Protocol || Compiling MidiFX plugin....

[Chazrox]

I built a 1-note-chord player vst. When I export as MidiFx plugin I get this error in Abelton.

What are the proper steps to making sure a MidiFx plugin compiles properly?

Feel free to state the obvious because this is my first MidiFx type of plugin.

Thanks!

[ulrik]

@Chazrox the VST3 version of MIDIFX plugin is broken, the only version working is the au version of MIDIFX on mac, and it works only in Logic and Reaper that I know of, it's not working in Live.
I don't know about Windows

[Chazrox]

@ulrik dayum.

[ulrik]

@Chazrox if you only want to control midi you could build it as an instrument and set it to one track and the controlled instrument on another track, then route the midi from track 1 to track 2 in Live

[Chazrox]

@ulrik oh...so would I export it as I have it now? Just as an instrument instead?

[ulrik]

@Chazrox said in Protocol || Compiling MidiFX plugin....:

@ulrik oh...so would I export it as I have it now? Just as an instrument instead?

I don't know how you have set it up, could you show an example, snippet?

[ulrik]

@Chazrox this is how I set it up in Ableton Live

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[HISEnberg]

@ulrik I managed to get vst2 working. Just disable the vst3 support in the project settings.

[ulrik]

@HISEnberg Ok, however I don't have a license for vst 2

[Chazrox]

@ulrik sweet! Im down with that. I just seen a couple other plugins on the market that instruct you to do the same thing so guess its a thing rn. Thanks for the tip!

[HISEnberg]

@ulrik Thanks for telling me, I was working on the assumption that the license was the same as VST3 but after some homework I can see that it's not possible to hold both simultaneously!

[d.healey]

@HISEnberg said in Protocol || Compiling MidiFX plugin....:

it's not possible to hold both simultaneously!

It is, but you have to already have a VST2 license from years ago, they're no longer issued.

[HISEnberg]

@d-healey Yes I just found this out but thanks for posting that here! Apparently if you accept using the VST3 license it means your VST2 license is now void as well (to my understanding).

Also looking forward to seeing your new tutorials by the way!

[Lindon]

@HISEnberg said in Protocol || Compiling MidiFX plugin....:

@d-healey Yes I just found this out but thanks for posting that here! Apparently if you accept using the VST3 license it means your VST2 license is now void as well (to my understanding).

that wasnt my understanding when I accepted my VST3 licensing terms....

[d.healey]

@Lindon said in Protocol || Compiling MidiFX plugin....:

that wasnt my understanding when I accepted my VST3 licensing terms....

The Hisenberg uncertainty principle :p