Reaktor4 as VSTi to sequence VSTi on a different channel. ??

acidpimp · Post by **acidpimp** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:21 pm

this seems like it should work with no snags.

building an analog style sequencer in reaktor to control a VSTi on a different channel in live.

the one thing I wish live had was a simple 16 step analog-style sequencer with randomize.

I downloaded one from reaktor's user library that was suppossed to be set up to send midi out. the sequencer worked fine as a plug in, and would sequence this crappy mono-synth that was already built into the ensemble. this was on channel "MIDI 1".

on channel "MIDI 2" I loaded a VSTi (I loaded several from different developers), and set the "midi from" menu to "MIDI 1", I thought this would do it, but did not.

the construction of the sequencer seemed solid. i am about to build one myself (which should only take under 1/2 hour), but i want to see if anyone else has tried this yet, or if anyone has any helpful tips.

spookydirt · Post by **spookydirt** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:03 pm

I tried something similar with Flstudio (the VSTi version of it)- i ended up using midi yoke or similar to route the MIDI from one to the other .

follow this link:

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic. ... t=flstudio

hope this helps

--andy

acidpimp · Post by **acidpimp** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:19 am

thanx, I'll try that if I can't get Reaktor to do it.

acidpimp · Post by **acidpimp** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:07 pm

no luck yet...

has anyone tried this?

acidpimp · Post by **acidpimp** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:00 am

here's where I'm at...

please correct any assumptions I have made in regards to Reaktor or Live's midi capabilities.

...live is not capable of recieving midi from a VSTi.

the "midi from" tab on the channel strip refers to the midi input device armed on that channel, not the midi information being sent out from the plug-in assigned to that channel.

Reaktor has extensive midi routing capabilities, and I have no trouble sending midi out through my AMT-8 (8 midi in/out usb device), so I thought I could send the midi information out of midi-out 1 on my AMT-8, into midi-in 2 (each midi in/out being completely isolated) and then set the midi input device in live to be from midi out 2.

When running Reaktor as a standalone app, I have 12 choices of what output I want to send midi information to, but when I run it as a VSTi, I only get 1, and it's called just "plugin".

there HAS to be a way around this, either in Reaktor, or in Live.

please help!!!! anyone?

iskandar · Post by **iskandar** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:47 am

what if you run it as standalone and send the midi via midiyoke ? i cant try atm as im not on my DAW..