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AndreasvanHaren
03-14-2011, 07:26 AM
I am trying to let Logic let be in control of the volume Slider in the Aria player but till now no luck. I tried every option in Hyper Draw: Expression, Modulation and Breath are connected to the modulation wheel in the Aria Player, and Volume changes the volume slider of the track in Logic, but how can I control the volume slider in the Aria Player?

André

Iacobus Rodelus
03-18-2011, 02:47 PM
Out of curiosity, I tried digging to see if I can do this in ACID Pro 7; no dice. I noticed that the ARIA Player doesn't let me automate any settings like volume for each track in the Mixer tab either.

Too bad there isn't a "learn" function that lets you map a function to a knob or slider on your desired interface as well. Kore (and the free Kore Player) from Native Instruments does this.

There's the generic CC# 7 but that just controls overall volume, not individual. Ah, well. Can't have everything with something this powerful, at least for now, right? ;)

Peter Jeffrey Gale
03-18-2011, 03:27 PM
ARIA only provides MIDI automation and not host automation like the NI sample players, and confusing those may be the source your problem, Andreas.

I think every single control in ARIA has a MIDI controller for it, and most are marked on the interface as well as being detailed in the manual, so host automation should be unecessary.

Using MIDI CC#7 works for me to control the volume fader on each individual ARIA track, so the question is how to do this in Logic (or Acid Pro).

Iacobus Rodelus
03-20-2011, 02:00 PM
I have to correct my previous post.

I can control the fader for each instrument in the Mixer using a knob (assigned to CC# 7) on my MIDI keyboard. Two things must occur for this to happen:

-There has to be a MIDI track inserted that's transmitting on the correct MIDI channel

-My MIDI keyboard must be transmitting on the correct MIDI channel

e.g., In order to control the fader in the Mixer tab on instrument 2, a track in my project has to be assigned to receive input from MIDI channel 2, which my keyboard will be transmitting on. I can then control the volume (and even record; a get an envelope when I move the knob around while recording).

It's a bit clunky, though, as you're only allowed to control the volume of each instrument one at a time. It works though. I'm not complaining, of course. I can deal. (Anybody remember those days of MIDI recording? Remember the old Cakewalk software in DOS?) lol