how enlightening.
Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janelle Vacanti" <[email protected]> To: "QWS list" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:27 PM Subject: Re: QWS List questions about VST Host ---- Simon Jaeger <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday, April 07, 2009 4:39 PM, > Janelle Vacanti <[email protected]> wrote: > ... > | So I went into the ports options dialog and the check boxes that said > "use > this port" were unchecked for both the MIDI in and > | MIDI out ports for MIDI Yoke. Is this right so far? > No, you want the midi out ports to be checked, and the midi in ports to be > unchecked. That way, when you send information to the midi out ports, it > won't come shooting back through the midi in ports into qws, and back out > the midi out ports... and so on. it'll just go straight to vst host. I'm > not > sure how the outs got unchecked, but keep those checked. it's the ins you > want unchecked. > > | I was wanting to play the VST instruments using My Casio MIDI Keyboard. > So > wouldn't I just select my Yamaha USB In 01 as my MIDI > | input instead? > > Firstly, why on earth do you have a yamaha USB in for a casio keyboard? > That's just the name of the driver that I use to send MIDI data from my > Casio Keyboard to my computer. > Secondly, no, because when you do that, it will not receive any midi > events > from qws. Qws, by default, sends the information it receives from all > active > midi in ports back through the currently selected midi out port anyways, > so > it's better to do it that way. Plus, you have more control over channels / > programs / bank numbers as well as exactly what ports you're using. You > wouldn't, for instance, be able to have two vst synths loaded using just > your casio keyboard for midi input, since you need one input port per > synth > to tell vst host which synth to use at any given time. This is why we use > midi yoke instead. But then how will I input my MIDI data into QWS to send > to the MIDI out ports using the MIDI in ports that MIDI Yoke provides? > > | You mean the Device Menu and select MIDI or the Engine Menu and select > Configure, right? > device/midi is for configuring all of the midi devices vst host should > load > when started. The plugin/configure midi devices option will control > exactly > which midi device is assigned to each individual plugin. If you left this > at > the default, the plugin would respond to midi events from all loaded midi > devices, which would be a disaster if you had more than one synth loaded. > > Hope this helps > > Simon > > > To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com > > for archived list posts, see > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
