| This article is dedicated to the people who have fun with
fiddling around with their EWS and Windows proggis (well, didn't we all have fun with it
...J ). The way it's
done...
This is how to assign DirectX PlugIns to the MIDI part of the
EWS. This explanation uses WaveLab.
- Be sure you have a program that supports PlugIn-effects and process them to the 'live'
audio input of a soundcard using an audio record device driver. E.g. this is done by
Steinbergs WaveLab (you'll find a demo on your EWS driver CD-ROM).
Check also if you have loaded a soundset to the EWS memory and start a sequencer or other
'MIDI-through' application.
- Connect only OUT-2 of the EWS to your mixing desk
and set the output selection in the ControlPanel to B (to
hear the direct out from the synth). Adjust also the OUT-2 volume to a normal level.
- Be sure you have at least 2 wave devices active in the
EWS-synthesizer driver.
- The whole point of it is the internal routing of the audio
INs and OUTs. This is done by the FX- and V-CHANNEL panels.
First, turn all effects and sends off. The [Synth-RECORD] (upper right slider) has to be set to [MIX]. Then turn on only the [MIDI EQ/V-SPACE (RECORD) SEND] (upper left). Set the WAVE-part to [4CH.] but let the EQ/... SEND turned off.
Open the V-CHANNEL panel and set the second
device to the rear OUTs (OUT-2).
BTW: you should save this configuration as a setting for the
EWS-ControlPanel (.mix-file).
- Start WaveLab and assign the playback to EWS-WAVE-PLAY #2 and WAVE-Record.
Depending on your overall system performance, set the buffersettings to the smallest
possible values (note: use also the buffer latency feature of the EWS-Synth driver). The
overall latency has to be adjusted to a minimum without dropouts of the wave stream,
usually around 40-50 ms.
BTW: The function Autostop if drop's out (German: Autostop bei Dropouts) should be turned off.
- Choose the plugin(s) you want to hear, activate the Live-Input
in WaveLab and press the play button. Now you can hear the MIDI instruments with
(depending on your plugins) cool effects!
This application should work with other programs, too. I didn't test VST's live
monitoring, but it should work as well. The upcoming WaveLab 2.0 will support VST effects,
too. Tip: download the brandnew Transmitter-plug
in from Steinbergs website and use it (with a little delay and reverb) on pads. |
