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Thomas Greco wrote:Strangly with this config there is not option for subphatty to pick in "midi to" on the external instrument down below? Also if I choose subphatty out in abletons preferences the subphatty word to left goes an orange color unless i also turn sync on as well for subphatty out? Not sure why? How do you have your preferences in the subphatty set, is it the same as the manual shows?

I forgot to say, what ever MIDI device you select on the external instrument, you need to select the opposite MIDI device on the Editor, or you will have problems:



In line with my settings that means Sub Phatty on the external instrument and my Babyface on the Editor, and then make sure I have the Sub Phatty input OFF under Ableton's MIDI preferences.

Alright but when I record automation in the arrangment view I only can see the actual automation down below in the clip editor when I go to the envelopes section and even then it doesnt give the option of renaming it, is this the only place I will be able to see the actual automation? Also is grouping the track the only way to add a macro? When I try to map a macro to one of the Phattys knobs it doesnt take.

Thomas Greco wrote:Alright but when I record automation in the arrangment view I only can see the actual automation down below in the clip editor when I go to the envelopes section and even then it doesnt give the option of renaming it, is this the only place I will be able to see the actual automation?

MIDI map the VST to the SubP parameters you want to control to see it in the arrangement:

Also is grouping the track the only way to add a macro? When I try to map a macro to one of the Phattys knobs it doesnt take.

Yes the plugin needs to be in the group for you to map it's macros to it.

Well thanks for all this I appreciate it very much. I can't seem to get the macros to map to the knobs though for some reason they just won't take.

Thomas Greco wrote:Well thanks for all this I appreciate it very much. I can't seem to get the macros to map to the knobs though for some reason they just won't take.

Make sure you configure the parameters you want to map first. (As per above, i.e click configure, then the parameter on the VST GUI) Then you can set them as macros.

Oh and i can only draw automation in the arrangement view turning the knobs on the phatty only show up in the clip editor. I've also noticed that if I automate turning the knobs that should show up in the clip editor the second parameter I automate will not necessarily delete the automation I did previously but I won't be able to hear the previous automation. Not sure why? Shouldn't both or more autpomated things all play back?

Any news on this matter?

Standalone editor works like a charm, but i cant get the VST editors working. Is keeps saying hardware disconnected (and doesnt remeber my prefs)
The Phatty does respond to note on/off over its USB drivers and i can also automate through midi cc's

My setup:
Windows 7 x64
Renoise 2.81

I am also curious about the further news. I hope they don't forget the big SubPhatty users cause all I the new threads are about the 37 issue's...

I gotta say today its been nothing but headaches. Sub phatty refuses to stay connected. (especially if using a hub, ANY hub) now its to the point it will crash maschine every single time if I try to reconnect. sucks cause I just got the beat step to map to all the hidden functions... yet I can't use it because this software is unusable.