I’m trying to control the pitch of a vst plugin in the host module directly as I can expose the pitch to automation(via the plugin itself , its Halion 7)
I’m sure others have tried this before me … not sure what approach to take I tried sending a fixed c4 to v\oct while the sequencer (unquantized) modulate the pitch directly but I can’t get it in tune properly…
any ideas , tips or tricks will be welcome
I know I can use midi , but I’m trying something else … to get nicer glides\slew and such , but without controlling the pitch wheel , I just want a single cv … from the sequencer…
does it matter which sequencer ? slew won’t work as it gets quantized to a midi message
I’m sure I do not understand what you are trying to do, maybe someone who does can help you further.
is this done by Halion? or why is it this way?
usually this should work.
Did you try another VSTi in Host?
Just to test if the pitch can be controlled in the way you want?
plugins in host receive midi message , you can’t send pitch cv directly… the cv to midi module converts it
try to use the gates of the notes send through an envelope (or maybe an lfo) to the pitchwheel
(assign it via the right click menue) in host,
maybe this works for you?
Yeah, I’m going to echo Stephan’s suggestion.
Same issue for me with Pigments. You need to put slew-y modulation into the pitch wheel.
Since the pitch wheel typically covers a fairly broad range for real synths and VST instruments, you can get away with doing most of your v/oct input there with whatever range translation is appropriate (Pigments has a range of +/- 1 oct on the pitch wheel). Just leave a static 0v into the v/oct input and you’re off to the races! (As long as the race doesn’t cover a greater distance than 2 octaves.)
