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Remote Control Port
Figure 10: Remote Control Port/Channel Definition
Here, you can define VSTHost’s Remote Control. In addition to passing MIDI messages to the loaded
PlugIns, VSTHost can be remotely controlled by MIDI messages, too. Here, you can define a MIDI
Input Port (mental note to self: finally decide on “port” or “device” nomenclature!) that controls VSTHost. It has to
be one of the devices selected on the MIDI Input Devices tab, otherwise VSTHost simply ignores the
settings when you close the dialog. The default setting of “---“ means that there’s no Remote Control
port.
Below the port, you can configure the action for each of VSTHost’s settings that is remotecontrollable;
this, I have to admit, is a rather complicated list. This list is of the same type as the one
used in the MIDI -> Parameter Mapping window (see “MIDI -> Parameter” on page 43 for details
on editing it); the difference is that the From and To settings on the Parameter side represent the full
range for the parameter (given below) expressed as a floating-point value in range 0.0 .. 1.0. Unless
you’re really sure what you’re doing, it is probably a good idea to leave these settings alone.
Currently, the following VSTHost parameters can be remotely controlled:
Parameter Type Range Comment
Performance Numeric 0-127 Selects one of the 128 possible performances in the
current bank (see “Load Performance” on page 28
for details).
Bank Numeric 0-16383 Selects one of the 16384 possible banks (see “Use
Full Rewind
Rewind
Play Backwards
Stop
Record
Play
Pause
Forward
Full Forward
MIDI Stop
MIDI Play
MIDI Pause
Bank…” on page 27 for details).
Switch 0-1 These parameters correspond to the transport
buttons in the built-in Wave Player and Recorder
(see “Recorder” on page 60 for details). Any
incoming value maps to a value below 0.5 is
ignored; those that do map to 0.5 and above (e.g.,
incoming value 127 for a 7-bit MIDI CC) trigger
the corresponding action.
Switch 0-1 These parameters correspond to the transport
buttons in the built-in MIDI Player (see “MIDI
Player” on page 63 for details). Any incoming
value maps to a value below 0.5 is ignored; those
that do map to 0.5 and above (e.g., incoming value
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