Enable/Disable vst plugin in rack by midi message from external midi device

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Hi all,

I use Mulab to play real time music.

Mulab processes the audio.

I have a rack with a vst plugin wich handles the audio.

How to enable/disable a plugin in a rack by sending a midi message from a external program?

Kind regards,

JanFlorijn

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You could map a shortcut MIDI message to the Toggle Process On/Off function but things is that it will be applied to the module that has the UI focus. There is no way yet to create a MIDI shortcut for Toggle Process On/Off for a specific module.

More info on shortcuts: http://www.mutools.com/info/docs/common ... tcuts.html
More info on UI focus: http://www.mutools.com/info/docs/common/gui-info.html

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How about...

Mux container
Incoming audio / Events routed into a Rack inside the Mux
Rack audio and events passed on through (just the main out)

Now, the Rack has a Mute that can be automated. Everything downstream of that should stop receiving audio and events if the Mute is turned on. You can even use a Meta Parameter to do it and have a nice front panel that's got an automatable mute.

(You then insert this as the first entry in a rack - everything after it is then controlled by the one "Mute". Automating the rack Mute stops audio going past the post-fader)

-Edit- This appear to work to kill the audio output but the "Mute" doesn't appear to kill the flow of events through the rack. I'm not sure if that's correct behaviour.

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Indeed by setting up a mixer strip mute(s), or by using a Audio Balancer module it might be possible to get what you want: selecting a certain audio process path by sending a MIDI CC.

About a muted rack still bypassing events: Not anymore in M7.

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