Alright so,

My end-game with this is to be able to use the wobble bass as an improvisatory instrument. I don't want to do basic patterns or predetermined patterns dictated by automation. I want to be able to play it and control the filter like I play any other instrument. I have a live electro-acoustic group and that I write music for. It is very live feeling music and I don't want to take any of the organic musicality out of it by using ableton loop triggers or anything of the sort so I want to be able play the wobble bass with enough facility to play any idea I can think of, just as I can do with any other instrument I play.

I have a system figured out by using envelopes triggered by a touchpad and altering the parameters of the envelope using the position on the X/Y axis. I'd go into further detail on it, but the specifics don't really matter. I just wanted to tell you guys about this so you guys know what I'm going for and what I'm trying to accomplish and why.

I have everything figured out conceptually with how I would build the patch in PD which wouldn't be difficult, but connecting PD and NI Massive is the hard/confusing part since the knobs in Massive aren't really midi cc's (or if they do I do not know how I can find out what they are labelled as). I want to know how I can send control data out of PD and have that data control a knob on NI Massive (like a macro knob or a filter cut-off).

So I've tried to figure it out by just searching and searching through the recesses of google searching and through this forum, but to no avail.

I was wondering if any of you could give me advice on how to do this or what I need to do to get PD and NI Massive to communicate effectively.

Any and all help is greatly appreciate. Thank you in advance!

I just loaded the latest Massive Demo.
It took me 10 s to find the Midilearn
Just right click a button, choose midilearn, and use a [slider]->[ctlout] in PD and your are done.
(standanlone on win7 and midiyoke)

Thank you so much! I thought it was just me being a dumbass. So when you move the slider in PD it responds to midi learn? I knew about midilearn, but I didn't know it worked that way. I thought midilearn only reacted to physical controllers.

@rwickline11 said:

Thank you so much! I thought it was just me being a dumbass. So when you move the slider in PD it responds to midi learn? I knew about midilearn, but I didn't know it worked that way. I thought midilearn only reacted to physical controllers.

Yes, if your midi setup is right!
In my case, I use a virtual midi driver (midiyoke) to link these two programs:
In PD Midiyoke1 as midiout device and
in Massive Midiyoke1 as input device.
Now you can use the PD midi objects like [noteout], [ctlout]... to control your synth.

Cool! Yeah once I saw your response I went right to massive to try it out with just a [v-slider] -> [ctlout] and it worked immediately. I can't describe the relief haha! Thanks a lot!

Cool! Yeah once I saw your response I went right to massive to try it out with just a [v-slider] -> [ctlout] and it worked immediately. I can't describe the relief haha! Thanks a lot!

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