The desktop version of MIDI Guitar comes with VST and AudioUnit plugins which plugs into most DAWs (digital audio workstations). This integrates your guitar seamlessly into your MIDI workflow. The DAW is needed for recording the output of MIDI Guitar but also let’s you process old guitar recordings and change the instrumentation/sound of old recordings on the fly.

After copying the VST/AU to your plugin folders, MIDI Guitar should work with almost any DAW.

Since DAWs are usually complex applications with lots of options, we try to keep a list of tutorials and videos for setting up a DAW project with MIDI Guitar. Please locate your DAW below.

Ableton Live

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Ableton Live 9

IMPORTANT:
if you installed the VST, but it doesn’t show up in Live, try the following:
1) goto Live / Preferences / Plugins
2) Hit “rescan” with the “alt” key pressed. This will force Live to evaluate all plugins.
on macOS: don’t use the AU version of our plugin!

Ableton Live 8

1. In Preferences / Audio, check that Audio Input Device and Audio Output Device are correct.
2. In Preferences / Audio, check that In/Out Sample Rate is 44100
3. In Preferences / Audio, check that Buffer Size is 256 or 128 samples
4. In Preferences / File Folder, set “Use VST Plug-in System Folders” to Yes on Mac OS X and make sure the MIDI Guitar VST is found on Windows.
5. Press Tab key to access Arrangement View
6. Check menu “options”. Latency compensation should be OFF!
7. Click “I-O” button to show In/Out section
8. Click “M” button to show Mixer section
9. Make sure you have an Audio Track named “1 Audio” and a MIDI track named “2 MIDI”
10. Add MIDI Guitar VST to “1 Audio” track
11. Click “In” button on the “1 Audio track” to verify that MIDI Guitar works with your audio interface.
12. Select “1 Audio” as “Input Type” for “2 MIDI” track to redirect MIDI from MIDI Guitar to your MIDI track.
13. Arm recording for “2 MIDI” track to record MIDI from MIDI Guitar.
14. Click Record and then Play to start recording MIDI from MIDI Guitar.

Apple GarageBand

Video tutorial for GarageBand:

Apple Logic Pro X

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Apple Logic Pro X

Logic does not support routing MIDI out of AudioUnit plugins, but virtual midi works to get MIDI into Logic and is simple to setup. First, make sure you apply Logic’s low latency mode.

Recommended setup:

The best way to use MG with Logic is using the MG AudioUnit (customers only):

1. Make sure you place the MIDI Guitar 2.component in your plugins folder (typically thats /Library/audio/plugins/Components/) as described above.
2. Restart your computer so that Logic Pro will scan the new files you have installed.
3. Next, open Logic Pro on your Mac and create two tracks… The first track should be an “audio track” for the audio from your guitar. On the channel fader of this “first” track, activate Midi Guitar 2 in the audio FX slot. Make sure you don’t use any other effects before MIDI Guitar (as MIDI Guitar needs a completely dry input).
4. Now, create a second track. This new “second” track should be an “instrument track” for the “midi information” that will automatically come from the Midi Guitar 2 plugin on the first guitar track you created… These two tracks will work together!
   On the second track you created, do not call up Midi Guitar 2 in the channel fader slots.
   When you create an “instrument track” in Logic Pro, it automatically installs an instrument in a midi instrument slot… That is the instrument that will be activated and played by the midi information recorded on the track.. you can of course change it to any instrument.

The following video shows how to use MG in Logic Pro X

This video shows how to use both internal sounds and midi in a simple studio setup:

Using only the MIDI Guitar standalone:

• Instead of using the MIDI Guitar Audio Unit, you can simply run the MIDI Guitar standalone and select the MIDI Output Route: “MIDI Guitar Virtual MIDI Out”. Now “MIDI Guitar” appears in Logic as a MIDI input without any additional work. That’s it. It’s just there. This method will add a bit of latency compared to recommended approach described above.

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AVID ProTools

AVID ProTools

Since ProTools does not support VST or AU plugins you need to use MIDI Guitar standalone and a virtual midi driver. The idea is that you connect MIDI Guitar to ProTools though a virtual cable (in much the same way you would connect a physical midi keyboard controller though its software driver). Its fairly simple:

1. If you are using Windows you need a virtual midi loop driver, such as loopMidi or loopBe1 (both freeware). Mac users can skip this step as Apple operating systems already include a virtual midi standard.

2. Make sure MIDI Guitar works in standalone mode, i.e. you can play the Test Piano.

3. In MIDI Guitar select the virtual midi loop driver as MIDI Output (bottom left). On Windows that is a loopMidi/loopBe1 device. On Mac its the “MIDI Guitar Virtual MIDI Out”.

4. In ProTools, enable the same device as input. (Setup > MIDI >Input Devices > Check the box next to the MIDI Guitar loop output). Mac users just select the built in “MIDI Guitar Virtual MIDI Out”.

5. Thats it. Your guitar is now connected to ProTools, just like a midi keyboard.

Note that virtual midi is not ideal in terms of latency, although usually the impact is unnoticeable. We will consider an AAX plugin in the future.

Note for Windows users: Since most ASIO drivers only works with one application at a time you might also need a second interface.

Using BlueCat VST wrapper on MacOS

On MacOS you can use the BlueCat VST wrapper to load the AU (Audio Unit) version of our plugin. The AU will create a virtual midi port, which can be enabled for input in Protools preferences.

1. Use Blue Cat audio MB& in broadband mode with MIDI Guitar as the only plugin inserted.

3. My guitar is plugged into a DI into an input channel on my interface.

4. Go to setup/Midi input devices and make sure to select “Midi Guitar #? out”.

You’ll have to do this once every session, because you never exactly now what number the ? is..
The MIDI Guitar midi port is given a random number by MacOS.

Cakewalk Sonar

Cakewalk Sonar

Starting with Sonar X3 and any newer versions works great with MIDI Guitar:

1. Copy the MIDI Guitar plug-in to the VST folder
2. Launch SONAR. If the plug-in is no listed in the Audio FX list, run the VST scanner.
3. Create or open a project.
4. Add new audio track, set the input to a mono source (or use an existing mono track). Insert MIDI Guitar into FX bin or ProChannel. To record MIDI data from MIDI Guitar MIDI, using the VST2 drop down in the plug-in header click “Enable MIDI Output” otherwise load a synth plug-in directly into the instrument output of MIDI Guitar, enable input echo on and skip step 5.
5. Add a new synh or change the input to an existing synth to MIDI Guitar. Make sure both the MIDI Guitar audio track and the synth (Instrument or MIDI) track have input echo enabled.

Old versions of Sonar:

In older versions of Sonar (version X1, X2) there are issues with MIDI Guitar. The Sonar addressed these issues in version X3, but some have found a workaround for old versions Sonar that apparently works in X1 and X2.

( Quoted from MoreK at KVR Forum: RE Sonar X2 & MIDI Guitar )

What I missed was the MIDI Guitar pop-up menu in the Synth rack. Clicking the keyboard icon with right mouse button gives a menu with no “Enable MIDI Output” option. You have to click grey area of the synth and you’ll get a different menu with the MIDI output option.

So, to summarize the whole setup:

1. Copy VST plugin to your VST folder
2. Launch Sonar. It should automatically recognize the new plug-in and create needed registry entries (ie you should see the plug-in as an effect in Audio FX menu). If not, use Plug-in Manager to scan new plug-ins.
3. Use Cakewalk Plug-in Manager, find MIDI Guitar in Effects section and open “Plug-in Properties”. Enable “Configure as synth” option.
4. Close Sonar and use Regedit to change generateEvents key from “0” to “1” in HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareCakewalk Music SoftwareSONAR ProducerCakewalk VST X64Inventory -> MIDI Guitar
5. Launch Sonar. Add new audio track. Insert MIDI Guitar (now found in Soft Synths menu) to FX bin.
6. Go to Synth rack view. Right click grey area of the MIDI Guitar synth block and click “Enable MIDI Output”.

That’s it. Add your favourite synth to a new track and route MIDI input from MIDI Guitar, which should be visible in MIDI input menu.

Thanks again, works like a charm now.

Cockos Reaper

Cockos Reaper

Reaper 5.2

Reaper 4.2

Add MIDI Guitar as a FX plugin and click on the record field and select “Record: Output” and then “Record: MIDI Ouput”

Steinberg Cubase