How to Set Up MIDI in “Robotic” Mode

Sending a MIDI signal to the plugin differs from one Digital Audio Workstation to another. Find below how-to setup this feature in the main hosts.

Ableton Live

• Insert MetaPitch onto an audio track
• Create a MIDI track
• On the MIDI track’s Output dropdown menu, select the audio track on which MetaPitch is inserted and select MetaPitch below.

Cubase

• Insert MetaPitch onto an audio track
• Create a MIDI track
• Select MetaPitch in the output section of the MIDI track

Logic Pro

• Insert the audio file you wish to process onto an audio track
• Create a new Instrument track and click on the Instrument slot (not Audio FX).
• Insert MetaPitch here from the list of “AU MIDI-controlled effects” and select your original audio track in the Side Chain menu (in the upper-right corner of the plugin window).
• Finally, mute the original audio track so that you only hear the output of the Instrument track (where MetaPitch is loaded).

Pro Tools

• Insert MetaPitch onto an audio track
• Create a MIDI track
• Change the output of the MIDI track to any channel you want for MetaPitch

Reaper

• In Reaper, it is possible to superimpose a Media Item (the audio file you wish to process) and a MIDI Item onto the same track.
• Add MetaPitch to the FX of this track

Studio One

• Insert MetaPitch onto an audio track
• Create a Instrument track
• Select MetaPItch in the output section of this Instrument track.
• Select your MIDI Device in the input section of this Instrument track if you’re using one.