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Re: Echoloop VST MIDI controller



Sync works fine. Select "In Host" and quantize where appropriate. I use 
cycle :)

On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 12:20 AM, Phil Clevenger
<phil.clevenger@gmail.com> wrote:
> Christopher,
>
> It was both, plus another hour or two of fiddling about with the LG to 
> get the commands from there to the plugin.
>
> Ricky's template is a self-running demo. Click the 'Play" button in the 
> clip in the first track. Then look at the piano roll for that clip - 
> it's an ascending scale, one note per beat. In that track's "MIDI To" 
> section, it shoudl be routing to "2-Audio" and from there to Echoloop 
> (which is placed in the 2-Audio track). If it is not that way already, 
> make it so.
>
> So with the clip in Track 1 playing, scoot over to track 2 and open 
> Echoloop's interface. WIth or without audio, you should see that 
> Echoloop is going nuts, doing one thing after another, as the first 
> track sends the notes.
>
> Per's advice helped when I got home and wanted to send MIDI commands 
> from my LG rather than that MIDI clip. I reflexively assumed I needed to 
> set up the LG as the "MIDI From" source, but Per specified that this 
> needs to be the audio interface... so when I changed that prefs setup 
> and the track settings to be listening to my MOTU audio interface, then 
> stuff started happening :)
>
> Finally, I needed to mess around with the commands, and found that Note 
> On and Note Off for each command seemed to mostly do the job.
>
> I am still wrestling with getting loops in Echoloop to synch well with 
> the Ableton host DAW, for some reason that is still evading me. Plugin 
> is set for 'HOST" sync but  loops still seem to be all over the place. 
> WIll get it figured out eventually :)
>
> Hope that helps Christopher.
>
> Phil :)
>
>
> On Mar 2, 2012, at 6:38 AM, Christopher Darrow wrote:
>
>>
>> Was it Ricky's template or Per's explanation or both? In other words, 
>> what'd you do that has it working perfectly now?
>>
>> Ricky, might I also get a copy of that template? I'm hoping to make 
>> more time for music next week and would like to check it out.
>>
>> Thank you all! (Ricky, Per, Phil, Andy)
>>
>>
>> On Feb 29, 2012, at 2:15 AM, Phil Clevenger wrote:
>>
>>> Ricky, Per -
>>>
>>> All is well - Echoloop is working as it should, all commands from LG 
>>> are heard and everything behaves wonderfully.
>>>
>>> Very best,
>>>
>>> Phil :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 28, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Ricky Graham wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ended up grilling it with some vegetables. A good choice.
>>>>
>>>> Glad the set works.
>>>>
>>>> R
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Phil Clevenger
>>>> <phil.clevenger@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Wow - thanks so much Per and Ricky.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ricky, your file tests well and perfectly illustrates the solution. 
>>>>> And I
>>>>> bet your steak was delicious :) Can't wait to get home later and do 
>>>>> the real
>>>>> work with incoming MIDI from the LG.
>>>>>
>>>>> Per... THANK YOU ! Yes there is a reasonable explanation in the 
>>>>> abstract
>>>>> about MIDI routing in the manual. And in the help, rollover and 
>>>>> panel-bound.
>>>>> But this kind of application of MIDI command assignment is one I 
>>>>> have not
>>>>> come across before, so it did not occur to me that this was a 
>>>>> *routing*
>>>>> issue. I spent easily 8 hours poring over the old EDP assignment 
>>>>> texts, the
>>>>> updated Echoloop assignment texts, Ableton's assignment texts in the 
>>>>> manual
>>>>> and helps, searching LD and other internet forums, checking my work 
>>>>> in the
>>>>> Gordius, engaging in some trial and error in case the manuals were 
>>>>> in any
>>>>> way erroneous, trying out different MIDI pref settings, and so on. 
>>>>> Was not
>>>>> at all sure this was an Ableton problem anyway... (meanwhile my wife 
>>>>> keeps
>>>>> popping in and poking me for 'geeking out,' asking why I don;t just 
>>>>> 'pick up
>>>>> the guitar and play some freaking songs...lol )
>>>>>
>>>>> SO you see I thought this to be an assignment or compatibility 
>>>>> issue, rather
>>>>> than a routing issue. I could have spent another eight hours and 
>>>>> still not
>>>>> found the explanation, because I was looking for the wrong solution !
>>>>>
>>>>> And in the end, Per, your explanation is so much better than those in
>>>>> Ableton... For instance, read the text for the Track/Sync/Remote 
>>>>> prefs in
>>>>> the rollover help, unless you are a MIDI pro they make little sense. 
>>>>> Your
>>>>> explanation has helped me to grok that for the first time :D  Maybe 
>>>>> you
>>>>> should write their manuals :)
>>>>>
>>>>> So huge thanks to you folks. I am sure there are others who will also
>>>>> benefit from this exchange here besides just me. What on earth did 
>>>>> we ever
>>>>> do before the interweb?
>>>>>
>>>>> Phil :D
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Ricky Graham 
>>>>> <rickygrahammusic@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Ricky Graham
>>>>>> <rickygrahammusic@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> yep. just frying a steak. i will eat that steak. and then i will 
>>>>>>> send
>>>>>>> on the ableton set to both of you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> r
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Phil Clevenger
>>>>>>>> <phil.clevenger@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> And Per, regarding this:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Instead you could set up a direct MIDI path into the Echoloop 
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> feed it
>>>>>>>>> directly from your external MIDI control gear. "
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Not sure what that means but it sounds damned sexy ! Can you 
>>>>>>>>> clarify?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sorry, I took that for understood, as it is explained quite well 
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> the manual that comes with Live and also is included within the
>>>>>>>> application's GUI (the "Info View" box that can be kept open in 
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> lower left corner. Any object you hover the mouse pointer over 
>>>>>>>> will be
>>>>>>>> explained in that box)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There are two ways to pipe external MIDI directly into a plugin 
>>>>>>>> hosted
>>>>>>>> in Ableton Live.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1) Set up the plugin to listen to a MIDI In port.
>>>>>>>> I'm not sure Echoloop will let you do that, so let's skip that 
>>>>>>>> for this
>>>>>>>> time.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2) Route incoming MIDI by Live's preferences settings and Live's 
>>>>>>>> mixer
>>>>>>>> into the Plugin.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> MIDI comes in through the MIDI In port. Your MIDI interface's MIDI
>>>>>>>> ports will be visible in Live's preferences setting's "MIDI Sync" 
>>>>>>>> tab.
>>>>>>>> For piping a MIDI In port's data directly to a plugin (but 
>>>>>>>> through a
>>>>>>>> Track) you need to set this MIDI In port as active for "Track" 
>>>>>>>> (there
>>>>>>>> are also "Sync" and "Remote"). Then close the preferences window 
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> chose a MIDI Track in Live's mixer. In this track's input slot you
>>>>>>>> chose the appropriate MIDI In port (if you want you can filter to 
>>>>>>>> pass
>>>>>>>> only one MIDI channel here). Set the track's Monitor to "In" 
>>>>>>>> (there
>>>>>>>> are also "Auto" and "Off"). In the "MIDI To" slot select the MIDI
>>>>>>>> Track where you have opened the plugin. Now, you may regard it 
>>>>>>>> tricky
>>>>>>>> with an audio looping plugin hosted on a MIDI Track, how to get 
>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>> audio input into the looper? Well, in Live the usual routing for 
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> is to first use an Audio Track to fetch the signal from the 
>>>>>>>> physical
>>>>>>>> audio input then send that track (by its "Audio To" slot 
>>>>>>>> addressing)
>>>>>>>> to a Return Track. The good news here is that a Return Track's 
>>>>>>>> output
>>>>>>>> can send to both Audio and MIDI Track's inputs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Happy looping!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Per
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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