(Might be able to use the MCU C4 Split mode to access 32 parameters, rather than 4xMCU). Now, I can copy the assignments for the Vpots in plugin edit mode, the ones that are assigned to "Plugin Parameter #1" through #32, and relearn them to my MIDI controls - now my MIDI controller will control the first 32 parameters of any plugin.
So it seems we can use the MCU commands to implement this.īecause I want to control 8x4 (32) parameters, and the MCU only has 8 Vpots so can only access 8 plugin parameters without paging, I set up four MCU's in the control surfaces prefs (now, one "page" of controls is 32 channels/vpots wide). I tried doing this with Modes, eg, setting up two Modes called "Insert 1" and "Insert 2", and learning the same parameter to the same control in each Mode, and using the current Mode to target each insert - but this doesn't work - the two assignments are identical as far as the Controller Assignments window is concerned, and so it doesn't matter which Mode is active, only the first assignment works (ie, the parameter in Insert 1 is controlled by the knob, no matter which mode is active).Īny other ideas, tips etc? I will trawl through for forum to see when this has been discussed before as well. Although thinking about it, I don't think that'll work actually. The only real thing I can think of at this late hour is to map/learn all the parameters of all the plugins I wish to control, for MIDI channel 1, then duplicate all the assignments another 7 times and change them to have a set of the same assignments on channel 2, a set on channel 3 etc, and then using the controller's MIDI channel as a pseudo insert-slot selector. So - what are the options to do what's conceptually a "simple" task, which is to use my controller hardware to control some of the parameters of a particular plugin on the selected track? Now, if it was only for a couple of plugins - say Logic's EQ and Compressor, it's perfectly feasible to have different controller mapping templates on the hardware controller, and switch to different modes and thus sending a different group of unique MIDI CC's for each plugin - but you run out of CC's and MIDI channels really fast, and if you want to map 10, 50, 100 plugins that won't work. If you have two plugins active, and have mapped one control to a parameter in each plugin, there's no way to target which insert you want the assignment to go to - they'll either both work, or one will work and one won't etc.
However, with regular controller assignments (to selected track), it seems that these bypass the insert slot, and get mapped to the plugin parameter directly. On a Mackie Control, for example, in plugin edit mode, you can "target" which insert slot is active and thus being controlled with the vpots - so you can be editing your delay on insert 1, then move to insert 2 to control your distortion plugin parameters on the same knobs. A new controller gives me the opportunity to revise and improve my controller setup, and I'm wondering if there are any ways of targetting specific inserts with controller assignments?
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