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[andy_camb]

Hi
Can someone walk me through how to do this simple thing?
Got a feeling I'm missing something obvious.
How do I automate the power knob?
I have a drum track created in Jamstix, the plugin is just inserted in an empty track, playing the info, saved in Jamstix.
I would would like to have the power knob drop during a couple of the verses and raise up during the choruses and stay up during the final verse.
I have the song saved in Jamstix. What do I do next? I know how to drag the midi file on to its own track but if I put it on the track where the Jamstix plugin is, Its playing sort of doubled and louder, like Jamstix is playing its internal version and the midi notes at the same time?
I thought you could alter the song power verse by verse as you composed the song and Jamstix would remember it but that doesn't seem to work?
Now that the song is composed and the song is saved with the power knob at the same level all the way through, can I alter them after saving it?
I have been using this programming for a while, just using the wizard to create tracks to jam along with and know how to use it to play midifiles as a sort of tone module. I've got the hang of bits of it. But some of its functions are leaving me confused.
Thanks

[Ralph [RZ]]

What you want to do is draw an automation curve in Samplitude on the 'Power Level' VST automation parameter of Jamstix.
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[andy_camb]

That's what I'm not getting Ralph... I know how how to draw a volume curve. I know how to draw a sustain curve and change each individual velocity value and length if a note in samplitude music studio. Where is the Jamstix power knob parameter, so that I can draw a curve on it lol?

[Ralph [RZ]]

I'm not very familiar with Samplitude. You'll want to find its 'VST automation' tools. Alternatively, if you can draw MIDI controller envelopes in Samp, you can right-click on the power knob in JS, assign a MIDI controller of choice and then automate that in Samp.
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[alexis]

As another power user-not, I just came across this this weekend.

The thing that worked for me was to create a MIDI track in my DAW whose OUTPUT was assigned to JS. Nothing in the track.

Then I opened up the automation options in that MIDI track to find the Power Knob listed.

Hope that helps!
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[andy_camb]

Thanks Alex I will try that. Got round it, by setting the power level at low and dragging the midi of the verses I wanted at that level into my daw. Then setting the power level up higher and dragging those verses in as well. Then I put Jamstix in tone module mode and used it to play back the midi file.
I am using Samplitude Music Studio 2013. It's probably me that doesn't understand my daw properly, but I don't know where to find the Jamstix power knob parameter within it.
I have reaper too. I will see if I can find it in there.

[alexis]

For Cubase:

Select the MIDI track that has JS as its input, and in the inspector click "Quick Controls", the bottom tab. If you open it up you'll see four pre-populated tabs: Power (that one is the power knob), Reduction, Timing and Bypass (these last 3 are explained in the manual).

So from there you can automate these 4. If there is something else you want to automate, right click on the control in the JS GUI, assign it a CC #, then go back to the Quick Control Tab, click in an empty one, and assign that tab to the same CC# you did in the JS GUI.

Hope that helps someone!

(Using Cubase 7.5.40)
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JS 3.6.1x64; Cubase 7.5.40 64 bit; i5-4570 3.2GHz, 16GB RAM; W7 SP1 64-bit on Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB; Seagate 1TB SATA 600 Audio Drive; UR28M; Motif8; UAD-2 Solo, BCF2K; TC Helicon VoiceOne; RevoicePro3