Repro-5, Why can't I automate Unison/Poly?!

[Karbon L. Forms]

Am I missing something?

I need to switch Unison off and on for a particular track. I'm having to use 2 tracks with 2 repros, one with unison off. And it's doing my head in!

WTF? lol.

(If it is indeed impossible, would I be cleaner automating a preset change? Or what?)

[Viktor [TUC]]

You could assign a MIDI CC number to it on the MIDI Learn/Table pages (cog wheel icon, top right corner).
Then draw that MIDI "automation" into a MIDI lane on your Repro track.

[Echoes in the Attic]

I wish you guys would make everything that is midi learnable also automatable (for control surfaces like Push and Maschine and Novation)

[Karbon L. Forms]

You could assign a MIDI CC number to it on the MIDI Learn/Table pages (cog wheel icon, top right corner).
Then draw that MIDI "automation" into a MIDI lane on your Repro track.

I thought of that, but what's it called in the list? Voice Circuit: Voice Logic?

EDIT: Yes

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

You could assign a MIDI CC number to it on the MIDI Learn/Table pages (cog wheel icon, top right corner).
Then draw that MIDI "automation" into a MIDI lane on your Repro track.

I thought of that, but what's it called in the list? Voice Circuit: Voice Logic?

EDIT: Yes

Yep, that's the one.

Hint, if you're ever not sure, enable "Write" automation mode in your DAW, and press the button or move the parameter. The DAW should write a new automation lane for that.

[oovvrr]

I'm using the Rev 16797, VST3, Mac ARM64 version of Repro-5 inside of Ableton Live 12, and I've noticed that if you try to configure the Unison parameter so it appears in the parameters list of the device in a track, it won't automatically appear when you touch it. It's the only parameter I've wanted to be able to map to my MIDI controller that I haven't been able to. Is this a bug?

[Viktor [TUC]]

Hi oovvrr, the answer to that is already in this very thread, up above. Unison on/off is not an automation parameter and therefore will not appear where you usually find automation parameters (i.e. Ableton's device panels).

You could assign a MIDI CC number to it on the MIDI Learn/Table pages (cog wheel icon, top right corner).
Then draw that MIDI "automation" into a MIDI lane on your Repro track.

Cheers

[oovvrr]

Hi Viktor,

Thanks for the quick response. Much appreciated.

As Echoes in the Attic mentioned above, I’m trying to understand the reason for a parameter being MIDI learnable and mappable within the plugin itself, but not being automatable via the host DAW. Is there a technical reason/limitation?

I understand this isn’t a feature that’s likely to be added, just genuinely curious to know!

Kind Regards!