hurole49
(Hurole49)
November 16, 2022, 2:30pm
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Hello folks,
One thing I wanna do within host in vcv pro, and that is to change presets with modulation , especially with my favourite synth Surge XT.
Anyone know by any chance which param would u need to select to be able to change presets? Kind regards
Surge doesn’t really expose preset change mechanisms via the VST3 edge so, even if host does support this (and i don’t know if it does) I dont think surge would do what you expect
You can send midi program changes to surge but it does unexpected things.
hurole49
(Hurole49)
November 16, 2022, 3:01pm
3
Would be a nice feature anyways
opened 06:15PM - 10 Feb 19 UTC
Feature Request
MIDI
Right now Surge doesn't respond at all to Program Change messages. Eventually th… is would be a great thing to have, especially for live performance.
I hold u-he plugins as the gold standard here. Here's an excerpt directly from the manual for one of their super-popular synths, Zebra 2:
"**MIDI Programs**
As well as factory presets, ‘Local’ also contains a special folder called ‘MIDI Programs’. When the first instance of Zebra2 starts, all presets in that folder (up to 128) are loaded into memory so they can be selected via MIDI Program Change messages. It is best to rename them to be sorted by number e.g. ‘000 rest-of-name’ to ‘127 rest-of-name’. ‘MIDI Programs’ can contain up to 127 sub-folders, switchable via MIDI Bank Select messages (CC#0). Send Bank Select first, then Program Change. ‘MIDI Programs’ itself is bank 0, then sub-folders are addressed in alphabetical order starting with bank 1. Important - ‘MIDI Programs’ cannot be added, removed or renamed on the fly – any changes to that directory will only be updated after the host application is restarted."
one of our oldest issues, indeed
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