7. Automation in the DAW

Single MPH Automation

Your DAW will see 128 parameters available for automation for each MPH plugin. You can automate these parameters the usual way as with any other plugin. (Ableton Live update: If you are using the AU version of the MPH you need to have one automation point before recording automation in Ableton Live, in VST3 this is not needed)

See video

Multi Host Automation

In the multiplugin, 128 parameters in total can be automated. 

However, you can set in the ENCODER OPTIONS the parameter ID to be automated. This is the number with red font on the bottom right corner in the ENCODER OPTIONS. To automate in the multiplugin, click ENCODER OPTIONS, there are 2 methods to do this.

1. The manual method

set an ID in the red box from 1 to 128, 0 means automation is disabled and it’s the default value. 

Once you set the parameter number, move the parameter so it is being recognized by the DAW (like you would normally do automation without the MPH) and that’s it. You can only use one automation ID per encoder. If you enter an automation ID number (1 to 128) that is already used you will get a pop up notifying you where that id is being used so you can use another one. When saving a multi host preset the automation IDs are not saved in the preset.

See video

2. The automated method

From the right click menu select "Set parameter ids" and it will automatically assign ids to all encoders that have been linked but don't carry an automation id. This option works per plugin slot and the ids will continue to increase from slot to slot. For example, if you have linked 4 parameters in the first slot, then it will use ids 1 to 4. On the second slot it will use ids 5 and onwards.

In the case of the Multihost, you will notice that you cannot assign an automation ID (it is greyed out) on encoders that have been linked with a parameter thas has been linked on an encoder in another page. This is done to prevent reporting the same parameter to the DAW as an automatable parameter.

For example, if you link the Attack parameter in page 1 and then link it again in page 2, you don't need to enter an automation id on the encoder in page 2. You will see that the id field is greyed out and it will use the automation id from page 1. This way we report only one time the parameter to the DAW and avoid conflicts.

For linking the same parameters in multiple pages see here

Update: In the v16-2d9a51a2--H2023-12-19--B2023-12-19 version of the MP Host, it reports the names of the plugin parameters to the DAW for automation.