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2. DAW MIDI Settings

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

IMPORTANT: Go in your DAW settings and remove the MP Midi controller C1-xMP1 (midi hardware) from being used. If you don’t do this step, the controller will not be able to communicate with the MPH plugin. This applies to Mac and Windows DAWs.  Here is how to ...

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3. MP Host properties and config files

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

The MPH stores its configuration, preset files and preset background image files in the MP Host folder. Windows: C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\MP\Host (Type %appdata% in the explorer's address bar and press enter, then navigate to folder MP) Mac: /Users/U...

4. Show Preset Folder - Go to the MP/Host properties folder

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

To open the ~/MP/Host folder in Windows file explorer or the MacOS Finder: 1. Load the MP Host plugin in your DAW and open it 2. Right-Click on the MP Host window empty area and navigate to "Presets/Show Preset Folder" See video here  

5. Finding your existing third party plugins

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

Load up the MP Host Single FX plugin and click on the Controller Icon button.  The window of the MP Host plugin will open. Right click on the empty area.  Click on the PLUGIN LIST button. The first time you do this, it will display a message that MPH is...

6. Linking Parameters and Options

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

There are 3 methods to link parameters. See video   Automatic Mapping Note that in version v1.7-d8422138--H2025-04-19--B2025-04-19 we have introduced the Auto Map function, which links all the parameters of a plugin upon loading the plugin from the plugin...

7. Automation in the DAW

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

Single MPH Automation The MP Single Host reports the parameter names of the hosted plugin (ie Cutoff, Resonance etc). The parameters to be automated need to be linked on encoders so that they can be reported to the DAW. In Ableton Live, you click on Configur...

8. Side Chaining

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

You can use side chain in the Single and Multi FX Hosts. Instrument hosts do not accept side chain signal. To side chain, send the side chain signal on the MP Host from your DAW as you would normally do with any plugin. Then enable the side chain feature on ...

9. MP Host Presets

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

There are 3 preset types in the MP Host plugin (MPH): Single Host presets (MPH Presets) Multi Host presets (Multi Presets) MPH Link presets Loading a third party plugin from the Plugin List menu in the MP Host plugin, will not load the link...

10. MP Host Favorites

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

MPH Favorites The Favorites screen has placeholders for favorite plugins, so that they can be loaded instantly using the touch function or mouse click.  For every placeholder, an image can be selected to be displayed and an MPH preset. Clicking on touching o...

11. Encoder Options

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

Encoder Resolution and M-P-R Options Each encoder has a number of options and these become visible by each MPH encoder when the M-P-R checkbox is checked. Each encoder has two working modes, Absolute and Relative.  Absolute mode is activated if Abs checkbox...

12. The MP Multi Host

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

Plugin holders in the Multi Host To open a plugin on the controller monitor click on the area on and around the lcd screen on the plugin holder. The lcd area will display the name of the third party plugin loaded. If you save an MPH xml preset, then it wil...

13. Background Images and Encoder Colors

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

Background Images You can load background images to each page of the MPH. You can drag and drop an image, jpg or png format to the current page you are working on, from your file explorer. The image must be of 1920 x 1080 px resolution, jpg or png. The image ...

14. M-Plugins on the Mac

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

Generate M-Plugins as Audio Units on the Mac This feature is only available when loading MPH Single host as an AU and hosting AU third party plugins. When you host an AU third plugin in an AU instance of the MPH in a new folder (which is displayed as a Categ...

15. Plugins with external VST3 AU Presets

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

Some vendors create their plugin presets as .vstpreset files for VST3 or AU plugins. One such example is Plugin Alliance plugins. When you host in the MPH such plugins, upon loading the third party plugin the MPH will search under: Mac /Users/USER/Library/Aud...

16. How to Reset the MP Host Plugin

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

All the settings and scanned plugins references are stored in the host.properties text file located in: Windows: C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\MP\Host Mac: /Users/USER/Library/Application Support/MP/Host To navigate to the host.properties file via the MP Ho...

17. Windows Unified Option

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

This option can be accessed from the right click menu.  When it is unchecked (default), the hosted plugin has its own Window instead of being embedded the MPH Window. If checked, the hosted plugin will open inside the MPH existing Window.  The default value ...

18. Hiding the controller window and moving the hosted plugin

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

These options is available via the right click menu. This is particularly useful when working on a laptop and when you don’t have the MP Controller with you. Hide Window will hide the controller’s big window and will show only the hosted plugin. The hosted...

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reposition plugin to other display
drag plugin
move plugin
show only the plugin
hide controller

19. MP Gain Utility

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

The MP Gain Utility plugin enables you to control the  +/- gain on your tracks from the MP Controller. With the MPGU plugin you can control up to 128 gain parameters. Download The MPGU can be downloaded from the user portal.The MPGU plugin can be used with...

20. Audiogridder - MP Host: AG-MPH Guide

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

          Audiogridder - MP Host Integrated Guide The Audiogridder project is an open source project that enables DSP processing of third party plugins outside the DAW. See here We have created a modified version of the Audiogridder, called AG-MPH so th...

21. Activating the MP Controller on other computers

MP Controller Documentation 4. The MP Host Plugins

You will need to generate a new mph.license file if you plan to use the MP Host on another computer, but you don’t need to enter the controller serial again. To generate a new mph license for another computer you need to upload the new hardware.id file and do...