Tracking VSTi effects in ACID Pro 5? -ACID Product Family

Subject:Tracking VSTi effects in ACID Pro 5? Posted by: carmellose sodique Date:4/29/2005 8:35:28 AM Hi, With track FX on ACID you can manage to modify the comportment of volume, pan, resonance, etc over time... Is it possible to do such with MIDI VSTi or VST effects ? For example, i would like my battery part (midi) to evolute in my song and not play the same thing over time .....i mean, i sure can change the patterns, but i want to change the parameters of the beat, etc. Just like the parmeters of resonance etc in the track FX panel. if anyone knows how, could you tell me ? thank you by advance, regards, carmellose sodique Message last edited on4/29/2005 8:39:56 AM bycarmellose sodique.
Subject:RE: Tracking VSTi effects in ACID Pro 5? Reply by: JohnnyRoy Date:5/1/2005 6:22:01 AM Unfortunately, the only way to change MIDI VSTi parameters in ACID is to use MIDI Controller data. You can input this information via the MIDI Piano Roll Editor. ~jr
Subject:RE: Tracking VSTi effects in ACID Pro 5? Reply by: carmellose sodique Date:5/2/2005 4:44:15 AM hello, thanks for the reply, that obviously sucks. Do you know what kind of input should i use to control mid data ? Are there other software where you can actually control midi data ? regards, Carmellose Message last edited on5/2/2005 4:44:49 AM bycarmellose sodique.
Subject:RE: Tracking VSTi effects in ACID Pro 5? Reply by: JohnnyRoy Date:5/2/2005 5:20:59 AM > Do you know what kind of input should i use to control mid data ? You have to manually look up what Continuous Controller information the VSTi responds to and then send that. I’m not sure if ACID will record it live from your MIDI Keyboard or if you can only input via the MIDI Piano Roll Editor. I assume you can record this live but I’ve never done it. If I need to control VSTi parameters via MIDI, I use another application. > Are there other software where you can actually control midi data ? Yup, SONAR allows you to insert MIDI envelopes to control CC data but you still need to know what control information to send. Tracktion actually allows you to insert an envelope for the VSTI parameter you want to change by name. So you can actually insert a Filter Cutoff Frequency envelope and control the filter frequency (and other parameters) by changing the envelope on the track. This is what I use when I need to automate VSTi parameters. Tracktion can ReWire with ACID so its very easy to use both together. ~jr

Subject:Tracking VSTi effects in ACID Pro 5?

Date:4/29/2005 8:35:28 AM

Hi,

With track FX on ACID you can manage to modify the comportment of volume, pan, resonance, etc over time... Is it possible to do such with MIDI VSTi or VST effects ?

For example, i would like my battery part (midi) to evolute in my song and not play the same thing over time .....i mean, i sure can change the patterns, but i want to change the parameters of the beat, etc. Just like the parmeters of resonance etc in the track FX panel.

if anyone knows how, could you tell me ?

thank you by advance,

regards,
carmellose sodique

Message last edited on4/29/2005 8:39:56 AM bycarmellose sodique.

Subject:RE: Tracking VSTi effects in ACID Pro 5?

Reply by: JohnnyRoy

Date:5/1/2005 6:22:01 AM

Unfortunately, the only way to change MIDI VSTi parameters in ACID is to use MIDI Controller data. You can input this information via the MIDI Piano Roll Editor.

~jr

Subject:RE: Tracking VSTi effects in ACID Pro 5?

Reply by: carmellose sodique

Date:5/2/2005 4:44:15 AM

hello,

thanks for the reply,

that obviously sucks. Do you know what kind of input should i use to control mid data ? Are there other software where you can actually control midi data ?

regards,
Carmellose

Message last edited on5/2/2005 4:44:49 AM bycarmellose sodique.

Subject:RE: Tracking VSTi effects in ACID Pro 5?

Reply by: JohnnyRoy

Date:5/2/2005 5:20:59 AM

> Do you know what kind of input should i use to control mid data ?

You have to manually look up what Continuous Controller information the VSTi responds to and then send that. I’m not sure if ACID will record it live from your MIDI Keyboard or if you can only input via the MIDI Piano Roll Editor. I assume you can record this live but I’ve never done it. If I need to control VSTi parameters via MIDI, I use another application.

> Are there other software where you can actually control midi data ?

Yup, SONAR allows you to insert MIDI envelopes to control CC data but you still need to know what control information to send. Tracktion actually allows you to insert an envelope for the VSTI parameter you want to change by name. So you can actually insert a Filter Cutoff Frequency envelope and control the filter frequency (and other parameters) by changing the envelope on the track. This is what I use when I need to automate VSTi parameters. Tracktion can ReWire with ACID so its very easy to use both together.

~jr