4. The MP Host Plugins
The MP Host plugins are the plugins that host third party plugins and connect directly with the MP Controller hardware.
1. Instrument and Audio FX MP Host plugins
The MP Controller hardware communicates directly with the MP Host plugin, not with the DAW. That...
2. DAW MIDI Settings
IMPORTANT: Go in your DAW settings and remove the MP Midi controller C1-xMP1 (midi hardware) from...
3. MP Host properties and config files
The MPH stores its configuration, preset files and preset background image files in the MP Host f...
4. Show Preset Folder - Go to the MP/Host properties folder
To open the ~/MP/Host folder in Windows file explorer or the MacOS Finder: 1. Load the MP Host p...
5. Finding your existing third party plugins
Load up the MP Host Single FX plugin and click on the Controller Icon button. The window of t...
6. Linking Parameters and Options
There are 3 methods to link parameters. See video Automatic Mapping Note that in version v...
7. Automation in the DAW
Single MPH Automation The MP Single Host reports the parameter names of the hosted plugin (ie Cu...
8. Side Chaining
You can use side chain in the Single and Multi FX Hosts. Instrument hosts do not accept side chai...
9. MP Host Presets
There are 3 preset types in the MP Host plugin (MPH): Single Host presets (MPH Presets) ...
10. MP Host Favorites
MPH Favorites The Favorites screen has placeholders for favorite plugins, so that they can be lo...
11. Encoder Options
Encoder Resolution and M-P-R Options Each encoder has a number of options and these become visib...
12. The MP Multi Host
Plugin holders in the Multi Host To open a plugin on the controller monitor click on the area on...
13. Background Images and Encoder Colors
Background Images You can load background images to each page of the MPH. You can drag and drop ...
14. M-Plugins on the Mac
Generate M-Plugins as Audio Units on the Mac This feature is only available when loading MPH Sin...
15. Plugins with external VST3 AU Presets
Some vendors create their plugin presets as .vstpreset files for VST3 or AU plugins. One such exa...
16. How to Reset the MP Host Plugin
All the settings and scanned plugins references are stored in the host.properties text file locat...
17. Windows Unified Option
This option can be accessed from the right click menu. When it is unchecked (default), the host...
18. Hiding the controller window and moving the hosted plugin
These options is available via the right click menu. This is particularly useful when working ...
19. MP Gain Utility
The MP Gain Utility plugin enables you to control the +/- gain on your tracks from the MP Contro...
20. Audiogridder - MP Host: AG-MPH Guide
Audiogridder - MP Host Integrated Guide The Audiogridder project is an open sourc...
21. Activating the MP Controller on other computers
You will need to generate a new mph.license file if you plan to use the MP Host on another comput...
22. Get the mph.license from the user portal
Open the /MP/Host folder as shown here and upload your hardware.id file in the user portal The h...
23. Receiving update notifications for the MP Host plugin
As many tend to keep their studio computers offline or behind firewalls, this would prohibit our ...
24. Best Practice recommendation
MP Controller transforms your third party plugins into a hardware console so that you can control...
25. Controlling UVI Workstation, Omnisphere by enabling Host Automation
The way the MP Controller works is by controlling automatable parameters of a third party plugin....
26. Controlling Steinberg plugins such as Halion, Padshop and Retrologue
You may find that when linking some encoders on parameters of Steinberg plugins may seem stuck or...
27. Windows - Transferring the keyboard focus on the DAW
In the April 2025 update, v1.7-f4941c72--H2025-04-22--B2025-04-22, we have introduced an automate...
28. Mac OS - Transferring the keyboard focus on the DAW
In the April 2025 update, v1.7-f4941c72--H2025-04-22--B2025-04-22, we have introduced an automate...
29. Mac OS - Running one DAW in Rosetta and another DAW in ARM mode
In case you run one DAW under Rosetta and another in ARM, this will result in the DAW that runs s...
30. Switching a track in Ableton Live does not open the last MP Host
When you have the option to auto-hide plugins in Ableton Live, switching a track hides the sm...
31. Loading the MP Host with one click as an Ableton preset in Ableton Live
Additional to the MPH presets and Favorites, you can save the MP Host, while having hosted the th...
32. Mac - Right click with Magic Mouse does not show pop up menu in the Favorites Window
There were reported cases where some versions of the Magic mouse would not show the right click m...
33. Link Groups
You can link multiple parameters with the Link Groups method. See video If the plugin displays ...
34. Switching to other Plugins via the Plugin Panel
The Plugin Panel is part of the Beta update v1.7-dbe3ca3c--H2024-06-14--B2024-06-14 or later vers...
36. Run UAD Luna on Windows
On Windows, MIDI drivers are exclusive per application. UAD Luna consumes all available MIDI devi...
37. Transferring the mouse pointer to the DAW display
Mouse Back Option If you right click on the controller window, in the menu, there is the option ...
38. Opening and closing the MP Host via MIDI CC
In update MPH Beta v1.7-c7f4c2bb--H2024-07-10--B2024-07-10 we enabled the opening and closing of ...
39. Using the Multi host plugin in Bitwig
Bitwig uses a sandbox process to host plugins. If you remove the last MP Multi host plugin and tr...
40. Sending MIDI notes from the MP Host
In the July 2024 update (Beta MPH v1.7-91f44c9b--H2024-07-20--B2024-07-20) we introduced the abil...
41. Plugins appearing magnified and missing parts of their UI
If you load plugins in the MP Host and part of the plugin UI is missing because it looks bigger i...