How do I make an audio track trigger a midi track?

akajt · Post by **akajt** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:40 pm

I have an acoustic snare track that is not very good. I've done what I can to gate out the hat bleed, eq and compression, but the snare still sounds pathetic. So, I'm wondering: can I use the output of that snare track to activate a midi track that contains a sampled snare? I've attempted to set a gate with a sidechain, but to no avail. Anyone ever try this? Thanks...
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longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Wed May 14, 2008 3:03 pm

I think there are plugs to convert audio-midi

check kvr

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Wed May 14, 2008 3:08 pm

I use KT Drum Trigger for firing video and lighting clips and scenes.

Simple, and works great!

http://koen.smartelectronix.com/KTDrumTrigger/

swishniak · Post by **swishniak** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:41 pm

yeah - KT is great - it took me a bit of tweaking to get it working the first time i used it, but works really well and with really low latency.

anyone know of any others?

akajt · Post by **akajt** » Wed May 14, 2008 6:21 pm

Man, that looks sweet! I will check it out and report my findings. Thanks!

datapopstar · Post by **datapopstar** » Wed May 14, 2008 6:32 pm

you can youse also aptrigga (http://www.apulsoft.ch/aptrigga/) to trigger samples from your original snaretrack...i do that often, because i do live recordings in the club i work (usual with much bleeding.....)

akajt · Post by **akajt** » Wed May 14, 2008 8:55 pm

OK, stupid question. How to install KTDrumTrigger? I downloaded it, and placed the results in the VST system folder, but nothing shows up in Live???

swishniak · Post by **swishniak** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:27 am

hmm - maybe rescan the vst folder / put it in your "custom vst" folder?

akajt · Post by **akajt** » Thu May 15, 2008 3:31 pm

I wonder, is it incompatible with my setup? I'm on a macbook pro using live 7.0.2.
BTW, apTrigga works well!

akajt · Post by **akajt** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:48 pm

Here's my answer directly from Koen:
Hi James,
sorry, but there is no VST version currently that runs on Intel-based Macs...
I do still have the plan to build one, but it's not gonna be for soon I'm afraid...
Koen Tanghe - Smartelectronix

I then asked about the AU possibility, and he replied:
Well, the problem with AU was that there was no support for AU plugins to send out MIDI (VST has always had that). That may have changed now (it probably has), so I should really try to find some time to look into it... I wish days on earth lasted about 27 hours instead of just 24
Best,
Koen

Very cool guy, I appreciated that he took the time to answer. Too bad it didn't work out. However, the apTrigga previously mentioned works fabulously, and there are some very cool free plugins on their site so check them out. Thanks for the help!

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sat May 17, 2008 5:44 am

aptrigga and KTdrumtrigger are great, and very easy to use.

Also, for VERY good triggering, check out "drumagog". I've heard really amazing stuff done that way.

Hungry_Man · Post by **Hungry_Man** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:14 pm

I wish I could use KTDrumtrigga on my Inte based mac! Koen should update the webpage to show it won't work on some macs..

bartend7 · Post by **bartend7** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:04 pm

Hungry_Man wrote:I wish I could use KTDrumtrigga on my Inte based mac! Koen should update the webpage to show it won't work on some macs..

I'm a mac too. i could never get kt going so i bought aptrigga. It works really well. get the demo first to see if its what you need.

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