list of MIDI controls for VITA instruments?

psychojosh13 wrote on 4/14/2025, 8:08 AM

I'm running Samplitude Studio 2023, using several of the VITA instrument plug-ins that came with it, and I'm trying to use automation to change some of the sounds during the song. However, when I set up an automation curve and I want to select which parameter it's controlling, I get stuck - instead of a list of controls that I can understand, all of the VITA instruments just give a list of VITA #0, VITA #1, VITA #2, etc. This is the same whether I am selecting the VITA synthesizer or any of the VITA solo instruments. Other synths that came installed with Samplitude don't do this - for example, if I open up the DN-e synth and set up an automation curve, the menu lets me select controls such as "Glide," "Amp Env Attack," "Reverb Type," and so on. Very clearly labeled, I know exactly what I'm getting, this is how it should be. Since the VITA instruments do not have this clear labeling, is there at least somewhere I can get a written list of which number controls which parameter, without having to waste hours playing guess-and-check with 128 options for each individual instrument?

(and yes, I'm aware that I can right-click and then select "MIDI learn" or "host learn," but this has given me inconsistent results - for one instrument it did help me figure out which one I wanted, but for another it gave me different answers for clicking on the same control two different times, and neither of those was actually the right one for the control I wanted)

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SP. wrote on 4/14/2025, 8:56 AM

@psychojosh13 Hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and click on a VST GUI control. This will automatically create an automation curve for the clicked control.

Vita Instruments are based on the Independence Sampler VST, which has 128 manually assignable MIDI controls. I don't think it's possible to map controls in Vita Instruments, as you don't have complete control over the user interface, unlike the Independence Sampler.

psychojosh13 wrote on 4/14/2025, 10:53 AM

Thanks @SP. That did create an automation curve but it still didn't seem to be linked to anything. However, I was able to solve the problem from there. I'll share here in case anyone else is dealing with the same thing:

It seems like none of the parameters are actually assigned to a control number by default. When I right-clicked on whatever control I wanted in the GUI, I could go to "Host Ctrl #" and then assign it to any number available. If I then selected that same number for the automation curve, it worked as intended.