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Driving Partikl VST from a MIDI generator (e.g. Noatikl)

Note: This section of the Partikl User Guide has not been updated since Mixtikl V1.


This latest version of Mixtikl lets you optionally drive the Mixtikl VST plugin when loaded into a VST plugin supporting sequencer. You can drive it from any MIDI generator plugin, including the Noatkl VST plugin. You can also drive it from standalone MIDI generators, such as Noatikl, using appropriately routed MIDI.

The examples below are written from the viewpoint of using Noatikl as the MIDI generator.

Sequencer:

  1. Set-up chain of VSTis : Noatikl 1st, then Mixtikl 2nd.
  2. Open .noatikl file with Noatikl VSTi.
  3. Put Mixtikl in Partikl sub-app mode (Menu > Apps > Parikl); open the .partikl file you want to play with (generally a Synth preset).

Mixtikl:

  1. Select (from Mixtikl window toolbar) Options > Partikl: Drive direct from MIDI input.
    • This menu item is only in the Mixtikl VST Plug-in variant; and is not visible to Mixtikl standalone.
  2. Press transport play on your sequencer.
    • The midi data then comes from the MIDI generator plug-in (e.g. Noatikl) that precedes Mixtikl in the sequencer plug-in chain.
  3. Adjust sounds in Partikl as you wish, while it is all playing.
  4. Adjust Noatikl while it is all playing.
  5. When you are happy with what you hear, to get your completed .noatikl file into the .partikl file, just:
    • Noatikl:
      • File > Save (wherever you want)
    • Partikl:
      • Press "Refresh Core" button in partikl
      • Browse for .noatikl file, select it
      • Press Save button to save the .partikl file
  6. To test from Partikl:
    • From the Mixtikl window tooltbar, uncheck the Options > Partikl: Drive direct from MIDI input item to return to normal (applies when you next press play in your sequencer transport control).

Remember: you can "unzip" or "extract" files from a .partikl file to the file system, using the "Extract Files" button. So from an old .partikl file, you can get at the old .noatikl file within so that Noatikl can re-edit it c.f. the above approach!