MIDI effect plugin for Ableton Live

morphester's icon

Hi Guys

How's it goin?

I am new to pluggo.

I have been looking into it for about two weeks now.
I have gone through the 10 tutorials and the pluggo section of the MSP
reference manual.

For some reason I am unable to find the way to do what I am looking for.

Here it goes.

I would like to create a MIDI processing plugin for Ableton Live's Operator
instrument.
I want to be able to insert this plugin in front of Operator in the chain of
MIDI plugins.
I would like this plugin to send MIDI CC to Operators control dials and
back.
In essence I want to duplicate all the operators controls in my plugin and
do some weird things in the way they are manipulated.

My problem is, I can't find a way to tell plugconfig to make the plugin come
in as a pure MIDI effect.
Ableton Live's native MIDI effects work that way.

If I use: #C synth;

It comes in as an instrument plugin and I can not insert an operator on the
same track.

If I don't use: #C synth;

It comes in as an audio plugin.

I have been looking but I am not aware of any other options for the
plugconfig.

Can anyone steer me in the right direction please?

Thanks

Morphy

Andrew Pask's icon

Hey There M-Man

:)

Live's MIDI VST implementation is interesting.

You need to put your MIDI processing plug on an audio channel - so make it an effect. Then on the MIDI (Operator) track, select the audio channel the effect is on as the MIDI source.

Live does not provide for a way to use MIDI vst plugs in the same way as its own MIDI processing plugs. You will notice this also with all the Toby Bear stuff.

-A