Sending Notes To Vst

mat-weasel · November 30, 2008, 11:18am

Sending notes to VST (AU) FX is now supported. Simply create a FX alias
in the VST Instruments pane to do so (link an instrument to an existing
FX).

i don t understand!! i want to send notes to waves morphoder vst but how?

It-Alien · November 30, 2008, 1:11pm

quoting from http://www.renoise.com/board/index.php?showtopic=17673:

In Renoise 2.0 you can send Notes or any other MIDI messages to any existing FX by creating an FX alias in the VSTi/AU instrument properties panel.

To do so, add a FX which supports Note Input into any track. Then choose a free instrument slot in Renoise, click on the device chooser in the Instrument panel and select the FX Alias node. There you will find your FX (if it supports note/MIDI input!). Then simply place notes / play / record this instrument on any track you like (you dont have to put the notes on the track the FX was added to).

You can now also send for example MIDI CCs to this FX by adding a *MIDI-CC Device" which is linked to the FX alias instrument. Another usage is to send program changes to FX via the MIDI commands in the pattern editor…

Please note: Some FX may show up in the FX alias section even if they do not support note inputs. This usually means that they only support automation of their parameters via MIDI Controller Change commands. Please refer to your plugin manual/tutorials to find out if/how the FX supports this feature…

once you have selected an effect which claims to be capable of receiving MIDI data, it will appear as VST instrument alias. Load it as a normal instrument and use this instrument to send MIDI data to the VST effect as you do with normal instruments (for example using the MidiCCDevice)

mat-weasel · November 30, 2008, 3:26pm

thx alien but i can only see the vsti which have an effect alias like predator

this one is supposed to receive notes isn t it?

Pysj · November 30, 2008, 3:51pm

Like It-Alien said,
load the VST to a track.
Goto an empty instrument slot. Then load the “Vst Fx Alias” in the ‘Vst Instrument Properties’ list.

mat-weasel · November 30, 2008, 4:34pm

lol yes i understood but i don t have waves morphoder in the vst alias list!!

vvoois · November 30, 2008, 4:55pm

Morphoder seems to be a VST instrument
Is there a demo that i can download to inspect what is being installed?

The procedure to send notes to FX does not apply to instruments because they already receive notes.
You need to have some sort of effects processor with that plugin that you can add as an effect underneath the track else this trick cannot be done in Renoise using the described method.

mat-weasel · November 30, 2008, 7:09pm

morphoder is a vocoder, an effect and can t be loaded as instrument, that s why a keyboard is displayed on
it comes from the very famous “waves” diamond bundle i think www.waves.com

It-Alien · November 30, 2008, 7:45pm

mat, the procedure we are trying to explain does apply to effects!

you have to load the effect as you do with any other effect, but then, if everything is ok, an alias of this effect should appear in the list of instrument aliases.

anyway, if the alias does not appear, then you could try with any other vocoder, there are tons of vocoders, for example MDA Vocoder or Orange Vocoder

Pysj · November 30, 2008, 9:09pm

I just tested Morphoder and it works just as expected.

So if you follow the instructions here it should work for you as well.

mat-weasel · December 1, 2008, 1:26am

thank you mates… buhuuuu i am definitly stupid it doesn t work at home… anyway i ll try to find another version of that vocoder or i ll use italien ones

kazakore · December 2, 2008, 9:30am

Are you using the Renoise 2.0 beta? It’s not possible with older versions of Renoise.

mat-weasel · December 2, 2008, 12:29pm

yes i m using the latest version

kjex · April 30, 2009, 4:32am

Im now trying get hand on the Morphoder for trying myself, maby i can give you an answer then… thou every other vocoder i’ve tried (akai, orange and steinberg’s) have been working perfectly with the VST FX alias.

But here is an short walkthru:

Record a sample where u saying “Hey how u doing” (f.eks. inn intr slot 00)
Put inn the (Vocoder) VST in the Track DSPs
Inn another empty instrument slot, go on instrument settings and:

since you are on track 1, AND allready have loaded the vocoder DSP

you should find VST FX alias: XXXXXVocoder (Device:01)

Inst:
00 - Recorded sample “Hey how u doing”
02 - VST FX alias: XXXXXVocoder (Device:01)

Remark that you must play both the sample (Modulator) and the VST FX alias intrument at same for getting sound.

-----TRACK 01------

C-400…C-402…G-402
-----…-----…-----
-----…-----…D#402
…

Beautifull music apear…

BUT … have anyone any answer on how to use an external carrier source?