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Using snapshots with MIDI plug ins
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 10:39 pm
by gaucho2
When setting offsets for a MIDI track using the timeshift plug-in, I see that the snapshot option appears to be available in the effects window.
However, I have had zero luck with getting any information to appear in any of the edit windows using the snapshot feature with the MIDI time shift plug in. Snapshots work great with all of the audio plug-ins.
I need to automate various time shifts for different sections which use different staccato patches. I could simply drag all the MIDI notes forward like I used to, but I’d love to see if I could get this working.
Re: Using snapshots with MIDI plug ins
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 8:39 pm
by FrankD
Instead of taking a snapshot, you could try putting it in automation record and change a parameter while DP is running. See if it records anything. If so, you could edit the value at the appropriate locations.
Alternately, you could put multiple timeshift plug-ins on the track and automate the bypasses so only one is working at a time. That would make it easy to tweak the settings in different sections without affecting others. I do that when I want different EQ settings in different places, for example.
Re: Using snapshots with MIDI plug ins
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:43 am
by bayswater
FrankD wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 8:39 pmAlternately, you could put multiple timeshift plug-ins on the track and automate the bypasses so only one is working at a time. That would make it easy to tweak the settings in different sections without affecting others. I do that when I want different EQ settings in different places, for example.
Clever.
Re: Using snapshots with MIDI plug ins
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 1:51 pm
by gaucho2
Clever indeed!
I had earlier tried automating in effects record mode but no automation data was written into the track, or any behaviors acted upon. I also just tried your clever suggestion of automating the mutes, but still to know avail.
These things work so easily with audio effects but there must be something I don’t know about the MIDI effects automation behavior.
My workaround was to create four different sets of tracks, each accessing the same MIDI channels. The first set had an offset of 120, the second said had an offset of 60, etc. The different staccato and spiccato patches were just dragged between these tracks. It actually wasn’t a big deal since they’re in sections.
But here’s the question. Has anyone successfully automated MIDI FX? or have taken snapshots?