# CLAP MIDI Effect Plugins

A CLAP MIDI Effect is a CLAP Plugin that can process MIDI messages. You can select a CLAP MIDI Effect by clicking the MIDI effect slot's down arrow. The CLAP MIDI Effect plugins appear in the list's Plugins section.

Note: the "Apply in editor" option relies on plugins being able to save and restore settings, so it won't work with demo versions that can't do this.

### MIDI 2.0 / MPE

Per-note controls can be sent to the plugin as MIDI 2.0 or as CLAP note expressions. It is up to the plugin to tell the host which protocols it supports and which one it prefers to use. Plugin output can be MIDI 2.0, CLAP note expressions, or MPE.