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Okay, here's my official announcement...since Jeff
stold my fire. :) Don't worry, Jeff, I know you couldn't resist.
Well, I finally made the leap to MAX/MSP, and I now
have a custom VST host to replace Chainer and EnergyXT. Thanks to Jeff Kaiser
and Stefan Tiedje I was able to create a very clean and easy-to-use system
for looping performances.
First, Jeff got me started with a basic VST host
patch, which I modified to be a 72 VST effect host (6 rows of 12 VST modules).
In other words, in one mouse click I am able to activate any of a set of 72
VST effects, all of which I can see at the same time on my screen.
Second, Stephan gave me some code to generate
a nifty drop-down menu system that allows me to select any of my VSTs on my
hard drive and then activate them on the fly. I placed that component after
Mobius in the signal chain, so that I can do some cool
real-time, post-loop effect processing of my loops (yup, I am treating
those VSTs as instruments!). I also have some mix faders to allow me fade in or
out these post-loop effects into the main mix.
Finally, Jeff helped me make the host aesthetically
appealing, adding color, the ability to make the host full screen, ability to
view my processor utilization, hide wires, etc.
I have a screenhot of the MAX/MSP VST host here:
http://www.krispenhartung.com/gear.htm (click
on the MAX/MSP hyperlink)
And the cool thing is that Mobius works perfectly
inside the system, and I didn't even have to add any MIDI control function in
the VST. I just opened Mobius as a standalone, setup MIDI, closed it, and then
when I opened it in MAX/MSP, everything was still controllable via my MIDI
controller.
Next on the horizon is adding more features to the
VST host, like stacking and combining VSTs in various ways, but most importantly
building my own MAX/MSP effects (patches...not VST). This is where I'm
completely blown away by the power of MAX/MSP. I have already replaced my
VST delay with a MAX/MSP delay patch that runs much more efficiently, but
the sky is the limit here. I hope to create some of my own custom effects
soon.
Cheers,
Kris
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