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Hey @avantronica, tI think I understand the use of these ideas but I have to limit complexity somewhere in the plugin, otherwise I might as well just write a DAW. :-)
I know you use max but are running into some of the plugin problems in Max 7. Have you looked at Numerology? It's a mature DAW made by an awesome, independent coder, with a more sequencer-like set of features.
I plan to do a major redesign this year.
@mfrasconi, or anyone with the AU not loading, can you please open a Terminal and type:
auval -v aumu Aalt MLbs
And let me know what you see there. Maybe email the result to support @ madronalabs so that it doesn't clutter up the thread.
This will perform validation on the AU and report any errors. Thanks for your help.
@pete66, when you log in to the site here you should see a 'My Downloads' link, click that and you should see the link to the Aalto 1.6 installer.
I am keeping my replies about Aalto 1.6 bugs in the software forum.
I recognize that MIDI learn is a thing a few people really really want, but it's not a trivial feature to add. I would like to add it. Meanwhile you have the workaround of using one of the many hosts with good MIDI learn capabilities.
@evildragon thanks for the comments about the patch menu—I like your default idea and I should do that. On the sorting, I am mixing files and folders alphabetically the way the OS does it, and I think this is what makes the most sense.
That's what Apple says we should do. But practically, they made a customer support nightmare by saying files should be saved somewhere, and then hiding that directory from the user. I don't think this was a good decision and I'm trying to do the best thing for users. I'm following the lead of some other companies (like Ableton) and putting everything possible in ~/Music where users can actually see their own files.
I can verify this problem on my old 10.6.8 machine now. I will fix it ASAP.
Meanwhile, your old presets are where you left them. You can go back to Aalto 1.5 to use them.
I added a license for the Aalto 1.5 download to your account in case you did not save your installer.
Glad it's working for you.
I will add search here soon. meanwhile you can go to google and type for example "site:madronalabs.com tuning tables"
OK, I needed some good news today!
Great news thanks!
This should make a fix easy to find.
The 1.6 update has brought with it more bugs than usual. Sorry for any inconvenience.
1.5 installers available
For those of you who didn't save your previous installers, and are hosed, I made a 1.5.0 installer to help you get back to work ASAP. To download you will need a license for the special 1.5.0 product. Ask by emailing support @ madrona labs . com and I will send you one.
I'm going to make threads for the various issues people are seeing. If you see your issue being discussed in a thread, what can help me most is if you simply chime in with your OS / Host specs so I can get more data.
Yep, it's easier for everyone if there's only one place where all the patches go. So I just use the name to file the factory patches.
I'll change it to look for "Aalto[space]" in the next version. Or I guess I could do something more clever like look for dash Aalto and then leave out the dash. But in my experience cleverness usually leads to more problems later...
So, I have Yosemite installed here and can reproduce the 1.6 issues with Live. The good news is that there only seems to be a problem with the 32-bit version. 64-bit is working fine.
On the 32-bit version the following things happen:
- AU version does not load at all
- VST version has the blank window problem
This is with Live 9.1.7 32-bit, Aalto 1.6, Mac OS 10.10.2.
I'll get on this next week. Meanwhile, please try the 64-bit version of Live if you are having problems.
Sorry you're having trouble, I will give this a try ASAP.
One thing that might help in the meantime is using a different process buffer size in FL / Studio One if possible. Do you know what buffer size you are using currently?
The patches come with the demo installer. But I think I see: maybe you want to install just the patches. I should make a patch-only one. Meanwhile, you can just run the demo installer, and then run your personalized installer again. Or move the .dlls in VSTPLUGINS yourself.
Thanks for the additional info, I appreciate it.
That was quick.
Sorry, you are going to have to remind me what drawing problem you are talking about though. I'm going to be doing updates a lot more frequently this year, so hopefully I can get you a fix soon.
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never mind, I guess you mean the one above. I have Live 9.1.7 and it's working fine, so I'll have to try Yosemite now.
So the information on JUCE is not right, because I am using the latest version.
Hey, it's out!
I hear you and have thought about this a little. Crossfade is an interesting option. For consistency I would want it to visually adjust both of the little wet / dry dials so one knew what was going on. That might work OK.
I was hoping to get this out yesterday but found one more Windows issue... working on the deploy process now.
Hello and thanks!
I am still using 1.1.2 here. I would recommend you stay with 1.1.2 until the next update.
Aalto is not an application, it is a plugin in VST and AU formats. You will have to use it with a VST or Audio Unit host. Some of the popular hosts are Ableton Live, GarageBand, FL Studio, and so on. How to load it depends on what host you are using.
If you would like some help finding a good host, let me know something about how you plan to use Aalto and I will try to steer you in the right direction.
Or if you know all this and have a host you are using, let me know what it is and where things failed exactly.
Anything that gets sent out is because of a zone that tells the app what to send. Zones, both for notes and controllers, send out either OSC or MIDI or both depending on whether those are active in the Soundplane app. So, the short answer is there is no loss in resolution.
The program change message doesn't need to go through the KEY module events stuff, so it works even when receiving t3d.
Aalto is not getting more voices in 1.6, I'm saving that for a future release.
Hiya,
Yes, I never thought about wanting to change the program via OSC. After 1.6 is released I'll see if I can allow some MIDI along with the OSC without breaking anything.
@droolmaster0, yeah, no way to PM here for now. I do know that cyanwave sold his Soundplane. I am planning to build one or two more from parts I have in stock after I finish the Aalto update, so please stay tuned.
These are good ideas. Thanks for the feedback.
You can also use MIDI program changes to switch between patches in the "MIDI Programs" directory with different patterns. Make a "MIDI Programs" directory in ~/Music/Madrona Labs/Kaivo, and any patches you have in there should be available by pgm change message.
Hi and thanks for your interest.
Until I implement search on the site, you can use Google to search the forums here: "site:madronalabs.com query"
The client software is still changing relatively quickly as I add features. There is no finished manual yet, only the read me file.
Yes, in the Soundplane software you can make a map where any rectangle of keys, as small as one key, is assigned to an arbitrary note. So any layout is possible and can of course be saved.
I think tunings are a job for the instrument side, so I have implemented .scl and .kbm file reading in Aalto and Kaivo.
Yes, most people play with pitch rounding on. Both videos on the Soundplane page on the site are played with initial pitch rounding on.
The Soundplane can communicate with Kyma via OSC or MIDI.
Soindplane interoperates with all MIDI instruments and devices, software and hardware, in the usual ways that a MIDI source such as a keyboard would. So of course the data can be recorded, etc., and sent to many other systems. I haven't personally tried Bidule but it should work.
That sounds very painful! I'm sorry I couldn't provide a better solution. But I don't have a handle on what is going on there yet.
Hopefully Aalto 1.6 coming very soon with a new preset location will end the problems.