Can anyone suggest a simple in-line midi filter/plugin that would add an attack envelope?
MidiShaper from Cableguys?
MCC Generator from Melda?
The latter is free but I, it sure how good it is compared to MidiShaper, which I use myself.
Took a look at both, not sure if they can do what I am after…
instead of modifying a midi cc parameter, I want to modify incoming note attack and velocity to be able to make a legato effect for instruments that don’t natively have this parameter.
Velocity you can change in the MIDI In plugin.
Attack never comes from a note on.
Midi sends only Note On, Note Off, Velovity etc.
What you are looking for (when I understand correctly) is an envelope.
This is nomally a task of the plugin and not MIDI.
Correct me if I am wrong:
Your plugin does not support an ADSR for volume and now you want incoming Midi build an ADSR?
Correct!
That is not possible, how should that work with MIDI messages coming from a controller?
When you play a note on your midi controller it is sending note on and note off.
What you want is a volume ADSR for each played note, simply impossible.
MIDI messages are not time based - an ADSR is.
By the way: which plugins are you using that do not support an ADSR?
That was also my question, or rather which plugin without velocity support merits so much efforts ?
Plugin in question supports velocity but by it’s nature, it’s not a sound that has ADSR.
An envelope filter downstream of the VST will work, I just thought that perhaps you could manipulate the midi data in a similar way upstream of the VST to delay the note on and add a curve to the incoming velocity, etc…
Sorry, I do not understand.
You are describing an audio issue
That’s not how MIDI works. There is a static velocity value associated with the Note message, you cannot change the velocity independently over time.
You could use a GPScript ADSR function generator to control a plugin parameter such as its master volume out, I suppose.
It was just a thought. I understand it’s not possible, I think I assumed that something could be generated from the space between a note on and a note off that could be translated into other data, but yes this is really a sound envelope idea not a midi one.