MIDI panic button?

[Wojtek Stecyszyn]

Thank you for this info. I still don't understand how to "insert CC123" and other CC.  Its totally new topic for me. I need to google it out.

[Promidi]

41 minutes ago, Wojtek Stecyszyn said:

Thank you for this info. I still don't understand how to "insert CC123" and other CC.  Its totally new topic for me. I need to google it out.

 

[Wojtek Stecyszyn]

Ahh it is this then. Ok, I see now  Thank you

Well, I did exactly this and no,  this instrument (Looptrack from Gospel Producers) do not respond to this command.

But I have found a trick that can kill the samples -  changing presets or sounds/instrument within one VST. In case of Looptrack its just changing the sample bank - super easy.  Its not a great solution, but it works.

Nevertheless I wish Cakewalk had a global and permanent kill button build in

 

 

[Promidi]

What about issuing a CC7 > 0.  Mind you, the plugin will technically still be playing the sample, just at a volume of zero (this is assuming Looptrack responds to CC7 events)

[Wojtek Stecyszyn]

Nope. This VST instrument does not respond to CC events.

I tried it on other instrument (Cakewalks electric piano) and it worked on both: CC7 and CC123 so Im doing it right. Its just this Looptrack.

Anyway, thanks. I learned something today

 

[mettelus]

1 hour ago, Wojtek Stecyszyn said:

Nope. This VST instrument does not respond to CC events.

This would be worth submitting feedback to the developer on if you like it and want to keep using it. Many complex VST(i)s have a Panic button in the VST GUI itself, but the Panic button inside the host (any host) is going to try to the same routine Cakewalk is doing. If the VST doesn't accept that input, there is no way to control it externally. The host is doing its job (and no way to make it better), but the VST is in its "own little world." Side note: some VST(i)s have that kill switch hard coded to a specific MIDI note, but I couldn't find any documentation on Loop Track.