Setup, Selecting the target, Using the vst midi output – Expert Sleepers Silent Way v2.4.3 User Manual

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Setup

Once you have your CVs entering the plug-in (a simple matter of audio routing) you will
also need to set up the MIDI target i.e. the destination to which the plug-in sends MIDI.
This will either be a hardware MIDI port attached to your computer, or a virtual ‘bus’ used
to route MIDI to other software within the computer.

Selecting the Target

The field along the bottom of the plug-in GUI shows its MIDI target. It is possible to type a
value directly into this field, but it’s usually much simpler to browse for the target, using
the ‘Browse’ button to the right of the field.

Clicking this brings up a
dialog which lists all the
MIDI destinations that are
available. Simply click on
the service you want from
the list and click OK.

The ‘Clear’ button clears out the target field, so the plug-in no longer sends
MIDI to the selected target.

Using the VST MIDI output

The VST version of the plug-in passes its MIDI outputs directly to the host application. If
the host supports this, MIDI can be routed directly to e.g. the inputs of other plug-ins,
without using an inter-application bus (see below).

Using inter-application busses

If you want the plug-in to control other software on your computer, rather than controlling
external devices, you will need to route its MIDI output to a software bus.

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