Part change with Launchpad?

do you need part change?

you can do program and bank change (with appropriate CC messages), and in seq/multi mode the different parts are (or can be) on different midi channels.

You mean send a remote MIDI command to change the focus of the unit's display to a different part? I have never though of that. See if you can record MIDI messages from the output of the unit when you press the < part > buttons. If they exist they should be the ones you need to play back from ableton live/launchpad.
Hope this helps.

You can do it with a sysex message to the Virus, but only when VC isn't connected. Apparently, when VC is linked via USB, the Virus no longer recognizes sysex input.

It also transmits this sysex data when you change parts, so it's pretty easy to decipher what you need to send in conjunction with the Virus C Manual available elsewhere on the forum. I got it working in standalone mode the other day, but found it useless since the sysex reception for Page C parameters seems to be disabled when VC is active.

Zitat von amounra

You can do it with a sysex message to the Virus, but only when VC isn't connected. Apparently, when VC is linked via USB, the Virus no longer recognizes sysex input.

It also transmits this sysex data when you change parts, so it's pretty easy to decipher what you need to send in conjunction with the Virus C Manual available elsewhere on the forum. I got it working in standalone mode the other day, but found it useless since the sysex reception for Page C parameters seems to be disabled when VC is active.

the underlaying problem is that plug-ins do not receive SYSEX from the host and therefore cannot forward those messages to the Virus.

hth, marc

Not from the host, no. But you can send it via the port directly (ala lh_midi external in m4l), or to the physical MIDI connection on the Virus (which when not connected via USB link is capable of responding to the sysex).

Still, it would be greatly preferable to just have access to this as a parameter in the VC plugin. Is this not possible for some technical reason? (other than implementation....)

Make some blank clips in Live, then in the bottom right hand corner mess around with the Program/Sub/Bank numbers. This means when you select a specific clip (Using the launch pad) it will change the patch on the Virus.
Ensuring on the Virus you have program and multi changes enabled in the config menu.

Also, make sure that you are sending the midi information out of Live down whatever channel the Virus receieves global information from.

Hope this helps

Adam