Comments on: Kore Tips: Controlling External MIDI Gear, Plug-ins

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:28:17 +0000

Argh. As mentioned above, MainStage won’t accept MidiO. Also, unmentioned in the article is that Reaktor Toolpack is required for this (which, in turn, requires Reaktor). I don’t have Reaktor, so I’m sunk.

I’m amazed that there’s no audio unit or VST plug for doing this, but then it’s also amazing that MainStage doesn’t support it out of the box.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:20:53 +0000

Hi Josh,

thanks for your guidance regarding Logic. Certainly another way to control external hardware from within Logic. MainStage seems to be more difficult. I tried using Kore 2 as a soft instrument in a MainStage Patch. I was able to get everything set up except when selecting Midi Out ports from within Kore, the only options I had were Main Output and Plugin Application 1. Also, I installed the Midi I/O component on my system, but it was summarily rejected by MainStage upon startup. Any suggestions?

Thanks

By: josh

josh — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:42:10 +0000

sure, within kore:
1- send MIDI out of reaktor (make sure you’re seeing a flashing red light within reaktor where it says ‘midi out’ or you’re not doing something right within reaktor).
2- insert the MIDI i/o plug-in after reaktor.
3- choose the port you’d like to send to from within MIDI I/O

That gets MIDI out of kore to your hardware synths within Logic..

It’s amazing…opens up so many doors.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:22:24 +0000

how would you use midi i/o to make it work? Can you provide an example?

thanks

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By: josh

josh — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:59:41 +0000

bill, it should work but you’ll prob need a plugin called ‘midi i/o’ by retroware to make it work. it’s working for me great in logic so should work in mainstage.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:16:54 +0000

Thanks!

This looks like a simple way to control outboard MIDI gear from MainStage. I’ve been looking for something like this and never would have thought of doing it this way.

Thanks again!