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Topic: Problems with Program Changes - not working

Hi,
new Pianoteq 9 user here - Stage Ed.

I run Pianoteq 9 as a VST inside of Ableton 12.3.5 on MacOS 15.5.

There's 2 problems I cannot get my head around:

1 - Midi for preset change is only received ( accepted?) on Ch 01  - sending on other channels has no effect
2 - When trying to assign program change commands to load presets: only Programm change "1" is accepted  - so it is impossible to change presets that way (?)

I use Midi Monitor to control Data send from Streamdeck, and have tried both Midi learn (Assign Midi ...) and the Options Menu with manual assignment.

Is that a bug? Or am I missing something substantial here?

Thanks for your help!

Cheers, Collin

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Re: Problems with Program Changes - not working

CollinEmber wrote:

Hi,
new Pianoteq 9 user here - Stage Ed.

I run Pianoteq 9 as a VST inside of Ableton 12.3.5 on MacOS 15.5.

There's 2 problems I cannot get my head around:

1 - Midi for preset change is only received ( accepted?) on Ch 01  - sending on other channels has no effect
2 - When trying to assign program change commands to load presets: only Programm change "1" is accepted  - so it is impossible to change presets that way (?)

I use Midi Monitor to control Data send from Streamdeck, and have tried both Midi learn (Assign Midi ...) and the Options Menu with manual assignment.

Is that a bug? Or am I missing something substantial here?

Thanks for your help!

Cheers, Collin

I don't think the issue is related to pianoteq, but it is a classical issue with Ableton. Ableton assumes by default that an instrument track is one instrument and one channel . There are probably workarounds in Ableton forums.

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Re: Problems with Program Changes - not working

CollinEmber wrote:

Hi,
new Pianoteq 9 user here - Stage Ed.

I run Pianoteq 9 as a VST inside of Ableton 12.3.5 on MacOS 15.5.

There's 2 problems I cannot get my head around:

1 - Midi for preset change is only received ( accepted?) on Ch 01  - sending on other channels has no effect
2 - When trying to assign program change commands to load presets: only Programm change "1" is accepted  - so it is impossible to change presets that way (?)

I use Midi Monitor to control Data send from Streamdeck, and have tried both Midi learn (Assign Midi ...) and the Options Menu with manual assignment.

Is that a bug? Or am I missing something substantial here?

Thanks for your help!

Cheers, Collin

I don't think the issue is related to pianoteq, but it is a classical issue with Ableton. Ableton assumes by default that an instrument track is one instrument and one channel . There are probably workarounds in Ableton forums.

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Re: Problems with Program Changes - not working

Thanks - you're right. I just checked with logic pro and the plugin is working as expected. As Ableton is my main daw - if some  fellow Ableton-Users have a solution, I'd appreciate any help.

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