[LAD] Routing signals in mixer (Ardour, Qtractor)

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Wed, 2010-07-07 at 19:40 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-07-07 at 10:21 -0700, Niels Mayer wrote:
> > Is there a similar solution with Qtractor possible for audio plugins
> > that output midi (e.g. audio->midi pitch detection as provided by
> > 'autotalent'), or midi-controlled audio-processing plugins (again,
> > such as autotalent). You mentioned this configuration wasn't possible
> > before ( http://lalists.stanford.edu/lad/2010/05/0369.html
> > http://lalists.stanford.edu/lad/2010/05/0372.html ) -- is that still
> > the case?
> > 
> > It seems like the case solved by Jeremy was an "all audio" plugin
> > setup with some extra side-chaining (e.g.
> > http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may09/articles/cubasetech_0509.htm#top
> > ).
> > 
> > What if you want to use MIDI control as your "side chain" (
> > http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may01/articles/advancedgating.pt2.asp
> > ) ? Instead of ducking one instrument based on the sound of the drum
> > hits, one simply had a midi note-on/note-off during the hit. Or even
> > better, a Note-on and an ADSR to control the length and amplitude of
> > the "duck".... A good example of this would be using a fast on/off
> > repeating "note" in midi to gate an existing signal -- to give that
> > old school rave sound to synths (
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLjJlUH6eIA&annotation_id=annotation_180979&feature=iv
> > ) or "stuttering" vocals ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnnDMvdVDz4
> > ).
> > 
> > Niels
> > http://nielsmayer.com
> 
> That for audio this could be solved this way is known, even if Rui
> doesn't know it himself, but this isn't a good solution, if somebody
> wish to use several side chain effects is become to confusing.
> 
> AFAIK the MIDI issue isn't solved. Setting up buses for MIDI isn't
> possible the way it is for audio, but I didn't use Qtractor since around
> two month anymore. I guess I'll make music using latest svn Version
> within the next days.

There's a solution, you can add an effect from outside Qtractor as an
insert to a channel and send MIDI to it, the usual way Qtractor sends
MIDI ;).