Ableton & Midi Plugins

AK · Post by AK » Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:37 pm

I'm doing something wrong and I am not sure what. Basically, I have a Midi plugin which needs to go on its own midi track. Then I have a synth on its own midi track. What I need to do is Connect the midi plugin and the synth via another midi track which has the midi plugin as the input and the synth as the output. Then, apparently, I can use the midi plugin track to play the synth. It's not working though, here's how I have set it up.

The synth and the Midiplug are left as normal, the 3rd midi track has the 'midi from' the midi plugin and the 'midi to' is set to the synth.

Am I missing something here?

4am · Post by **4am** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:00 am

what kind of midi plugin are you using?
if i understand right, you don't need the 3rd midi track.

foo · Post by **foo** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:14 pm

i've recreated your post,
and i think you've forgot to set your monitor to 'in'
http://www.soundandview.org/ableton.jpg

this is how i did it , and it worked
the midi from on channel 1 has to be your midi keyboard.

hope it helps

AK · Post by AK » Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:52 pm

many thanks mate, I shall be trying this in the morning. ( day off, yeahhh )

Robot Criminal · Post by **Robot Criminal** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:50 am

4am wrote:what kind of midi plugin are you using?
if i understand right, you don't need the 3rd midi track.

2nd to that.
Why not just set the Absynth track to "MIDI from: 1 MIDI" and monitor "in"

foo · Post by **foo** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:45 pm

Robot Criminal wrote:
4am wrote:what kind of midi plugin are you using?
if i understand right, you don't need the 3rd midi track.
2nd to that.
Why not just set the Absynth track to "MIDI from: 1 MIDI" and monitor "in"

yeah that's a faster way, and i've asked myself the same question. But maybe AK has a good reason for this so I did it like he wanted