VST plugins have parameters that are controllable by the user. These parameters appear as the knobs and sliders or as MIDI CC. By using OscVstBridge you can control via your midi controller or VST sequencer OSC devices that are networked to the controlling computer. MP Midi Controller is a system that consists of hardware and software and enables controlling VST and AU plugins as hardware. It works in all major DAWs as a VST3 AU and AAX plugin. Certain VST plug-ins generate MIDI which can be used in other Live tracks. For example you could use a plug-in's arpeggiator to drive other devices/plug-ins. /how-to-install-vst-plugins-on-music-maker.html. Load a VST plug-in into a MIDI track. Create another MIDI track. In the Input Type chooser (“MIDI From”) of the new track, select the track containing the VST plug-in. No matter what budget you’re working with, serious composers and music producers need a MIDI controller or keyboard compatible with their devices. Home and mobile studios enable music producers to plug into their computers or work over Bluetooth, connecting to DAW software and VST synth plugins, as well as other installed programs that composers rely.

NoteMapper is a VST plugin that allows you to map MIDI notes to either other notes, or to Continuous Controller (CC), Channel Aftertouch or Poly Aftertouch messages. Each incoming note can be mapped to up to three notes/messages, even on different MIDI channels.

Just before Christmas we shared a very interesting video from Brian Daly, the man behind the Hotkey Matrix showing he was able to control plug-in parameters using a Behringer BCR2000 using MIDI. We have been asking Avid for MIDI learn for ages but Brian has created this excellent work around whilst we wait for Avid to deliver.

Many of you were very interested in how he used Controllermate to make this work and so Brian has created this brilliant tutorial video showing how it is done.

He has also set up an impressive resource with examples and guidance on what features you need from your MIDI Controller and he also includes some example setup files that you can import into Controllermate to help you get started.

As Controllermate is a Mac only application this work round is only going to work for Mac users. It also transpired that this will only work fully in Pro Tools 11 because when you select a plug-in it becomes the active window as Controllermate works on the active window. Pro Tools 10 works differently and doesn’t make the current plug-in, the active window and so Controllermate works on the active window, which is likely to be the Edit or Mix window.

Because he uses Controllermate to convert endless rotary controllers and buttons MIDI data into mouse scroll wheel or mouse clicks and it works on the relative position within a plug-in window then it doesn’t matter where the plug-in is and what your system is, as far as Pro Tools is concerned it is responding to mouse data, nothing else.

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What’s more fun than playing a software synthesizer from your MIDI controller keyboard? Well, tweaking the knobs on your MIDI controller to manipulate the sound of the synthesizer in real time while you’re playing it, of course!

In this tutorial, you will learn how to assign a knob, slider or wheel on your MIDI Controller keyboard to a plug-in parameter in Logic.

The Basic Setup

To follow along with this tutorial and experiment with controller assignments, you will first create a new project with one synthesizer track, add a new effect plug-in, and choose a parameter to assign to your MIDI controller.

Drag the Frequency knob up and down to hear the Ringhshifter in action.

1. Choose File > New to create a new empty project.
2. Create one software instrument track.
3. In the Library, choose Synthesizer > Lead > Wormhole Lead.
4. Play a few notes so you can hear the synth.
5. On the Wormhole Lead channel strip, click just below the last plug-in in the Audio FX section, and choose Modulation > Ringshifter.
6. Play a few notes while dragging the Frequency knob up and down in the Ringshifter.

Ok so that’s fun, but the fun is limited: for example if you let go of the mouse, you may not be able to click-hold the knob again without looking at your computer screen. And who wants to do that while playing a riff on your keyboard? Let’s unleash the fun.

Map a Smart Control to the Plug-in Knob

Smart Controls allow you to display knobs and other controls at the bottom of Logic’s main window for quick and easy access to key plug-in parameters for the selected track. By default, the Smart Control pane is automatically populated with some plug-in parameters. Unless you are lucky and there’s already a Smart Control for the parameter you want to control, you will have to map a knob to that parameter.

1. Choose View > Show Smart Controls (or press B) to open the Smart Controls pane.
2. In the Smart Controls pane, click the Inspector button .
3. Click the desired knob in the Smart Controls pane. The knob is highlighted in blue.
   
4. In the Smart Controls Inspector, open the Parameter Mapping area, and click its Learn button.
   
   If you see more than one mapping listed in the Parameter Mapping area, click the action wheel button next to the Learn button to select all the mappings and delete them.
5. In the Ringshifter, click the big Frequency knob.
   The new Ringshifter ▸ Frequency assignment should now be listed in the Parameter Mapping area.
6. Click the Learn button to disable it.

Try dragging the new “Frequency” knob in the Smart Controls pane up and down while playing a few notes. The Smart Controls knob now acts as a remote control for the plug-in knob you just mapped.

Assign an External MIDI Controller Knob to the Smart Control.

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Now is time to assign a physical knob on your MIDI Controller keyboard to the on-screen knob in the Smart Controls pane.

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1. In the External Assignments area, click the Learn button.
   
2. Make sure the Frequency knob is highlighted in red.
3. Turn the desired knob on your MIDI Controller keyboard.
   You should see both the Frequency Smart Controls and the Frequency knob in the Ringshifter plug-in move accordingly. You’re done! You can now close the Smart Control pane and the Ringshifter plug-in window.

Now have fun playing synthesizer riffs while turning the knob on your MIDI Controller to manipulate the synthesizer sound. Try assigning knobs to your favorite stock Logic or 3rd party plug-ins, or even to instrument plug-in parameters. You can repeat this procedure to assign multiple MIDI controller knobs and sliders to different plug-in parameters and manipulate various aspects of the sound at the same time.

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