Tone2 support forum
General Category => Icarus => Topic started by: HeinerK on November 25, 2019, 01:25:45 PM
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Dear folks,
would anyone explain how I could automate changing Icarus patches?
Right now I am using three instances of Icarus - one for each vocoder patch, but that's not very elegant I am afraid.
If the answer depends on the host - I am using Cubase 10 Pro.
Regards,
Heiner
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Hello Heiner,
i will refer to Icarus2, but it should work in the same way in Icarus 1.6.
You can change the patches with the 'Midi program change message'.
http://midi.teragonaudio.com/tech/midispec/pgm.htm
However i do not recommend using this method - no matter if you use hard- or software instruments. Doing a program change while playing back a track in real-time usually causes a cpu-spike when you use complex instruments. You might experience it as a short 'crackle' or 'dropout'.
Using several instances of the plugin is the right way to-go.
Best Regards,
Markus
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Thanks, Markus, then I'll leave everything like it is - and go on exploring ;)