PETE’S VIENNA CONTROLLER

Pete’s Vienna Controller (PVC)

I created this tool to make Vienna Instruments much easier for me to use in Logic. The PVC allows you to very quickly reassign the output type of your pitchwheel, modwheel, sustain pedal, volume pedal or wheel and notes so that all the main parameters of Vienna Instruments perform section can be quickly controlled. Other features include:

• CC1 reverser which makes 2 way vertical matrix cell switching more intuitive.
• Keyswitch to CC converter. Note ons can be converted to CC so that you can still use keyswitches, but will not get the notes showing up in your score.
• CC quantiser. For 2 way, 3 way or 4 way cell switching. This removes all the unnecessary CC data that clogs up your event list.

The PVC evolved from the MPT, an all purpose modwheel and pitchwheel controller for use in Logic. The PVC has more functions so to simplify its use I have limited the number of continuous controller types to the bare minimum I found useful to control the Vienna Instrument.

I have used either spare CC types (84 - 92) or where appropriate I have assigned the default types (e.g. CC 7 for volume, CC 11 for Expression). I have included a couple of CC types useful outside of Vienna Instruments, i.e. Volume and Pan. For more options you can use this in conjuntion with the MPT.

To get the most control from the PVC you need a MIDI keyboard with pitchwheel, modwheel, sustain pedal and volume pedal, but obviously it will still work without all of these.

To use it you just copy and paste into your Logic Environment. Full instructions are included for envirophobes. This is a public beta so please feel free to report any bugs.

Download PVC (350 KB)

This can be used in conjunction with the PVC and converts Note on velocity to CC 74 to activate the filter. So quieter notes are not as bright. All you need do is cable this to the PVC.