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How To Set Up Obelisk in Your DAW

The document provides instructions for setting up the Obelisk MIDI plugin in various Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs). Obelisk generates MIDI but not audio, so it must be routed to a synth plugin to hear sound. Setup involves adding Obelisk and a synth as plugins, then configuring the DAW's MIDI routing so that Obelisk's output feeds into the synth as input. Specific steps are outlined for Logic X, Ableton Live, Reaper, Cubase, FL Studio, and Studio One.

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How To Set Up Obelisk in Your DAW

The document provides instructions for setting up the Obelisk MIDI plugin in various Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs). Obelisk generates MIDI but not audio, so it must be routed to a synth plugin to hear sound. Setup involves adding Obelisk and a synth as plugins, then configuring the DAW's MIDI routing so that Obelisk's output feeds into the synth as input. Specific steps are outlined for Logic X, Ableton Live, Reaper, Cubase, FL Studio, and Studio One.

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How to set up Obelisk in your DAW

Introduction
Obelisk is a plugin that generates MIDI. It does not generate any audio. Almost all DAWs
have a way to route the MIDI coming out of Obelisk into a synthesiser. However, there are a
few exceptions. ​These DAWs will not work with Obelisk: Logic 9 (or lower), Maschine,
Garage Band, Reason and Pro Tools (Obelisk is not an AAX)​.

Obelisk is available as a VST2 or an AU. You should use the VST version except if you are
using Logic X. The AU version is a special type of AU - a ​MIDI FX​ AU - only Logic X seems
to handle these.

This document guides you through how to set up Obelisk in some of the most popular
DAWS.

Set-up guides for each DAW

Logic X – Use AU
● Add a new software instrument track and pick a synth
● Open the mixer panel
● On your new synth track click the MIDI FX button and add
Obelisk

Ableton Live – Use VST


● Add Obelisk to MIDI track
● Add synth plugin to a second MIDI track
● Both tracks have to be armed. Ableton’s default settings only
let you arm one track at a time, in which case you have to
press ctrl+click on the arm recording button (command+click
on Mac)
● On the In/Out section of the second track with the synth plugin,
change the Input Type of MIDI From ‘All Ins’ to ‘Obelisk’
● Underneath Input Type is Input Channel. Change it from ‘Pre FX’ to ‘Obelisk’
Reaper – Use VST
● Add a new virtual instrument track and select
Obelisk.
● In the FX window for this track, you will see Obelisk
listed as a VSTi on the left.
● In the bottom left of this window is an Add button,
press this and select the synth you want – the
synth needs to be after Obelisk in the chain.

Cubase – Use VST


Option 1: Obelisk Routing to a Single Synth:
● Add Obelisk to the project as a VST
Instrument
● Add any other synth to the project that
you would like to control
● In the synth track’s inspector, select
Obelisk as the track’s MIDI input
● Enable “Monitor” (little speaker icon
next to Record Enable) on the synth
track
● Arm Obelisk for recording and play

Option 2: Obelisk Routing to Multiple Synths (up to 4):


● Add Obelisk to the project as a VST Instrument
● Add a MIDI track
● In the MIDI track’s inspector, select Obelisk as the track’s MIDI input
● Also in the MIDI track’s inspector under the “MIDI Sends” section, enable 1 send (up
to 4) for each synth you wish to control
● Set the MIDI Send destinations to the MIDI inputs of each synth you would like to
control
● Enable “Monitor” on the MIDI track
● Arm Obelisk for recording and play
FL Studio – Use VST
● Add Obelisk and your synth plugin to the
channel rack
● Open Obelisk, and click the gear icon in the
top left of the window
● Click the plugin settings button that appears –
see picture
● Set the ‘Output port’ to a number of your
choosing
● In your synth plugin open the same settings
GUI and set the ‘Input port’ to the number you
have chosen

Studio One – Use VST


● Add Obelisk to one track
● Add your synth to another track
● The synth track needs to be enabled for input by clicking the blue button
● Set the MIDI input of the synth track to be Obelisk

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