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Re: selecting au presets in live



thanks per. i'll do some testing and see what the cpu load is like
when i have multiple instances loaded, but only one of them active

sim

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Simeon Harris
> <simeonharris40@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> a cc to
>> select the one i want, but if i drop a softsynth into live, how do i
>> go about selecting presets from it?
>
>
> I'm afraid changing preset, by external MIDI, in a loaded plugin
> instrument isn't a good idea. It is possible, if the plugin supports
> it, but chances are Live will crash or stutter with noise. The reason
> for this is that Live is a DAW and as such allocates a memory buffer
> for the plugin and if the plugin goes away and another comes in this
> buffer assigning has to be done all over - which is sketchy in DAW
> play mode to say the least.
>
> A way to get around it is to do like we use to do in the Bidule host;
> assigning a MIDI event to mute a plugin and un-mute another. Mainstage
> uses the same strategy but refined to pre-load all virtual instrument
> presets into RAM when you boot the session. This makes it possible to
> hot-swap multiple plugin settings for a new set of settings.
>
> You could set up multiple tracks in Live, each one with an instance of
> the same instrument plugin but set to different sound patches. Then
> you simply assign your pedals to un-mute one while muting the others.
> However, this may cost some extra CPU resources as Live doesn't allow
> muted plugins to be offloaded the CPU in the same grade as Bidule
> (with the Audio Switcher instance swapping trick) and Mainstage.
>
> You may also use the computer's up/down arrow keys to scroll n load
> presets for an instrument plugin. I'm finding that pretty neat.
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se
> www.perboysen.com
> www.looproom.com internet music hub
>
>