Can't send MIDI to audio track.

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Deke1977
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Can't send MIDI to audio track.

Post by Deke1977 » Fri Dec 28, 2018 11:41 am

Hi guys, I just bought Stutter Edit and I am having a hard time setting it up. I have followed the instructions but I don't have any Audio channels showing up when I try to route the Midi channel to control Stutter Edit. Any idea why I can't see any Audio channels in the Midi To output box? Any help appreciated!

fishmonkey
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Re: Can't send MIDI to audio track.

Post by fishmonkey » Fri Dec 28, 2018 1:15 pm

um, because an audio channel is not a MIDI channel...

Deke1977
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Re: Can't send MIDI to audio track.

Post by Deke1977 » Fri Dec 28, 2018 1:42 pm

fishmonkey wrote:um, because an audio channel is not a MIDI channel...
Yeah I am fully aware of that, thanks for your incredible insight. I am sending Midi info to control Stutter Edit which requires Midi input to work.

Deke1977
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Re: Can't send MIDI to audio track.

Post by Deke1977 » Fri Dec 28, 2018 1:44 pm

I have just figured it out, I was using Audio Units NOT VST. All good!

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Re: Can't send MIDI to audio track.

Post by stunice » Sun Jan 13, 2019 6:27 pm

Hi , Having same issue, when you say using Audio units not VST? is this a setting some where within the track ?

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Re: Can't send MIDI to audio track.

Post by yur2die4 » Sun Jan 13, 2019 10:18 pm

There are two popular plug in formats. AU and VST. On Windows you’d only have a vst option.

Apparently from what this thread says, audio unit effects do not tell Live that they are able to receive midi from an outside source. When the user used a vst instead of an audio unit they were able to create a new midi channel and route it to the audio channel, then point that directly to the Stutter Edit vst.

Ken___
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Re: Can't send MIDI to audio track.

Post by Ken___ » Wed Feb 12, 2020 4:44 pm

Thank you for posting that solution to use Stutter Edit as a VST! This just fixed my Stutter Edit issue.

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Re: Can't send MIDI to audio track.

Post by theslyprofessor » Mon Mar 01, 2021 11:02 pm

Ha! It's the exact opposite on Mac. The VST version won't show me outputs, but the AU will. Imagine that!

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