S4 in midi mode as Ableton Live Controller
S4 in midi mode as Ableton Live Controller Posted on: 21.07.2011 by Matha Mearkle HiI'd love some help here. Using "shift" browse i switch my Traktor S4 into midi mode. no issue. It's ON. Ableton 8.2 is open and i switch it to midi. Blue covers all the spots. Then i twiddle a knob or move a slider on the S4 and... a big nothing. As i understand it, and maybe i missed the plot completely, what should happen is that adjusting a device, lets say the deck A volume on the S4, woud map said volume knob to what ever aspect i has selected in Ableton, lets say a macro controller i'm running bass frequency through. Nada. F-ck all. Any tips? I'm sh_tting here. Please help. Thanks | |
| Matha Mearkle 17.12.2011 |
Originally Posted by aronika
in the txt file called UserConfiguration.txt |
| Matha Mearkle 21.07.2011 | Hi I'd love some help here. Using "shift" browse i switch my Traktor S4 into midi mode. no issue. It's ON. Ableton 8.2 is open and i switch it to midi. Blue covers all the spots. Then i twiddle a knob or move a slider on the S4 and... a big nothing. As i understand it, and maybe i missed the plot completely, what should happen is that adjusting a device, lets say the deck A volume on the S4, woud map said volume knob to what ever aspect i has selected in Ableton, lets say a macro controller i'm running bass frequency through. Nada. F-ck all. Any tips? I'm sh_tting here. Please help. Thanks |
| Wanita Knudson 20.12.2011 | I had this same idea in mind. I was going to get the S4 and map it to Ableton using the softwares effects and such. I didn't realize it would be that hard. If I had gotten the controller, and tried to use it with no response, I would have been SOL! |
| Matha Mearkle 17.12.2011 | ah f8ck me... ableton now shows the s4 in orange text under input and output. plus there's nothing under midi/sync/remote... any ideas? |
| Matha Mearkle 17.12.2011 |
Originally Posted by aronika
in the txt file called UserConfiguration.txt |
| Clay Zielenski 12.12.2011 | Hi, where I can find the MIDI CC data? Thanks! Aronika |
| Matha Mearkle 21.10.2011 | mappings are individual to each track i make. what i was trying to accomplish was to be able to map macros i set up on instruments in my tracks, to the S4. it's super simple to do in Live once you get the controller recognized... but my mapping is useless to anyone else. it would be a different case if i used live to DJ... but i don't. for that i use traktor. |
| Jayna Cristofori 21.10.2011 | Care to share that map? |
| Matha Mearkle 22.07.2011 | It works! Praise the mighty beat in the sky! F_cking finally... |
| Matha Mearkle 22.07.2011 | actually i believe the issue is that Ableton has no support for "instant mapping" the S4. I found this post http://learn2produce.com/school/foru...f&action=community which says the following... Unfortunately, Ableton's supported device list for Instant Mappings does not contain every possible controller. Here is a quick tip on how to add your own unsupported controller, or customize the way your controller behaves when using Instant Mappings: 1. Go to the following directory on your computer: Mac: [Your home folder]/Library/Preferences/Ableton/[your version]/User Remote Scripts/ Windows: [Windows boot drive]/Users/ [your Username]/AppData/Roaming/Ableton/[your version]/Preferences/User Remote Scripts/ 2. You should see a UserConfiguration.txt file in this directory. This is the template that you will use to create custom controller mappings for Ableton. 3. Create a new directory under "User Remote Scripts" and name it what you want your controller named in Ableton. 4. Copy the UserConfiguration.txt file in to the new directory for your controller. (make sure to copy and not move, as you may need a clean template later.) 5. Open the UserConfiguration.txt you just copied in to the new controller directory and follow the template to specify what you want each knob/button/slider to control (You will need the MIDI CC data from each control on your controller to configure this file.) *note* defining Macro 1 - 8 is very powerful as you can place your soft synths in instrument racks and define macros for commonly used controls. (controls like: Cutoff, Resonance, Osc Pitch, modulation, Envelope settings, AMP Volume, etc.) 6. Save UserConfiguration.txt Now open Ableton and go back to the MIDI tab in preferences. If you've done everything correctly, you will now notice your custom controller name in the 6 pull downs for Instant Mappings. Once you have Ableton setup like this, you can make presets of your soft synths in Instrument Racks that have macro's predefined. This way while you are producing, you never have to stop to map your controller to record automation of a filter sweep. You just highlight the instrument rack and it instantly maps the exact parameters that you commonly use. This can save you a bunch of time not having to constantly map controls you wish to automate, and help to not interrupt your flow. Anyway, i'll give it a try and report back! |
| Matha Mearkle 21.07.2011 | @padi_04 you mean in the MIDI SYNC tab? if so, well... there's is where i'm stumped... there's no Kontrol S4 in the list... hell, not even sure if what i'm attempting is even possible. has anybody done this successfully? |
| Nedra Fresneda 21.07.2011 | Did you enable the S4 in Ableton's preferences? Make sure the option "Remote" is on. |
| Matha Mearkle 21.07.2011 | ok, i gotta map it. i believe i mentioned i switch ableton to midi and it goes blue. i refer you to this http://www.live-laptops.com/Tutorial...leton_live.php there some pics. my screen looks the same. anyway, at that url it then says - All you have to do is click on the parameter you want to assign, then move the knob, button, key or fader on the midi controller. Repeat this for each parameter you want assign. Seems not to be the case. Cause when i twiddle a knob... nothing. |
| Jacquelyn Swiatkowski 21.07.2011 | you gotta map it |
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