Hi guys,
I've been reading with interest and through it would be worthwhile sharing my experiences with the Phatty, it's definately been an interesting first synth experience....haha
I've managed to get the Sub Phatty to work and also automate all / most parameters so far through the use of the VST and configuring the Sub Phatty as an External Instrument in Live 9, previously this was challenging, leading to many Live crashes esp. when trying to automate parameters and / or configure VST plugin.
It's still somewhat 'buggy' however i've been creating some amazing patches and now in the process of beginning to arrange and automate, both of which have not been possible up until the last few weeks, managed to get access to the latest firmware and latest VST 1.10.
I've recently included my midi controller (Novation Impulse 49) by connecting the Sub Phatty into it through Midi in / Out (DIN) then using the USB from the Impulse into my PC to sync midi with my RME fireface and i'm able to trigger the Sub phatty successfully and also use the Arp and roll function with no problems. I've slowly begun mapping the knobs from the Sub phatty using the Midi map function to enable me to automate each knob / parameter, all is working ok for now
Hoep this helps, i'll provide a quick walkthrough of how to configure Live 9, Mac OSX 9.1.1 (64 bit) & Mavericks 10.9.2 (Macbook Pro Retina 15 Late 2013 model i7 16 GB, 512GB SSD, RME Fireface UC) to get your Phatty to work without too many hitches.
I'm assuming you know your way around both the phatty, midi, audio interface, your DAW etc. so i'm not going to go in great detail for config, it's very straightforward.
Make sure you have your DAW open, audio interface configured correctly and you have the latest firmware for the Sub Phatty, the latest VST, setup the unit as follows (my current workable configuration):
0.9) Either plug in using USB or you can use a midi controller and plug in through the midi DIN ins / outs respectively into phatty / midi controller;
1) Drop in an ' External Instrument' into one of you channels in Live;
2) Configure Midi To: to either an external controller you may have configured (if introducing a midi controller like I have above, if not, then select the Sub Phatty Keyboard)
3) Setup the 'audio from' to the channel you have plugged into your Audio Interface from the audio out from the Sub Phatty using a TS cable or similar;
4) Make sure you aren't monitoring the channel in step 3 (turn this down from the mixer of your audio interface), as you'll effectively be doubling the audio signal you're hearing which you don't want
5) Drop in the VST right beside the 'External Instrument' and then click on 'Prefs', at this point you should be able to open the 'Prefs' and it should display all configuration including midi and other specific settings to the Sub Phatty and connectivity...this was where I was previously having trouble, it would cause Live 9 to freeze almost a few seconds after clicking on prefs previously, appears to be much more stable now with the updates;
6) If you are going to record the audio from the Sub Phatty, you will need to setup an Audio channel right above or below the midi channel to capture the audio by sending the audio to this channel;
7) Have fun!
I've found that since introducing the Impulse into the mix and connecting between the Phatty and the impulse through standard midi Din, has proven to be more stable than direct connect using USB however this really should fixed permanently and it is a priority for Moog so keep feeding support requests and feedback through these forums / Moog support line. Amos has been very helpful by providing firmware / beta to some of us to test, so keep on logging incidents!!!!
Good luck.
CP