Re: Switching Echoloop VST Params Using Ableton Dummy Clips

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

Per Boysen wrote:

> Why not take the completely opposite approach: slap the looper on an
> Audio Track and try finding out how to get MIDI to it?

yep, that way always worked for me.

The problem with Ableton is perhaps it has features that
raise a certain expectation in the user.

The *only* feature that's  required is "just route my midi
controller to the audio plugin".
That's what Echoloop is designed for.


> The nice thing with Mobius is that it allows you to set, IN
> THE PLUGIN, what MIDI port it shall listen to  


A similar workaround for would be to run Plogue Bidule as a VST 
plugin(requires registration)
and use that as a 'wrapper' for Echoloop.



Basically this whole midi routing thing is a real issue with many VST 
hosts.
Many host developers believe that it isn't necessary to feed midi direct
to a plugin because.........


andy