Cannot type in parameter value for VST device parameters

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Cannot type in parameter value for VST device parameters

Post by Scoox » Tue Sep 10, 2019 3:02 am

Is this normal? On native Live plugins I can click any parameter and type in a precise numerical value, but this doesn't seem to work with VST device parameters. Anyone else noticed this?

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Re: Cannot type in parameter value for VST device parameters

Post by [jur] » Tue Oct 01, 2019 9:10 am

Which Live version? Every plugins? VST2 or VST3?
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Re: Cannot type in parameter value for VST device parameters

Post by Scoox » Tue Oct 08, 2019 6:09 pm

[jur] wrote:
Tue Oct 01, 2019 9:10 am
Which Live version? Every plugins? VST2 or VST3?
Live 10.1, all third-party plugin, both VST2 and VST3. Are you not seeing this problem?

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Re: Cannot type in parameter value for VST device parameters

Post by [jur] » Wed Nov 06, 2019 1:54 am

Nope.
What OS are you using?
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Re: Cannot type in parameter value for VST device parameters

Post by Scoox » Wed Nov 06, 2019 5:26 am

[jur] wrote:
Wed Nov 06, 2019 1:54 am
Nope.
What OS are you using?
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

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Re: Cannot type in parameter value for VST device parameters

Post by Scoox » Wed Nov 06, 2019 4:11 pm

ShelLuser wrote:
Wed Nov 06, 2019 9:37 am
Also interesting: how (and where?) are you trying to set this up? Some VST's will auto-import their settings but most of them don't, which means that you'd have to first configure the parameters which you want to modify and then modify those within the Ableton 'pseudo device'. However, this depends a little on the vst, the kind of parameter and where you're trying to modify things.
That's right, I first configure the parameters I want to expose in the device panel—for easy access—and the idea was to be able to adjust the parameter to a specific value by typing it in rather than by dragging the slider which is more fiddly, but Live won't let me focus the numeric field, therefore the only way to adjust the parameter is to move the slider.

In the following example, the values of parameters Gain and Mix can be typed in, but the value of Osc B Amount can't:

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Re: Cannot type in parameter value for VST device parameters

Post by Scoox » Thu Nov 07, 2019 12:03 am

ShelLuser wrote:
Wed Nov 06, 2019 6:14 pm
That image doesn't show for me so I'll try to reproduce this myself later on.
Thanks

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