Rewier Live to ProTools - how to send MIDI from PT?

ntp · Post by **ntp** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:52 am

I've got Live rewired to protools and now want to set up a midi track in ProTools to play a MIDI track in Live. How do I do this?

If I can't do that, how can PT change scenes? Launch clips? Can it only start and stop Live. That would be horendously lame. Live is getting to be a pretty good composition tool, but it really needs to have a decent ability to get the music out to a true DAW.

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:08 am

try using midiyoke to make a virtual midi port which pro tools can send to live without having to worry about anything else..

ntp · Post by **ntp** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:36 pm

Even if I MIDI-Yoked it, would that allow me launch clips, etc?

fluid · Post by **fluid** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:54 pm

With ReWire you shouldn't need MIDIyoke or anything else to run Live and PT together.

Assuming that PT is the ReWire master and Live is the slave, when you make a new MIDI track in PT, you should be able to set the output to Live and choose the instrument you want to play from there.

I don't think PT is able to launch scenes/clips in session view, only from arrangement view.

Hope this helps.

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:18 pm

fluid wrote:With ReWire you shouldn't need MIDIyoke or anything else to run Live and PT together.

Assuming that PT is the ReWire master and Live is the slave, when you make a new MIDI track in PT, you should be able to set the output to Live and choose the instrument you want to play from there.

I don't think PT is able to launch scenes/clips in session view, only from arrangement view.

Hope this helps.

hey thanks for the tip,
i never use midi in pro tools, but version 7 is gonna change for me i think, especially knowing it will go back with rewire.

ntp · Post by **ntp** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:50 pm

What you are describing is the way an app like Reason works. And I agree, it is what I expected to see. But in the MIDI out selection in ProTools, Live, nor any of its tracks, clips, instruments - is not listed.

Are you saying this works for you?

Are you also saying that it could somehow matter what view live is in - arrangement or session. That's seems odd, i'll try it though.

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:58 am

ntp wrote:What you are describing is the way an app like Reason works. And I agree, it is what I expected to see. But in the MIDI out selection in ProTools, Live, nor any of its tracks, clips, instruments - is not listed.

Are you saying this works for you?

Are you also saying that it could somehow matter what view live is in - arrangement or session. That's seems odd, i'll try it though.

bummer, was hoping to go fetch my mbox and try this out.