Damn...!  Jeanette got her answer in while I was playing!! (:-))
I was going to say just about the same, except I mocked up
this little instrument that seems to work just fine:

gkBend init 0

alwayson "Bend"

instr Bend
	kstat, kchn, kd1, kd2 midiin
/*	printf "Value=%d %d %d\n", kd2, kstat, kd2, kd1 */
	if kstat == 224 then
			gkBend = (kd2 - 64)*127	; ignoring LSB
			printf "bend=%d\n", abs(gkBend)+1, gkBend
	endif
endin
-----------------------------------

The '+1' offset in printf ensures it prints even when bend goes to zero.

HTH

	-- Pete --


On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 08:30:31AM +0200, Jeanette C. wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> try midiin . It has four outputs, one being kstatus, which marks the kind 
> of event being read, which includes pitchbend.
> kstatus, kchannel, kdata1, kkdata2 midiin
> if (kstatus == 224) then
>   ; do your pitchbend reading from data1 and data2
> endif
> 
> HTH.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Jeanette
> 
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