can aftertouch control vibrato?

[TrainwreckNick]

I am trying unsuccessfully to get aftertouch to control vibrato in live 8. Someone told me there was a way to do it using max. Can anyone PLEEEAAASE show me how to accomplish this.

[Machinate]

yes, you'll need to use max to convert your aftertouch into some other controller message - but I believe that you need "max" not "maxforlive", since Live actively strips out your aftertouch?

Anyone?

[broc]

Live supports monophonic aftertouch (channel pressure) for midi track input.
So it can be converted with an M4L midi effect device.

The patch would just be [touchin] --> [ctlout X] where X is any controller number.

But for remote control (midi mapping) the conversion must be done outside of Live.

[TrainwreckNick]

Thanks for the info guys. Broc, I'm kinda new at the whole programming bit. Can you explain more about how I would accomplish this. I really appreciate any help you can give me, I'm running into brick walls everywhere.
Nick

[Machinate]

have you done the midi tutorials that come with max and maxforlive?

open the default "max midi effect", and connect the midiin to a midiparse object. Work from there, and then use the Live API stuff to connect to whatever synth plugin you want to control.

Obviously, if you've already got an aftertouch-enabled synth, then you don't need maxForLive to handle it.

For instance, in Operator you click the Global Shell, and then connect Aftertouch to connection A by any amount.