How modulate plugin parameters by MIDI note events?

[Colox]

How can you best modulate for example the filter frequency of a JS effect, by the MIDI note number events on another (or the same) track? So when the notes play higher up on the keyboard, the filter frequency is set correspondingly high, and vice versa.

I know there are a few filter plugins that offers this functionality by default, but I want to be able to do it to JS effects that don't offer it.

thx

[domzy]

ReaLearn might be the tool for this

[SonicAxiom]

Originally Posted by domzy

ReaLearn might be the tool for this

yes, I just figured it out:

load ReaLearn into the track as the first fx in the chain. You have to set its MIDI control input to "<FX input>" and you have to click on the MIDI button in the upper right section of the generic ReaLearn window, select MIDI output and set it to "merges with MIDI bus". Then add a new mapping and set the source type to "Note number". After that, open the desired plugin that you wanna automate through the MIDI notes, click on "LEARN" in the target section of ReaLearn's mapping and then simply touch the desired fx parameter knob in the fx's gui. Done. By fiddling with the "Source min and max" sliders in ReaLearn's mapping window you can adjust how strong the given note range of the MIDI item will effect the parameter range of the fx plugin.



Thanks for bringing this up. I will definitely use this way of "parameter modulation" in the future

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[Colox]

Originally Posted by SonicAxiom

yes, I just figured it out.

Thanks for bringing this up. I will definitely use this way of "parameter modulation" in the future .

Oh plz don't steal my gratitude. Thank you for sharing what you worked out. I will be sure to use this onwards.

[ashcat_lt]

You could also use a plugin to make CCs out of note events and use actual Parameter Modulation. This way you’re not spamming the global control bus with random CCs that might be assigned to other things. It’s all just track midi like everything else.

[SonicAxiom]

Originally Posted by ashcat_lt

You could also use a plugin to make CCs out of note events and use actual Parameter Modulation. This way you’re not spamming the global control bus with random CCs that might be assigned to other things. It’s all just track midi like everything else.

which plugin can we use to convert MIDI notes into CC?

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[Colox]

Originally Posted by ashcat_lt

You could also use a plugin to make CCs out of note events and use actual Parameter Modulation.

I tried doing that but I had no success. I couldn't find any workable converter or plugin.

One of the problems was that "Note number" is no MIDI CC parameter (according to the GM2 standard), and note number was what I tried using to modulate the filter frequency from. Furthermore, Note Number needs to be converted from the two digit number into corresponding frequency number first, before modulation can occur. Sending the raw Note Number (for example number"44") to the filter might possibly cause the filter to be set at 44Hz. Not very useful.

Maybe there are other references (than Note Number) that one can catch off of key presses, and convert into some CC value. I haven't thought that far yet.