Triggering a Midi sequence in Mainstage 2
Hi
I'm running mainstage 2 on my Macbook pro with the RME FF 400 audio interface.
I'm using the 8 track mixer template to play back 8 stems of audio .
I've just purchased the TC helicon Voicelive touch and I want to run midi into it to trigger harmonies on my vocals, I just cant figure out how to do this, and it's driving me mad 🙂
There is a way of triggering the harmonies in the Voicelive touch using an audio signal but I don't want to do that because the audio signal is routed to come out the output for some strange reason and you cant mute it! and i don't want that , I only want a clean vocal , and I don't play guitar so it has to be midi!
I dont want to play the midi notes live either so the only option I have is some kind of sequence that begins when I press play on my mainstage Mixer (much like the "playback" plug-in but with midi instead of audio).
How on earth do I do this? I really don't want to use Logic in a live situation as i really like the mainstage interface.
I'm thinking of using the sequencer in Ultrabeat (on a software instrument channel strip in mainstage) which will trigger when i press play in mainstage, this solves the sequencer trigger bit and because i just need basic chords it wont be too hard to program the notes in the ultrabeat sequencer.
But how do I get the notes out as external midi???
I was trying to use WIDISOFT plug in
http://www.widisoft.com/english/widi-audio-to-midi-au.html
It comes up as in insert on the Software synth channel strip and seems to be doing something but even if it is converting the ultrabeat audio sequence into midi I still don't have a midi output option from the channel strip (only my RME audio outs)
Perhaps I sound really stupid but is it converting the audio into midi and sending a midi signal to a 1/4 jack out?? do i need some kind of 1/4 jack to midi cable that runs from my RME output and into the midi in of the TC Helicon Voicelive touch? does such a cable exist?
I saw someone mention midipipe and ReWire as well but I wasn't sure that would solve my problem either. I saw someone mention in another forum that Kontakt has the option to select external midi out (but is this true of the AU version?) also not sure Kontakt has any kind of sequencer??
Any help to solve my problem would be greatly appreciated 🙂
Thanks
I'm running mainstage 2 on my Macbook pro with the RME FF 400 audio interface.
I'm using the 8 track mixer template to play back 8 stems of audio .
I've just purchased the TC helicon Voicelive touch and I want to run midi into it to trigger harmonies on my vocals, I just cant figure out how to do this, and it's driving me mad 🙂
There is a way of triggering the harmonies in the Voicelive touch using an audio signal but I don't want to do that because the audio signal is routed to come out the output for some strange reason and you cant mute it! and i don't want that , I only want a clean vocal , and I don't play guitar so it has to be midi!
I dont want to play the midi notes live either so the only option I have is some kind of sequence that begins when I press play on my mainstage Mixer (much like the "playback" plug-in but with midi instead of audio).
How on earth do I do this? I really don't want to use Logic in a live situation as i really like the mainstage interface.
I'm thinking of using the sequencer in Ultrabeat (on a software instrument channel strip in mainstage) which will trigger when i press play in mainstage, this solves the sequencer trigger bit and because i just need basic chords it wont be too hard to program the notes in the ultrabeat sequencer.
But how do I get the notes out as external midi???
I was trying to use WIDISOFT plug in
http://www.widisoft.com/english/widi-audio-to-midi-au.html
It comes up as in insert on the Software synth channel strip and seems to be doing something but even if it is converting the ultrabeat audio sequence into midi I still don't have a midi output option from the channel strip (only my RME audio outs)
Perhaps I sound really stupid but is it converting the audio into midi and sending a midi signal to a 1/4 jack out?? do i need some kind of 1/4 jack to midi cable that runs from my RME output and into the midi in of the TC Helicon Voicelive touch? does such a cable exist?
I saw someone mention midipipe and ReWire as well but I wasn't sure that would solve my problem either. I saw someone mention in another forum that Kontakt has the option to select external midi out (but is this true of the AU version?) also not sure Kontakt has any kind of sequencer??
Any help to solve my problem would be greatly appreciated 🙂
Thanks
Mac OS X (10.6.6)
