I have been playing with some of the free Virtual Effects Pedal VST and I have been very impressed with some of the interesting sounds they can create. Just for fun i've been running Surge through them. I tested a few and none seem to have a feature which allows me to toggle them with a control device (Eg foot switch.)
Is this just not something that many effects VST have? Am I missing this function or is there a way to use a control device?
Thanks for any help or advice.
Can I use controllers with Virtual Effects Pedals?
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- KVRer
- 8 posts since 8 Oct, 2021
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- KVRist
- 114 posts since 8 Oct, 2019 from Lannion, France
Hi,
I hope i understood your point, if not, please excuse-me as i'm not a native english speaker.
The subject of physical controllers is handled at the DAW level.
Midi-controlling of fx is not the easiest thing (vs instruments).
You either have a footswitch that an generate midi, in which case you declare it in the daw as a midi input device.
Or you have an analog (jack) footswitch, like a keyboard sustain pedal, that you plug into one of the jack pedal inputs of your physical midi keyboard. The signal of the footswitch will be transmitted to the daw by your midi keyboard.
Then, in your daw, most of the time the vst parameters are "published" to the daw (can be automated/controlled). Associating a midi signal
to a vst parameter by first selecting the parameter, then moving the physical footswitch is "midi learning".
You have to search how you do midi learning for vst effects in your daw.
Cheers
I hope i understood your point, if not, please excuse-me as i'm not a native english speaker.
The subject of physical controllers is handled at the DAW level.
Midi-controlling of fx is not the easiest thing (vs instruments).
You either have a footswitch that an generate midi, in which case you declare it in the daw as a midi input device.
Or you have an analog (jack) footswitch, like a keyboard sustain pedal, that you plug into one of the jack pedal inputs of your physical midi keyboard. The signal of the footswitch will be transmitted to the daw by your midi keyboard.
Then, in your daw, most of the time the vst parameters are "published" to the daw (can be automated/controlled). Associating a midi signal
to a vst parameter by first selecting the parameter, then moving the physical footswitch is "midi learning".
You have to search how you do midi learning for vst effects in your daw.
Cheers
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 8 posts since 8 Oct, 2021
I have an analog jack footswitch that can be plugged into my Midi controller. Just a Roland FP-10, nothing fancy, but it works as a keyboard. I want to know if I can somehow bind a Virtual Effects Pedal VST like a Wah pedal to that foot pedal.
Usually, you can bind different types of expression to control devices on virtual instruments, but on these Virtual Effects Pedal VST there doesn't seem to be an obvious way to do it. I was wondering if there was something I could do to make it happen. This might be a software specific question, actually.
Excuse me if my questions weren't well explained. I am very new to using music production software and synthesizers and all that. Only about 4 days into it.
Usually, you can bind different types of expression to control devices on virtual instruments, but on these Virtual Effects Pedal VST there doesn't seem to be an obvious way to do it. I was wondering if there was something I could do to make it happen. This might be a software specific question, actually.
Excuse me if my questions weren't well explained. I am very new to using music production software and synthesizers and all that. Only about 4 days into it.
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- KVRian
- 923 posts since 8 Aug, 2011
If you are using different plugins they need to be focused to be controllable.
So if you use one guitar suite it might be easier to setup instead of multiple plugins.
There is a script in Reaper that allows you to control multiple plugins in one focused window , it's a bit of rabbit hole but it can be a lifesaver.
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=182233
So if you use one guitar suite it might be easier to setup instead of multiple plugins.
There is a script in Reaper that allows you to control multiple plugins in one focused window , it's a bit of rabbit hole but it can be a lifesaver.
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=182233
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