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If you know about MIDI, help me out...
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I'm looking for a MIDI sequencing program that can take numbered input and output it through a VSTi. What I mean is, I want to use raw MIDI data to output sound, rather than going through an audio/musical scale interface. I'm sure something like this exists but I can't find anything yet. The reason I'm asking is I want to experiment with randomly-generated music.

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Re: If you know about MIDI, help me out... [Re: moog]
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pretty sure there isnt a way to use raw midi data to make music

thats like using the buttons pressed on your controller for your video game console to make video games


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Re: If you know about MIDI, help me out... [Re: FleaAccela]
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You probably think I'm crazy. :grin:

I know this is possible though, and it's not as difficult to manipulate as you'd think. For example, the old freeware sequencer Buzz uses raw numbers rather than a GUI for all of the Buzz-exclusive instruments. (but some instruments have optional GUI) What I want to do though, is fool around with the MIDI numbers of a commercial VSTi (the numerical values for the filters, oscillators, etc), in the way that Buzz does. Unfortunately, I don't think Buzz is still around or I'd try that.

I'm wondering if anyone knows of another prgram that does this...?

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Re: If you know about MIDI, help me out... [Re: moog]
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Ok, you want to create your own waveforms and filters etc in a VSTi and use your MIDI to play it?

There are a few VST's that you can go pretty in-depth at creating your own setting. Absynth comes to mind, as does Pro-53 and Modulator-- but they're all in GUI format. The only difference with Buzz is that it was ONLY available in the # format, but you're essentially doing the same thing as a knob...


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Re: If you know about MIDI, help me out... [Re: Blastrid]
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I know you can use MIDI input values on Digital Performer, like sustain, pitch bend, pitch and volume type stuff, and since you are trying to be random you wouldnt have to know the code values.

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Re: If you know about MIDI, help me out... [Re: moog]
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hey, don't call Buzz dead! I'm still using it!!! yes, you can load up a VSTi adapter with your VSTi, go to the patterns for it, and highlight what you want to randomize and just hit CTRL+R. unfortunately i don't think it really pays attention to the paramters of the VSTi...I'm not sure though, there's a couple different adapters, as well as all kinds of "control" machines floating around. FSM Infector is one synth free with buzz that I think ranks up there with VSTi also.

Edited by lackobreath (04/18/05 01:11 PM)

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Re: If you know about MIDI, help me out... [Re: lackobreath]
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That's awesome, I didn't know there were VSTi adapters for Buzz. But I no longer have Buzz on my PC... I used it years ago when I didn't know much at all about making music. Do you know where I can download it (and the VSTi adapters)? Buzzmachines.com won't load up for me and it looks like jeskola.com is gone...

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Re: If you know about MIDI, help me out... [Re: moog]
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always give www.downloads.com a try. You never know, sometimes things stop making money and just go freeware.

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Re: If you know about MIDI, help me out... [Re: SneezingPenis]
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if buzzmachines is down, then I really have no idea where you can get buzz... the core of the program hasn't been updated in a couple years, but people have still been tweaking every last thing they could without the actual source code...usually I'm checking buzzmachines every 3-4 weeks to grab the new machines...i think it'll be back up soon (I hope)...there's still a group of hard core buzzers coding and making music.

I really haven't experimented with defining parameters of VSTis with buzz...I only recently have started using VSTis.. I'm not entirely sure there is a mechanism within the VSTi adapters to "remember" the values of parameters set within the VSTi itself...I think that is a function of the VSTi architecture itself, though I'm not entirely sure. I think any program that can record VSTi parameter changes and sequence those changes should be able to do what you're interested in, right?

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Re: If you know about MIDI, help me out... [Re: SneezingPenis]
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ah, no luck. Even download.com doesn't have it.

lackobreath: Yeah what I want to do actually is try a couple different things with parameter changes within a VSTI, but I don't want to have to do it in real-time, you know, just sitting there fooling around with the "knobs" as I'm recording. For the past year I've been using Cubase, which is great, and you can program VSTi parameter changes easily enough, but not in any detailed way. Firstly, I want to be able to randomize filters, A/D/S/R, and some other stuff. And the other thing I wanted to do was use some mathematical formlas to determine parameter changes. But to do that I'd have to edit values very specifically, not just graphically like Cubase and most sequencers do it. This is why I want to edit the numbers themselves.

EDIT: I found Buzz 1.2 to download. I'll let you know how it goes...

Edited by moog (04/19/05 01:10 AM)

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Re: If you know about MIDI, help me out... [Re: moog]
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www.dogsonacid.com

go to the grid

there are some hardcore buzz users there that will help you


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