How to save a mapping for VST synth ?

pmestrez · Post by **pmestrez** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:41 am

Hello,

Actually, each time I need to control a VST synth, I re-create the mapping for my midi controller.

Is it possible to save this mapping inside Live as a mapping preset for a specific VST synth?

I would like to be able to open these mapping on a track where I have a VST synth.

Regards,

Pierre.

pisquano · Post by **pisquano** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:55 am

pmestrez wrote:Hello,

Actually, each time I need to control a VST synth, I re-create the mapping for my midi controller.

Is it possible to save this mapping inside Live as a mapping preset for a specific VST synth?

I would like to be able to open these mapping on a track where I have a VST synth.

Regards,

Pierre.

I have the same problem!!!

Sonarcade · Post by **Sonarcade** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:46 am

you mean to tell me that I'm not alone in this? I just finished writing a bit at length about this problem. I'm shocked that it's been like this for two years now.

guerillabass · Post by **guerillabass** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:13 am

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:14 am

drop it in a rack, assign macros, save the rack.

there are no presets for plug in assignments. you can only save midi assignments on a project level, not on a VST level. IOW no you can't load up a plug in and also load up a preset of assignments.

guerillabass · Post by **guerillabass** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:14 am

I dont have a lot of fun with mapping VST's to my controllers either.

Its a little bit confuding sometimes...

guerillabass · Post by **guerillabass** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:15 am

Tone Deft wrote:drop it in a rack, assign macros, save the rack.

there are no presets for plug in assignments. you can only save midi assignments on a project level, not on a VST level. IOW no you can't load up a plug in and also load up a preset of assignments.

Thanks for the rack advice

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:17 am

guerillabass wrote:
Tone Deft wrote:drop it in a rack, assign macros, save the rack.

there are no presets for plug in assignments. you can only save midi assignments on a project level, not on a VST level. IOW no you can't load up a plug in and also load up a preset of assignments.
Thanks for the rack advice

cool. but you'll go back to being pissed off when you realize that there are only 8 macro assignments. even then you're limited to an arbitrary 128 plug in parameters to control.

Live needs work in this area.

Sonarcade · Post by **Sonarcade** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:26 am

Tone Deft wrote:drop it in a rack, assign macros, save the rack.

there are no presets for plug in assignments. you can only save midi assignments on a project level, not on a VST level. IOW no you can't load up a plug in and also load up a preset of assignments.

so the bit about the macro (something I rarely use, if ever) is meant as an alternative for midi assignments rather than as a workaround to get there. It kind of saddens me that I'm going to have to live with this. Hopefully it'll be around in the next release? But who am I kidding. It's already been two years if not longer since this feature was requested.

Thanks for the alternative though. I might have to look into that once I get over the fact that my X-Station will only be used as a control surface for Live's main board.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:34 am

racks are ways of bundling and controlling groups of effects.

they're also a great way to make your brain hurt and have you throwing the Live manual around your studio, you can make quite complex things with them. you can also keep it simple, cool devices.

really what you want is an automapped device, I'm not sure if yours is supported, google around a bit to see what's up with that.

David Brent · Post by **David Brent** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:54 am

I too was surprised that Live worked this way. For some reason I just assumed that when you save a preset it saved its MIDI mappings as well. Well, you know about what they say about assuming...

bosonHavoc · Post by **bosonHavoc** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:57 am

maybe the abes could rip off ACT from sonar .... that would make me happy happy happy

habibelhabab · Post by **habibelhabab** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:48 am

If this is vst something you always use,
you could create a template project

Sonarcade · Post by **Sonarcade** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:16 am

to be honest, I haven't really been keeping track of the frequency of VST usage. I think what really gets my goat is not being able to simply copy another instance of a the midi map of a VST that has already set up and mapped in a song. This lack makes my workflow really enmired in stupid workarounds.

3dot... · Post by **3dot...** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:02 am

the only solution I've found...

is dropping in the vsti's you often use to an empty set..

map everything...

save the set...
(you can save it as a template... so the fully mapped set will load automatically when you start live)

then drop tracks from outside...

after ...you can delete what you don't use...

my template set for the studio has :
1. Operator fully mapped
2. pro53 fully mapped
3. midi cc envelopes and program changing clips for the evolver.
4. all functions in live are mapped ... so I can do anything I want from the BCR...
(except 'loop select')

I use the mapped instruments to build sounds as though it was hardware...
when I build a sound with the Operator for instance...
and I want to build another sound...
I just duplicate the Operator channel...
and build antoher sound with the fully mapped Operator...

...I have also a template for jam sessions... and a template for DJing...
all differently mapped...

it's still a workaround.... but it works for me...

How to save a mapping for VST synth ?

How to save a mapping for VST synth ?

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