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The Stochas Sequencer
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Stochas in Ableton #66

Open mb1089 opened 3 years ago

mb1089 commented 3 years ago

Hi there. I can't seem to get Stochas working in tandem with my synths in Ableton. There is no sound coming out at all. I watched 1 short video on Youtube, followed the instructions on there and no luck. How can I get it playing? Thanks

EDLUK commented 3 years ago

Hi mb1089 I am using Stochas in Ableton Live 11 Standard and when using it in a project have found two ways of using it.

Method 1

  1. Place Stochas on a midi track and place your synth on a second midi track.
  2. On the synth trach set the midi from to Stochas and the midi channel to Stochas. This should then enable Stochas to drive your synth. On my installation, I found that this approach used up a lot of CPU but I think that this is more of an Ableton issue with the synths that I am using.

Method 2: - record midi output from Stochasand then use the recording to drive your synth.

  1. Place Stochas on a midi track and place your synth on a second midi track.
  2. Arm a second midi track for recording and set the midi from to Stochas and the midi channel to Stochas. When you hit the play head this will record the output from Stochas as a midi clip which you can then use to play your synth.

Both of these worked for me, so I hope this helps

rudeog commented 3 years ago

Hey, thanks for the info. I am going to add this ableton info to the FAQ.

K3nt3L commented 3 years ago

If you use another MIDI track you could remote layers and patterns via a keyboard with MIDI actions (do not work directly into the Scholas track because the plugin must have a specific channel for actions, and Ableton Live is unable to do this way)) So if you use (in patch options) the MIDI mapping for controlling layers and patterns, Stochas will receive in the correct MIDI channel the notes for triggering Actions. ​

You must run/play your DAW (Ableton) for using this commands with the keyboard/controller, it's about controlling Scholas live :) The usual issue with Ableton is routing MIDI into a specific channel. This configuration does the job.

Track MIDI 01 (nothing needed, but you could insert MIDI monitor for checking input) MIDI from : all ins (or a specific keyboard/controller) / all channels MIDI TO : xx-stochas /y-stochas (xx = track number, y = midi channel) example : 2.stochas / 1-stochas (default channel number for actions, but you can change channels and notes in the MIDI learn section) Monitor IN or AUTO

Track MIDI 02 (Stochas) MIDI from : MIDI track 01 / post mixer Monitor IN

Track 03 (instrument) MIDI from 2-Stochas / Stochas Monitor IN

Sorry for the grammar and my poor english, I'm french. :)