nickmaynard wrote:
eagerly awaiting a mac version!
same 
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I'm new to LSDJ in general, but I've been a music producer for a long time. I've been fiddling with this and going through the LSDJ documentation as well but I still haven't figured out if I'm able to send midi notes from FL Studio to the VSTi, instead of just control the functions with MIDI commands. Is it possible to use this to send actual notes for playback in the DAW or is it to play back what's already been programmed in LSDJ itself?
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If you mean you want to use MIDI to actually record the note data into a phrase in LSDJ, that isn't possible. If you want to use MIDI to play each channel like you would a normal VSTi, that is possible using the Keyboard mode but as far as I know you can only play 1 channel at a time and there are other restrictions (you can only play at the current groove in the currently playing phrase). So to answer your question, it's mostly the latter, to play back what you've programmed in LSDJ. Otherwise what you probably want instead is mGB, which treats the Gameboy more like a typical VSTi synth. It only takes MIDI input and there is no real sequencing possible in the rom, you do all the sequencing via MIDI in the DAW. https://github.com/trash80/mGB
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defensem3ch wrote:
If you mean you want to use MIDI to actually record the note data into a phrase in LSDJ, that isn't possible. If you want to use MIDI to play each channel like you would a normal VSTi, that is possible using the Keyboard mode but as far as I know you can only play 1 channel at a time and there are other restrictions (you can only play at the current groove in the currently playing phrase). So to answer your question, it's mostly the latter, to play back what you've programmed in LSDJ. Otherwise what you probably want instead is mGB, which treats the Gameboy more like a typical VSTi synth. It only takes MIDI input and there is no real sequencing possible in the rom, you do all the sequencing via MIDI in the DAW. https://github.com/trash80/mGB
This (RetroPlug + mGB) is exactly what I've been searching for for years. Thank you so much!
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You're welcome!
Also PSA: there is a mac beta available: https://tommitytom.co.uk/retroplug-mac.zip