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I'm trying to learn how to use Stylus RMX with Ableton 8 but am not having much luck getting very far. There used to be some pretty good tutorials on the Spectrasonics site that showed how to configure Stylus with each DAW, but it looks like they took those down. Does anyone know a good place to find out how to use Stylus with Ableton?

To note: I can load the plugin, draw a single sound on the midi editor and it'll play a single sample. What I can't figure out is how can I play and capture the full arrangement of 7 different armed tracks within Stylus. I used to use Logic and I thought middle C was the combo sample, but that doesn't seem to be the case with Ableton. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

just gonna do this out of memory...

1. create midi track containing RMX plug..

2. create a midi track for each part of RMX you have

3. for each midi track created in step 2, route the midi output to the track containing the RMX plug in.. after that, another window below will prompt for which channel of the RMX you want to send the data to..

so in essence, you should not have any midi data for the track that has the RMX plug in (you can if your only using a single element of RMX).. but to use more, you have to create a midi track for each element.. hopefully that makes sense..

nuxnamon wrote:just gonna do this out of memory...

1. create midi track containing RMX plug..

2. create a midi track for each part of RMX you have

3. for each midi track created in step 2, route the midi output to the track containing the RMX plug in.. after that, another window below will prompt for which channel of the RMX you want to send the data to..

so in essence, you should not have any midi data for the track that has the RMX plug in (you can if your only using a single element of RMX).. but to use more, you have to create a midi track for each element.. hopefully that makes sense..

Thanks for the info, but what if I just want all the elements on a single track? If I have 5 of the 8 possible elements armed within stylus and want all of that routed to a single track for recording, is that possible? Or does each of the 8 elements that are available for arming within Ableton required to be routed to a separate MIDI channel? Sorry, recently jumped from Logic to Ableton and it's like learning a whole new language it seems at times. Thanks again for your help!

Short answer is Yes!

Follow Nuxnamon instructions..

Further to that..Lets call the Track with the RMX plugin on it.. Track A.

all of the 'sounds' produced by RMX will then play out thru Track A.

If you wanted to record Track A.. Resampling is the answer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWM9CpI1VpI

RMX works great in Ableton.. but it is dif from Logic.

create a new audio track call it Z for example
in the 'audio from' drop down select your stylus channel A
press record
now you are recording everything that plays thru your stylus channel

Thanks for the help everyone. That answered my questions!

It was such a hassle getting Stylus RMX up and running with Ableton Live 8. Like SkyZero said, it looks like Spectrasonics took down their HOST video tutorials for some reason. They were probably really out-of-date, much like most of their tutorial videos. Nunanmux was absolutely right on how to control each triggered sound on RMX using a custom made MIDI file on separate tracks on Ableton.

I will clarify the step by step procedure below controlling two different sounds:

1. Click on the Stylus RMX plug in and Ableton will automatically open a new MIDI track 1 with Stylus RMX on it.
2. In Ableton, create 2 new MIDI Tracks totaling 3 MIDI tracks including the MIDI Track 1 that has Stylus RMX on it.
3. In RMX, load a sound on Channel 1, preferably a KICK.
4. Drag and Drop the MIDI file you have selected on RMX onto Ableton's MIDI Track 1 that has Stylus RMX on it.
5. Manipulate the MIDI file to what you want, then move that file onto Ableton's MIDI Track 2.
3. In RMX, load a sound on Channel 2, preferably a SNARE.
4. Drag and Drop the MIDI file you have selected on RMX onto Ableton's MIDI Track 1 that has Stylus RMX on it.
5. Manipulate the MIDI file to what you want, then move that file onto Ableton's MIDI Track 3.
6. Notice: There should not be any MIDI files on MIDI Track 1 that has RMX on it; you should see MIDI files on MIDI Track 2 and 3.
7. In RMX, under the MIXER tab, you will see the two sounds you have loaded on Channel 1 and 2. Make sure each Channel is set to OUTA.
8. In Ableton, look at MIDI Track 2. The 'MIDI To' parameter should have 2 drop down menus for you to chose from. The first should be '1-StylusRMX' and the second should also be '1-StylusRMX'. This means that MIDI Track 2 receives sound from Channel 1 on the StylusRMX plugin you have open.
9. In Ableton, same thing for MIDI Track 3. The 'MIDI To' parameter should have 2 drop down menus for you to chose from. The first should be '1-StylusRMX' and the second should now be '2-StylusRMX'. This means that MIDI Track 3 receives sound from Channel 2 on the same StylusRMX plugin you have open (you could have multiple open, which could drain CPU).

Once you go through this, it will be easy to understand. Hope this helps everyone.
BADRA