toMIDIChannels(channel) {

    if (this.validation) {
      console.warn(
        "The toMIDIChannels() method has been deprecated. Use Utilities.sanitizeChannels() instead."
      );
    }

    return Utilities.sanitizeChannels(channel);

  }
@private
@deprecated since version 3.0.0, use Utilities.sanitizeChannels() instead.