plugdata as midi effect in Ableton Live 11

[ericbhs]

Hello,

I'd like to use plugdata in Ableton Live 11 as a midi effect (midi in -> midi out). However it seems that the default behaviour is midi in -> audio out in Live. How can I configure it to be midi out ?

I saw that in the midi objects help there is the following note: "In order to use MIDI Input or output objects, be sure to set MIDI devices in: Preferences --> MIDI", but I can't find this menu in plugdata.

I could get it to work in Reaper without configuring anything, but Live seems to behave differently.

This is probably a noob question, please forget my ignorance.

Thanks in advance.

[tomara-x]

yeah, that behavior is different across different daws, i'm not an ableton user but i think this might be helpful: https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/209070189-Accessing-the-MIDI-output-of-a-VST-plug-in

[ericbhs]

Wow, thanks a lot for your answer ! I'll test it back home tonight...
(and thanks for rebooting your computer for me ☺)

[ericbhs]

Working just fine, thanks a lot !

[tomara-x]

yaaay! have fun <3

[smutax]

Do you know if same applies to patches exported(compiled) as vst? I mean those designed to be "vst midi fx". Third party vst midi fx don't require the kind of workaround suggested above, right?

[tomara-x]

i have no experience with the compiler, so i don't know for sure. but my understanding is that vst3 (as a plugin format) was never intended to be used this way. so the way this is handled varies across daws. some will allow it, but others (like ableton) don't like it.