MOTU Webinar Series - MIDI Out from Virtual Instruments

[James Steele]

MOTU Webinar Series - MIDI Out from Virtual Instruments

This was posted on 10/18. Why on Earth it's posted as "Unlisted" I do not know.

[bayswater]

Thanks for that one. I was only vaguely aware of some of the new MIDI functions in DP 11, and this opened up a lot of possibilities. It also explains indirectly why we still have Device Groups.

One of the things Matt said is that there can only be one IAC port. Didn’t earlier versions of macOS/DP allow multiple ports?

[Michael Canavan]

I'm really glad he got around to this, I've been doing this for years and when people ask about it, they get a blank look at the explanation.

The thing I wish he had shown more clearly was how this sort of thing can work with various Percussion VSTi's, Some of them allow to send one MIDI pattern from say a tom to another instrument track. so you could replace a tom with a sound from another VST without much work. Plus it seems like he's saying MIDI out came with VST3 but it's really just Falcon that got MIDI out when they made their VST3 version.

[cuttime]

Perhaps this is the wrong place, but if anyone can get MIDI out from Pigments (which is supposed to be supported), please chime in. I can get it to publish an out, but there is no data. Tried it with Synthmaster and it works there.

[James Steele]

I still do not understand why MOTU posts videos as UNLISTED. Not to mention, it won’t surprise me if they take this down in a couple of weeks for reasons completely mystifying to me.

[Michael Canavan]

I still do not understand why MOTU posts videos as UNLISTED. Not to mention, it won’t surprise me if they take this down in a couple of weeks for reasons completely mystifying to me.

There are very few DAW developers out there that aren't really oblique in their communications to the customer base, and I for one don't completely understand it.

MOTU do take it a step further even, there's no listing of who owns the company, pretty much anywhere. I read on I think in a Wendy Carlos interview the first name of the guy, that's the extent of it.

Compare that to this:
https://www.steinberg.net/stories/charl ... ed-ruerup/

https://www.musicradar.com/news/story-o ... live-at-20

https://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech ... ols-452963

or really any modern computer company where they trot out the CEO all the time.

[cuttime]

MOTU do take it a step further even, there's no listing of who owns the company, pretty much anywhere. I read on I think in a Wendy Carlos interview the first name of the guy, that's the extent of it.

Is it not Jim Cooper?

[dix]

Is it not Jim Cooper?

Jim Cooper is the Director of Marketing at MOTU.

[James Steele]

Is it not Jim Cooper?

Jim Cooper is the Director of Marketing at MOTU.

Last time I heard about this, the name of the person who owns MOTU is Robert Nathaniel. Whether he is 100% full owner, or there are other owners, I don't know. I just know it's a privately held corporation, and they're very secretive. Many, MANY years ago a former employee there sent me a pic of the water cooler in their offices. I posted it on what as then UnicorNation and probably not more than an hour or so later, I received a panicked phone call from said former employee asking me to please take it down. Apparently he got called onto the carpet for it. I of course took down the pic and it probably got deleted a long time ago.

NOTE: The former employee was NOT Les or Magic Dave. Don’t want crazy stories spreading!

[Michael Canavan]

MOTU do take it a step further even, there's no listing of who owns the company, pretty much anywhere. I read on I think in a Wendy Carlos interview the first name of the guy, that's the extent of it.

Is it not Jim Cooper?

Unfair to Jim that we're guessing about him here, but I believe besides the main programmer of DP who also still works there, they're the senior employees, i.e. as close to "board" members as a private company normally gets.

[James Steele]

MOTU do take it a step further even, there's no listing of who owns the company, pretty much anywhere. I read on I think in a Wendy Carlos interview the first name of the guy, that's the extent of it.

Is it not Jim Cooper?

Unfair to Jim that we're guessing about him here, but I believe besides the main programmer of DP who also still works there, they're the senior employees, i.e. as close to "board" members as a private company normally gets.

I would imagine they would have a stake in the business. That's the thing, of course. MOTU has always been extremely secretive. I know the programmer's name you're talking about and he's been there I think from just about the very beginning. I guess for privacy I won't mention his name, but the name of the main owner isn't exactly a well-kept secret in the industry.

[BKK-OZ]

Perhaps this is the wrong place, but if anyone can get MIDI out from Pigments (which is supposed to be supported), please chime in. I can get it to publish an out, but there is no data. Tried it with Synthmaster and it works there.

Same question here.
I can see the Pigments MIDI outputs as input options for MIDI/instrument tracks, but Pigments doesn't seem to be sending any data?

[Michael Canavan]

Perhaps this is the wrong place, but if anyone can get MIDI out from Pigments (which is supposed to be supported), please chime in. I can get it to publish an out, but there is no data. Tried it with Synthmaster and it works there.

Same question here.
I can see the Pigments MIDI outputs as input options for MIDI/instrument tracks, but Pigments doesn't seem to be sending any data?

Hate to break this, but I got curious and tried it out, it works in Live, but no go in DP. A bug for Arturia since it works with Reason Racks arpeggiator. worth sending a support email to Arturia about it.

[BKK-OZ]

Hate to break this, but I got curious and tried it out, it works in Live, but no go in DP. A bug for Arturia since it works with Reason Racks arpeggiator. worth sending a support email to Arturia about it.

I have contacted Arturia support.
It would be handy if other Pigments owners did the same, might escalate their interest.

[cuttime]

I guess this is where the webinars go now? New today, at least it's for subscribers now - not "unlisted".

https://youtu.be/aQtNbDx1f5c?si=eL8HHHUo_qVXDhgp