Is it possible to assign a controller to turn a VST on/off?

markone · Post by **markone** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:42 am

Normally I don't require this but for one VST, this would be really useful, and that is Glitch. I am also basing this question on using this VST in a live situation.

Currently Glitch scrolls through a pattern whenever it is on, but if that pattern is over 4 bars, and the tune I am playing adds an extra bar in here or there (on build ups for example) the pattern becomes out of sync.

However, if I were able to turn Glitch on when I needed to use it, it would always begin to scroll from the beginning, and solve my problem.

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:04 am

Assign a macro to the on/off button in Live 6.

markone · Post by **markone** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:08 am

OK,

I'll look into this. I haven't looked into the functionality of macros yet. Is this task simple enough to achieve?

abletoff · Post by **abletoff** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:10 pm

You could stick glitch on a track and route whatever you want to it, the simply mute the track

markone · Post by **markone** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:13 pm

I think even when a track is muted, Glitch still keeps scrolling through its pattern.

The only way to start the pattern from the beginning is to turn Glitch on when you need to use it.

Meef Chaloin · Post by **Meef Chaloin** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:22 pm

sorry if im missing something but you can assign a button to the on/off switch?!
Im at work at the mo but with the demo i can assign a keyboard button to them, should be the same for midi?

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:24 pm

Yeah or that.
It always slips my mind that they added that during the beta

Meef Chaloin · Post by **Meef Chaloin** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:25 pm

i thought it had been like that for a while...

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:04 pm

Meef Chaloin wrote:i thought it had been like that for a while...

It has. For a few months

My brain still needs an update. Its been stuck on racks for a few months.

jeskola · Post by **jeskola** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:06 pm

erm im almost positve youve been able to do this since live 4 - (assign on/off to midi button)

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:39 pm

Yeah. But now you can disable all devices in a track (or chain) with one midi button.
In Live 4 we had to remap messages to do that.

markone · Post by **markone** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:52 pm

OK.

To throw something into the equation. I'm using Glitch in a Dummy Clip. Is there the ability to turn the actual VST on in the dummy clip or just adjust the parameters?

Goran@Irrupt · Post by **Goran@Irrupt** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:59 pm

i use Glitch on my master track in my dj template. one button is assigned to on/off. don't see any problems here. works in sync as well...
why do we need ten posts to make this clear?

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hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:22 pm

markone wrote:OK.

To throw something into the equation. I'm using Glitch in a Dummy Clip. Is there the ability to turn the actual VST on in the dummy clip or just adjust the parameters?

Yes. See my first suggestion

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Map a macro to the on/off button and you can map the 7 other macro's to any of the available parameters in glitch.

slicedbread · Post by **slicedbread** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:23 pm

i usually make a bunch of instances of glitch and just draw in the automation for device on/off for each instance. this gets around the limited 64 steps (or whatever) that glitch gives you to sequence on. so if glitch 1 is on, glitch 2-10 are off, when glitch 2 turns on, glitch 1,3,4,5.....10 are off. it may seem like a pain, but often i'm sloppy and forget to turn some of them off but that's when other cool things start to happen.