Modulate vst's parameters
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 10:52 am
Since some months, I try to find a way to modulate vst's parameters with envelopes, LFO, etc... This would allow me to, for example, increase electric piano tremolo depth with an envelope when playing notes.
For the moment, I did that by sending notes to modular with an envelope, convert the envelope output into midi cc data, then sending back those midi cc data in the vst app (of course, it works only with vst's that support midi i/o). The problem with this method is midi resolution = 127 steps only and above all, the midi timing... I needed to send the midi notes to modular 15 to 20ms before to get a midi cc signal that arrive in time in the vst. But midi like that has a lot of jitter --> impossible to find an exact delay value. So, I tried to find a vst app that could replace Scope modular.
I tried https://www.vstforx.de/ but not really stable, not enough 'professionnal'...
Then I've found the free Image Line : http://www.image-line.com/support/FLHel ... odular.htm but very restrictive and send 0 value to vst automation.
Then, finally, I've found this : http://www.mutools.com/mux-product.html and this time, it's absolutely perfect in a modular environment, one can modulate any vst parameter without any timing issue and with a 4096 points resolution. The price is not crazy. The only weird thing is the difficulty I had to find them, I don't know why they are not more known.
Muxtool allows to really modulate a vst instrument and its fx chain with midi note, just like if all those vst's were only one synth. Brilliant !
Merci de votre attention.
For the moment, I did that by sending notes to modular with an envelope, convert the envelope output into midi cc data, then sending back those midi cc data in the vst app (of course, it works only with vst's that support midi i/o). The problem with this method is midi resolution = 127 steps only and above all, the midi timing... I needed to send the midi notes to modular 15 to 20ms before to get a midi cc signal that arrive in time in the vst. But midi like that has a lot of jitter --> impossible to find an exact delay value. So, I tried to find a vst app that could replace Scope modular.
I tried https://www.vstforx.de/ but not really stable, not enough 'professionnal'...
Then I've found the free Image Line : http://www.image-line.com/support/FLHel ... odular.htm but very restrictive and send 0 value to vst automation.
Then, finally, I've found this : http://www.mutools.com/mux-product.html and this time, it's absolutely perfect in a modular environment, one can modulate any vst parameter without any timing issue and with a 4096 points resolution. The price is not crazy. The only weird thing is the difficulty I had to find them, I don't know why they are not more known.
Muxtool allows to really modulate a vst instrument and its fx chain with midi note, just like if all those vst's were only one synth. Brilliant !
Merci de votre attention.