Has anyone tried the ERA step sequencer?

[droolmaster0]

Will this type of 'instrument' work?

[tconrardy]

give us a link

TC

[M'Snah]

ERA

[tconrardy]

may not work as you need something like Energy XT with flexable MIDI cabling to make it work.

TC

[droolmaster0]

may not work as you need something like Energy XT with flexable MIDI cabling to make it work.

TC

So, the Receptor does not allow for midi communication between instruments? hmmm - what about, for instance the Bidule vst version? Will that work? (I don't know what I'm babbling about, but I'm trying to hone in on it)

That won't be a deal breaker for me, but it sure would be nice...

[tconrardy]

may not work as you need something like Energy XT with flexable MIDI cabling to make it work.

TC

So, the Receptor does not allow for midi communication between instruments? hmmm - what about, for instance the Bidule vst version? Will that work? (I don't know what I'm babbling about, but I'm trying to hone in on it)

That won't be a deal breaker for me, but it sure would be nice...

Not "yet"

However there are plenty of VST instruments that have on-board arps on them that work fine, like AlgoMusic ARPY, Albino2, Kraklies EZ Poly, etc. I use those a lot in receptor myself.

TC

[droolmaster0]

Well, ERA goes way beyond an ARP...

[UnUnUnium]

This may be impossible, but I think it would be really useful if the receptor software host had built in modulators (LFOs, Midi triggered envelopes, arps, stepped modulators etc.) that could modulate various plug in parameters, and a modulation matrix to control it....
That would increase it's desirability as a host greatly for me, especially considering with the current architecture plug ins can't send each other MIDI.
Speaking of which, is the ability for plug ins to communicate (ala pluggo) in the works?
Cheers..

[DanTimis]

So, the Receptor does not allow for midi communication between instruments?

At this time the only way for a VSTi to receive MIDI is from the Physical MIDI input connector. We will look into allowing plug-ins to send MIDI to other plug-ins.

But, EST from the same manufacturer seems to work. I tried the demo and it works, but I did not do a lot of testing.

Here is what you need to do:

1. Install the demo (or the full version I guess) on a PC.
2. Copy the folder "Sonicbytes" from the PC to Receptor's "Unsupported Plugins" folder.
3. Create a text file on your PC and paste in the following content:

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<vst-plugin-info version="1.2">
  <vst-plugin-flags>
    <effEditOpen-returns-zero>1</effEditOpen-returns-zero>
  </vst-plugin-flags>
</vst-plugin-info>

4. Save the file with the name "EST-custom-info.xml" (without the quotes).
5. Copy the file to the Sonicbytes folder on Receptor.
6. Press the "Install" button on the SETUP page (with the 'Include "Unsupported Plugins" folder' check box checked).

[droolmaster0]

So, the Receptor does not allow for midi communication between instruments?

At this time the only way for a VSTi to receive MIDI is from the Physical MIDI input connector. We will look into allowing plug-ins to send MIDI to other plug-ins.

But, EST from the same manufacturer seems to work. I tried the demo and it works, but I did not do a lot of testing.

Here is what you need to do:..."

I'm a bit confused...I'm looking to get a Receptor in another month or so - I'm trying to research as much as possible what is going to work and what isn't. But - I believe that EST is a sampler with some of the same MIDI functionality as ERA. If, as you say, the ONLY way for applications to receive MIDI is through the MIDI in of the receptor, then how exactly did you get EST to send MIDI to other applications? Or did you just get its other functionality working?

What I was hoping to do was communicate MIDI within the Receptor - if it doesn't and won't do this - ok, but I'm not sure I understand what your test shows otherwise. For instance, I can get ERA up and running within Samplitude, but Samplitude doesn't seem to allow MIDI communication between VST instruments, so nothing is accomplished...

[DanTimis]

I'm a bit confused...I'm looking to get a Receptor in another month or so - I'm trying to research as much as possible what is going to work and what isn't. But - I believe that EST is a sampler with some of the same MIDI functionality as ERA. If, as you say, the ONLY way for applications to receive MIDI is through the MIDI in of the receptor, then how exactly did you get EST to send MIDI to other applications? Or did you just get its other functionality working?

What I did was load some presets in EST from the "P" button and press the play button in the GUI of EST. Then, I changed the tempo in Receptor's SETUP page and noticed how EST followed the tempo changes. I also muted and unmuted tracks and did some editing while EST was playing and it seemed to work. All this with EST's sounds, no other plug-ins instantiated.

I did not try external MIDI clock, but if EST follows Receptor's internal tempo it should also work with external MIDI clock.

[droolmaster0]

right - but you understand that this has nothing at all to do with my question - which was about ERA, an application which has no other function but to communicate MIDI to other instruments...

[DanTimis]

right - but you understand that this has nothing at all to do with my question - which was about ERA, an application which has no other function but to communicate MIDI to other instruments...

My first paragraph in my first reply was:

At this time the only way for a VSTi to receive MIDI is from the Physical MIDI input connector. We will look into allowing plug-ins to send MIDI to other plug-ins.

That was the answer to your original question.

The rest was indeed not related directly to your question. The recipe about how to install EST was directed to whomever wants to run it on Receptor. It was off topic, but I hope it would be helpful to someone.

After my first paragraph I should have said: "And now for something completely different."

[droolmaster0]

Ok - that's cool. I just wanted to make sure that I understood exactly what you were saying.