# 25. Controlling UVI Workstation, Omnisphere by enabling Host Automation

<div dir="ltr" id="bkmrk-the-way-the-mp-contr">The way the MP Controller works is by controlling automatable parameters of a third party plugin.</div><div id="bkmrk-these-are-the-parame">These are the parameters that can be automated in the DAW.</div><div id="bkmrk-"></div><div id="bkmrk-typically%2C-all-param">Typically, all parameters of a plugin are automatable (or at least the most)</div><div id="bkmrk-this-is-a-bidirectio">This is a bidirectional communication method and instant. Much better than just sending CC Messages.</div><div id="bkmrk--1">  
</div><div dir="ltr" id="bkmrk-uvi-workstation-and-">UVI Workstation and Omnisphere plugins require that you enable **host automation** in the plugin in order to automate parameters in the DAW, hence control parameters with the MP Controller.</div><div id="bkmrk-see-this-guide%3A">See this guide:</div><div dir="ltr" id="bkmrk-https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.uvi.">[https://support.uvi.net/hc/en-us/articles/360002133277-Automation-in-UVI-Workstation](https://support.uvi.net/hc/en-us/articles/360002133277-Automation-in-UVI-Workstation)</div><div dir="ltr" id="bkmrk--2">  
</div>##### Link Parameters

To enable Host Automation right click on the parameter you want to link and choose **Enable Host Automation**.

Click on LINK button on the MP Host. Click on the encoder you want to link and click on the parameter again to link it.

[![Host_automation_Omnisphere.gif](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/obOpLPMyPjjBC9OC-host-automation-omnisphere.gif)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/obOpLPMyPjjBC9OC-host-automation-omnisphere.gif)

<p class="callout warning">To avoid getting conflicting MIDI CC incoming messages, it is a good practice at first to clear all MIDI assignments in Omnisphere **(note that this clears automated parameters assignments as well, save as template if you want to keep your assignments).   
Additionally, note that as of Omnisphere V3.0.2 the AU version of omnisphere does not report the units of the automatable parameters and it was reported to Spectrasonics so it may be fixed soon. You can use any Omnisphere type (VST2/3/AU) in the MP Host.** [![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/96T3mYIRYl2uqsrO-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/96T3mYIRYl2uqsrO-image.png)</p>

[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/HtDNwvFMsHyaQxWZ-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/HtDNwvFMsHyaQxWZ-image.png)

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##### Using our premade template

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Omnisphere has thousants of parameters and a limit to control only 512 parameters per instance. Therefore, we adjusted our template accordingly. The template has mapped 415 parameters so you can link more as you go but do not exceed 512. You can use "Show Current Assignments" from the Omnisphere menu as shown above to see which and how many parameters are enabled for automation.</span>

<p class="callout warning"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To use our template update to Omnisphere 3.0.2. AU does not report automatable parameter units as of this version and this was reported to Spectrasonics to fix it. VST2/3 report the units.</span></p>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How to use our template:</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You need to do this process once. </span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here</span>](https://youtu.be/kSUX4SvaMVA)<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is an overview video that shows the following process.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Download the template from **[here](https://mpmidi.com/utilities/omnisphere/OmnisphereV3_MP_Controller.midiLrn.zip)** (same for Mac and Windows, all DAWs - it is an Omnisphere *.midiLrn* file).</span>

<p class="callout success"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Install our latest MP Host Beta version prior to using the template for best coloring/grouping of parameters </span></p>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Extract the zip contents to your Omnisphere STEAM folder: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">/STEAM/Omnisphere/Settings Library/Presets/MIDI Learn/</span>

<p class="callout info"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For STEAM folder locations see the</span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Omnisphere manual</span>](https://support.spectrasonics.net/manual/Omnisphere3/30/en/topic/get-started-page04?q=steam)</p>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Load the MP Host Instrument plugin (Single or Multi) in your DAW</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Right click on the controller window and disable Automap:</span>

[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/dPKKwk9qW3WAC8iU-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/dPKKwk9qW3WAC8iU-image.png)

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then load Omnisphere from the Plugin List (anyone from AU,VST2/3)</span>

[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/KE6YuHsTMhG7q4QQ-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/KE6YuHsTMhG7q4QQ-image.png)

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clear all MIDI assignments and automation ids in Omnisphere.</span>

[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/KjHmVs5ni748pbaU-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/KjHmVs5ni748pbaU-image.png)

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then from the same menu choose Load Template</span>

[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/r7s7Rz2ksxZ58Rtw-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/r7s7Rz2ksxZ58Rtw-image.png)

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The file dialog will open and you will see the Omnisphere template you copied from the zip.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Choose </span>[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/w9jLACv4Uriz0V0y-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/w9jLACv4Uriz0V0y-image.png)

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From the Menu, choose Save as Default Multi</span>

[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/q2En3AwrgcIRLoId-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/q2En3AwrgcIRLoId-image.png)

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, right click again on the controller's empty area and from the right click menu, enable Automap again.</span>

[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/UoAGLDuRCNIffmnG-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/UoAGLDuRCNIffmnG-image.png)

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then again from the right click menu, Remove Plugin.</span>

[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/7fw7wTBNa1vFz1dp-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/7fw7wTBNa1vFz1dp-image.png)

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now load Omnisphere again from the Plugin List</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You will see the parameters linked and ready to be controlled. There are 9 pages of parameters linked, grouped by color.</span>

[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/8cQUGuasSbOdhQN2-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/8cQUGuasSbOdhQN2-image.png)

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Moving any parameter with the mouse will cause the linked encoder to blink. If the encoder is on another page, it will go automatically to the other page.</span>

**Optional:** You can rename the pages by right clicking on the page title and save your preset

[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/q1y4hR9OKOqxJe0M-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/q1y4hR9OKOqxJe0M-image.png)

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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Other Omnisphere V3 templates (OPTIONAL)</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have created additional templates for each part. These have more parameters linked per part. You need to load a different template to control a different part (1 - 8) of Omnisphere. </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Download from [here](https://mpmidi.com/utilities/omnisphere/Omnisphere_V3_Optional_Control_Templates.zip)</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For example, to control Part 2, load MP PART2.midiLrn in Omnisphere as shown above.</span>

<p class="callout danger"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Note that when you load a different template any existing automation will be replaced by the parameter that matches in the loaded template. Therefore these templates are best to use for sound design and live performance.</span></p>

[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/tdHut0oi8VsgZ8k1-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/tdHut0oi8VsgZ8k1-image.png)

[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/qv3FGXGHUzD2hVBT-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/qv3FGXGHUzD2hVBT-image.png)

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pages 6, 7, 8 control global parameters.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can save this as an MP Host preset and load it from Favorites or the Preset List.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This template now controls Part 1 of Omnisphere. You can edit the linked parameters (unlink, replace with other etc, link parameters from the FX section that we have not linked)</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To control Part 2 - 8, load the corresponding template and the parameters will be automatically updated.</span>

[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/aeEOsKJsFyOzgshT-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/aeEOsKJsFyOzgshT-image.png)

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Select Part 2 in Omnisphere and load the MP PART2 template.</span>

[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/jhfviQMNeXY31RiV-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/jhfviQMNeXY31RiV-image.png)

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All parameters now begin with "2"</span>

[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/SaUlQZPdsNdkpTT2-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/SaUlQZPdsNdkpTT2-image.png)

[![image.png](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/LEVoN8Bz0W8CdwZk-image.png)](https://kb.mpmidi.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/LEVoN8Bz0W8CdwZk-image.png)

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>