Midi controller help with Prominy V-Metal

[BDrums1971]

Hi, I'm new to the forum here and am going crazy and need some of your expert help. I have the Reaper DAW installed and have been using it with no problems. Have used many VST's and learned alot.

But, I just got V-Metal a couple weeks ago (used with Kontakt), and need to change a parameter via my external keyboard. I have used the parameter learn function in Reaper before, and know the basics of it, but I am having a hard time with this.

In the manual, the V-Metal says that the parameter I want to adjust (in this case length of "gliss down") is controlled by midi cc#4. The keyboard I am using is an older Ensoniq TS12, which has worked fine for me, but doesn't have alot in the way of information on the midi side of it.

Using the learn function in Reaper, I have found that, for instance, the attack slider is CC#73. I am not sure what controller on my keyboard controls #4 (or if there is even one).

Sooooo, I would be perfectly happy using the attack slider on my Ensoniq to control the gliss down parameter in V-Metal, using Reaper to accomplish that.

I tried using reaper midi envelope controller set to #4, but couldn't get it to adjust the gliss down parameter. Please tell me. Am I an idiot here. I KNOW there has GOT to be a way to do this. Even a link to a FAQ or another post would be appreciated.

[john doe]

can you confirm that cc4 is actually controlling gliss down in kontakt? you can check this by looking at the kontakt browser in the auto section. there is a seperate host and midi automation section.

[DarkStar]

Hello BDrums1971 and welcome to these forums. You'll find many helpful people here and a lot of useful information.

The easiest way to find out what MIDI CC messages your controller is sending is to put a MIDI Monitor FX on the track (insertpizhere does a good one, or schwa's MIDI Examine) and look at the messages as you twiddle the knobs.



I don't know that you can change the MIDI CC messages that the TS12 sends, so you might be able to change the mapping inside Kontakt (on the MIDI CC Automation page that john doe mentioned)

[KenC]

Open V-Metal, on global controller page at the top click the little "options" dropdown in the corner, select "MIDI CC#" from the list, from there you can change the various controllers used by V-Metal, just doubleclick on the numbers and type in whatever controller you want.

Try setting "gls down mode" to to 1 and move your pitch wheel, change back to the main options page and you should see the "glis down" value change between "fast/mid/slow"

btw Here's a manual link for the TS12 if you don't have one:
http://www.ts12.net/ts12-ev-downloads.html

[BDrums1971]

Thanks so much to all three of you. I knew it was a fairly simple answer! I did find that I can change the midi cc# in V-Metal via the midi cc option. And then I can link it with any midi controller that my Ensoniq has. You guys are the best!