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Originally posted by alphaDelta I had a little search and couldn't find anything in the forums before someone replies with a link to the 'How To: Pitch Bend in FLStudio' topic Pitch bend is something I rarely use but the fact that I cant do it just annoys me!! There must be a way to automate the parameter somehow to affect a VSTi like, say Pro-53? So if I wanted a big fat synth chord to bend down one octave over 1 bar, how would I execute this in FL Studio? The slide in Piano Roll works on a few standard FL Synths but is there a way to do this to VSTi's??......

The only way I know of doing it is by using the synth itself by automating the tune knob or setting a really long portamento time for the duration of the change. Don't know how you can do that with a chord though, cuz all midi information is sent to the same vst.

I guess the only thing you can do is try the portamento method and hope the writers of the vst took chord sliding into account.

There's also after affects... it's used when you change pressure on a midi keyboard. You might check to see if somehow you can apply those to pitch. Also look at FLs midi out plug. You can patch it to vsts using the port number assinment on the top right of the MIDI out and top right of the VST wrapper box.

You might be able to automate the midi out controls to simplify pitch bending... then again the piano roll might do the same thing.

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Thanks a lot pal, im not too familiar with the midi out channel but it cant be too hard to figure out.. Ive actually been playing around with the pitch and tune parameters and have indirectly come up with some peachy little melo's!..

It seems strange tho - dont you think? - that such a traditional technique can be so hard in modern sequencers such as FL.. Im sure there will be a way to configure the portamento controller number of the vst to something..

Cheers mate

What i've done in the past is automate the pitch knob. I dont know for sure that this works for Pro 53, but try it. You can fiddle with that knob, then click the button in the top left corner of the VST window. Select 'Last Tweaked Parameter' and create an automation clip. Then just put the automation clip below the section you want the bend in. If you dont know how to use automation clips check out the tutorials on flstudio.com Not sure if you knew how to do that, but maybe it will help you.

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Originally posted by alphaDelta Im sure there will be a way to configure the portamento controller number of the vst to something.. Cheers mate

Yah, tweak the portamento, click the icon in the top left of the vst wrapper window, go to "Last Tweaked parameter" and either "edit events" or "Create Automation clip."

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I use a fruity controler to automate the pitch knob. First I try a real time run through, then I automate it. I had never used pitch bend before, but a few weeks ago I wanted to use it in a track. Set the numbers by the pitch bend way up high, I forget what that's called, so you can bend a whole or half step. I set the control up so it works like a pitch bend on a midi keyboard.