[LAU] Live setup question with Carla

[Gideon van der Kolf]

Hello. Uhm.. let's hope this goes to the right place, I've never replied to
a mailing list before. Am I doing it right?

Mididings does work for what you want, given that you don't need to quickly
be able to change the configuration just before / during the performance.

I use Konfyt for keyboard setups: http://www.noedig.co.za/konfyt/
It allows you to quickly and easily create patches and switch between them
with a cool feature that when you hold notes while switching patches, they
will continue to be held down until you release them.
In your case you would probably ignore the Soundfont and SFZ functionalilty
and just use MIDI output ports for each VST plugin and app (Pianoteq).
You'll still need something to host the VSTs, like Carla or Ardour. I
usually opt for Ardour since I feel comfortable with organising the
different instruments/effects in mixer strips.

Another option is MIDI Layer: https://sourceforge.net/projects/midi-layer/

Cheers
Gideon


On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 at 12:01, <linux-audio-user-request at lists.linuxaudio.org>
wrote:

>
> Hey hey,
> I am helping a friend to set up a live performance system. The general
> requirements are: one master keyboard connected to a notebook, which
> hosts several plugins (VST through wine and Pianoteq in some form). The
> challenge: switch the sound engine which the master keyboard is
> controlling via MIDI (from the keyboard) or through another cheap
> controller.
>
> The current state: use Carla to host the instruments and try to map
> certain MIDI controllers to switch the internal routing. To that end I
> found one thread on Linux Musicians, where FalkTX suggested using some
> MIDI filtering plugin (like pizmidi-plugins or x42) or a standalone app
> like mididings. No final solution was posted/described.
>
> Does anyone have a working solution to that kind of setup? It doesn't
> necessarily have to use Carla at the core, as long as it can host the
> instruments involved. Namely, these would be vb3 version 2 and M-Tron
> Pro (VSTs through wine) and Pianoteq, in which ever format.
>
> As far as I am aware, no layering or splitting setups are intended.
>
> Best wishes and thanks for any hints,
>
> Jeanette
>
>
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