Hi there,
It's my first time posting here, so hopefully this is the right place to ask.
Anyway, I've been working on a track using host automation with the SWAM violin and have found Reaper's host automation envelopes more helpful than using 14-bit (or 7-bit) MIDI CCs. Host automation also seems to sound better than 14-bit MIDI CC (I copied the host automation envelopes into ReaControlMIDI, which uses 14-bit MIDI, but the sound seems worse, at least to my ears).
However, one of the plugins my track is dependent on only recognises MIDI CCs rather than host automation. So my question is:
1) Does host automation really provide higher "resolution" than 14-bit MIDI or is this possibly a placebo effect where I'm simply imagining things?
2) I'm already able to send envelope data as MIDI CC data (through ReaControlMIDI), but am wondering how I can convert MIDI CCs -> host automation. (DivisiMate seems to require MIDI CC input and outputs MIDI CC data, and I figure I can probably obtain a better sound by the MIDI CC data outputted by DivisiMate to automation envelopes, but I don't know how to do this.)
Hopefully my question isn't too wordy. Thanks in advance for any help!
yumyum123
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A couple of edits after I found the solution to my own problem in case anyone else experiences the same.
For question 1, it seems Reaper provides smoothing for automation based on buffer block size (the lower the block size, the more "automation smoothing" that Reaper gives).
For question 2, MIDI CC can be converted into host automation data with the CCEnv plugins (
https://vi-control.net/community/thr...4/post-4218062). Simply download and install the plugins and add them at the start of a track FX, and relevant envelope data is written while Reaper plays those tracks back.