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InLight-Tone · Post by **InLight-Tone** » Sun Jul 18, 2021 1:07 am

I am back having re-bought RC after seeing the offering of an AU MidiFX plugin.

Have to say that version 4 is everything I hoped it would be, the interface is fantastic, and the AU Midi plugin is the icing on the cake. Great job Attila!

So I'm wondering when using RC as a MidiFX plugin, would the maximum number of instances be limited to 16 channels of midi?

I haven't done much testing yet, just trying to learn the interface and am about to build a few templates so was wondering the best way to go about it.

InLight-Tone · Post by **InLight-Tone** » Sun Jul 18, 2021 2:40 am

I guess I have a follow up question. Is there a guide on how to use Rapid Composer in Logic with the new AU MidiFX plugin? I remember crazy workarounds that didn't really work well by wrapping it in other plugins. I can't seem to understand how to output multiple channels/parts to different tracks.

Thanks for any help!

musicdevelopments · Post by **musicdevelopments** » Sun Jul 18, 2021 3:54 pm

Hi InLight-Tone!

Yes, I am afraid the maximum MIDI channels for AU is 16 at the moment.

Recently I managed to increase the VST3 channel count to 128, which is supported by several DAWs. For AU there are some non-standard tricks to increase the channel count (very complicated, using a dedicated MIDI CC and scripting, I think), but I have not spent time with it yet.

I hope someone will correct me if I am wrong, but I think an AU MIDI FX plug-in is not able to output more than one channel (maybe through IAC MIDI ports?). The track will receive the MIDI directly from the plug-in.
I recommend using the RC AU plug-in which routes MIDI messages to a virtual MIDI output port called "RapidComposer Out". You can receive MIDI messages from this port in your instrument tracks. MIDI routing is unnecessarily complicated when using AU.

Thanks,
Attila

InLight-Tone · Post by **InLight-Tone** » Sun Jul 18, 2021 4:41 pm

Thanks for the reply Attila. Since this is Logic specific I will need to do a lot of testing to see what works and what doesn't. I was under the assumption that I could load multiple instances of RC as an AU MidiFX plugin, and they would all communicate with each other, so one is the master and the rest follow.

Scaler as a MidiFX works that way, you have to press an update button and it sends it's state to the other instances. Also Orb Producer seems to work that way as well, the Chord plugin sends it;s state to all the others.

Anywho, lot's to explore, I'll be back when I figure some things out!

ValliSoftware · Post by **ValliSoftware** » Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:40 am

musicdevelopments wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 3:54 pm Yes, I am afraid the maximum MIDI channels for AU is 16 at the moment.

According to the Apple Documentation, you have these 2 properties
virtualMIDICableCount (upto to 256 virtual MIDI cables)

midiOutputNames

If you can get them to work, please tell me how you did it. I've tried like heck to get these to work.
If I set a breakpoint in XCode for each, only virtualMIDICableCount hits.

I've come to the conclusion on this in that my MIDIFX plug-in followed what was required but I think Logic Pro X hasn't fully implemented the virtualMIDICableCount.

InLight-Tone · Post by **InLight-Tone** » Thu Nov 04, 2021 7:00 pm

Having 256 channels (way too many), of RC directly wired into Logic would be a dream composing machine!

musicdevelopments · Post by **musicdevelopments** » Fri Nov 05, 2021 1:30 pm

Good news! RapidComposer AU now offers 128 MIDI output channels in Logic Pro X!

This is the AU synth plug-in. AFAIK this is not possible with the AU MIDI FX, because it relies on AUMIDIOutputCallback which uses MIDIPackets with MIDI data that does not allow using more than 16 channels. I'll build a beta version if someone needs it right now.

Thanks,
Attila

InLight-Tone · Post by **InLight-Tone** » Fri Nov 05, 2021 3:17 pm

Fantastic, great work Attila! I'm not on the beta list yet as I'm still on Catalina and want to upgrade to Big Sur and Logic 10.7 so I can access midi ports directly on each track. Once I get there I may bite. Thanks again.

lovemusic15 · Post by **lovemusic15** » Mon Nov 08, 2021 7:49 pm

musicdevelopments wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 1:30 pm Good news! RapidComposer AU now offers 128 MIDI output channels in Logic Pro X!

How about Ableton ?

InLight-Tone · Post by **InLight-Tone** » Tue Nov 09, 2021 3:20 am

lovemusic15 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 7:49 pm
musicdevelopments wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 1:30 pm Good news! RapidComposer AU now offers 128 MIDI output channels in Logic Pro X!

How about Ableton ?
Unfortunately Ableton doesn't let you address individual midi channels for the VST or the AU version. I tried like hell to get it to work. It seems without some Ma4Live spaghetti, and virtual midi ports, it's a bust. I could be wrong, it wore me out...

lovemusic15 · Post by **lovemusic15** » Tue Nov 09, 2021 1:59 pm

Yeah so frustrating when I originally got RC it was great because it works as a VST and you could have as many channels as you wanted which came in really handy because all the sounds I wanted what already set up in Ableton, the work around at the moment isn't great as there's a delay when synchronising.

It's definitely a feature I would like to see come back.

lovemusic15 · Post by **lovemusic15** » Tue Nov 09, 2021 2:03 pm

Hi Attila,

Is there anything on the video that you think is not doable or that wouldn't work in the way I suggested.

Such as modern syncopation in generator.

musicdevelopments · Post by **musicdevelopments** » Wed Nov 10, 2021 10:33 am

lovemusic15 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 7:49 pm
musicdevelopments wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 1:30 pm Good news! RapidComposer AU now offers 128 MIDI output channels in Logic Pro X!
How about Ableton ?

Please bug Ableton for proper VST3 support

As soon as they support VST3 with MIDI buses, RC will instantly offer 128 channels. Don't expect that I will add workarounds for the old VST API.

lovemusic15 · Post by **lovemusic15** » Wed Nov 10, 2021 11:55 am

Yeah I found with Ableton they're not in a rush to do that as all the other softwares captain chords orb composer work fine.

Another reason why RC needs to work on the generators to do things that the others softwares can't do. (Genre generators)

If you compare all of the softwares, it comes down to one main thing everybody wants software thats going to generate usable song ideas with a click of a button.

Captain chords/ orb composer they're basically the idea tool on a much simpler format.

lovemusic15 · Post by **lovemusic15** » Wed Nov 10, 2021 12:30 pm

This is exactly what I said last week in this forum, this video will demonstrate what the percentage of producers out there are looking for from a software, see how simple it is to use and listen to what this guy says about time and the type of producers that can benefit from this software.

This is RC opportunity to get ahead of the game and be the go-to software. Just by using my suggestion of being able to import your own midi files and get the generators to come up with ideas based on your input.
You've already started with midi learn why not capitalise on that.

https://youtu.be/EZzAxqF83aA

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