I asked the question of how to do this on the LMMS sub at Reddit (no offense to y'all, it just seems to get more eyes over there) but after about 10 minutes of experimenting I was able to come up with a solution on my own using VeSTige and I thought this might be helpful to other LMMS users some of those over at Reddit asked how I did it since I just marked it 'solved,' so I thought the community might benefit also.įor context, I'm using this Fore USB-MIDI cable with discrete MIDI IN and OUT connections it has a USB2 connection that branches to MIDI IN and OUT plugs downstream of the control module on the cable: I had the thought that it'd be good if I could control the Ensoniq from LMMS since I would most likely be writing the drum track and synth lead there with plugins and needed everything to sync, and since we're planning on playing live at some point (some tracks of which I also have a guitar and vocal track on) I'll somehow need to be able to accomplish all this using only the two hands I was born with.

I was collaborating with my guitarist friend last weekend, and he played a cool chord progression that sounded nice with some pads that I played under it with an Ensoniq SQ-80. I tend to be a little verbose, so here's the background: I've acquired a couple hard synths since lockdowns started and so have been composing with those as well as with VSTs in LMMS.

Pardon if this has been done before, I did a quick search and didn't see anything on this specifically, but correct me if I'm wrong and if there's a better way, let me know that too!

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