Controlling Start/Stop of a VST Rhythm Plugin

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I’m using the free Full Bucket Music Bucket Pops analogue drum machine plugin which is lots of fun. However, I’m unsure how to control its start & stop on a track so that I can start and stop it at various programmed points. There isn’t a dedicated MIDI control for this but the plugin’s manual suggests automating it via MIDI Learn. This doesn’t seem to work. I’d like to know how to do this; the alternative is exporting rhythm patterns as MIDI files but that’s a long way round.

I would like to have a command that starts the plugin playing its pattern and another that stops it.

Anyone got suggestions?

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Hi,

I don’t know the plug-in, but have you tried to Write the Start/Stop from the plug-in?

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This may help? If you are still unsure I could have a look and try to help further.

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Basically what @Martin.Jirsak suggested. PLAY cannot be automated, but Power can be used to switch the pattern playback on and off. In addition, the automation offers a lot of other possibilities, for example controlling volume, panning and envelopes.
Note: For playback control to work and the patterns to run in sync with Cubase tempo, SYNC has to be activated.

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Oh XD I was reading about “commands” etc, just automate the appropriate control? Simples.

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I get it. Thank you!