)
- [MIDI Show Control](/dot2/key_window_midishowcontrol/)
- [MIDI Configuration](/dot2/key_window_midiconfiguration/)