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  Information for Using a MIDI Controller with Ableton Live

  
  

  Go to the Help View in Live (located under the help menu)

  
  

  Click the "MIDI Hardware" link under "Setup" in the help view

  
  

  Information is also located in the Live Manual  Chapter 25 "MIDI and Key Remote Control" p. 458

  
  

   

  
  

  Setting Up a MIDI Controller to Use with Live

  
  

  - Once the MIDI Controller is plugged into the computer open the Live preferences and the MIDI tab

  
  

  - Once the controller is recognized (if it is supported by Live) it should map automatically to the 16 pads visible in a drum rack

  
  

  - If the pads do not map correctly try the following:

  
  

  - Check to make sure you are on the default preset (usually preset #1)

  
  

  - If this does not work check the documentation of the controller and look up how to carry out a "preset dump"

  
  

  - Go to the MIDI preference tab and click the dump button located next to the controller

  
  

  - As you scroll up and down the octaves of the pads within the drum rack the controller should trigger the pads that are visible

  
  

  Ways to view MIDI assignment information

  
  

  - After loading a drum kit into a MIDI track click on the small "show/hide chain list" button located on the left side of the device

  
  

  - Then click the "show/hide input/output selection" button located under the "A" on the left side of the device. (alternatively you can click the "In-Out" option under the main "view" drop down menu)

  
  

  - The "Receive" or  MIDI pitch that triggers a particular instrument sound is now displayed in the "chain" box of the device. 

  
  

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  - Click the MIDI Map Mode Switch button located at the top right of Live (in between "key" button and CPU load meter represented by a percentage sign and number in a rectangle.

  
  

  - Then click the Mapping Browser button that appears on the very lefthand side of Live under the other icons that open up browsers

  
  

  - The MIDI mappings browswer will open and you can view and change the note/Control information

  
  

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  - After loading a drum kit into a MIDI track right click on the title of the MIDI track in Session view and click the "show chains" option at the bottom of the drop down menu

  
  

  - This opens a seperate track for each sound loaded into your drum set/rack

  
  

  - You can find the "Recv./Play" information under the clips in the track

  
  

  - The "MIDI in" pitch can be viewed and changed by using the drop down menu in the "MIDI In" rectangle  You may also need to click the "In-Out" option is selected under the main "view" drop down menu.

  
  

  Manually setting up a MIDI Controller to use with Live

  
  

  Changing software parameters
  

  
  

  - Use the above information to check the MIDI "note in" or "receive" that triggers a sound and then chanage it

  
  

  Changing hardware parameters

  
  

  - Use MIDI controller editing software to remap the MIDI notes each pad is set to use to trigger sounds within Live

  
  

  For example if the first pad is set to trigger "C1" then change it to "C3" or any other note that you wish to have it trigger.

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  Additional tutorials can be located using the tags: abletonlive midi controller 

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><p><strong>Information for Using a MIDI Controller with Ableton Live</strong></p> <br /> <p>Go to the Help View in Live (located under the help menu)</p> <br /> <p>Click the "MIDI Hardware" link under "Setup" in the help view</p> <br /> <p>Information is also located in the Live Manual  Chapter 25 "MIDI and Key Remote Control" p. 458</p> <br /> <p> </p> <br /> <p><strong>Setting Up a MIDI Controller to Use with Live</strong></p> <br /> <p>- Once the MIDI Controller is plugged into the computer open the Live preferences and the MIDI tab</p> <br /> <p>- Once the controller is recognized (if it is supported by Live) it should map automatically to the 16 pads visible in a drum rack</p> <br /> <p>- If the pads do not map correctly try the following:</p> <br /> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Check to make sure you are on the default preset (usually preset #1)</p> <br /> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">- If this does not work check the documentation of the controller and look up how to carry out a "preset dump"</p> <br /> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Go to the MIDI preference tab and click the dump button located next to the controller</p> <br /> <p>- As you scroll up and down the octaves of the pads within the drum rack the controller should trigger the pads that are visible</p> <br /> <p><strong>Ways to view MIDI assignment information</strong></p> <br /> <p>- After loading a drum kit into a MIDI track click on the small "show/hide chain list" button located on the left side of the device</p> <br /> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Then click the "show/hide input/output selection" button located under the "A" on the left side of the device. (alternatively you can click the "In-Out" option under the main "view" drop down menu)</p> <br /> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">- The "Receive" or  MIDI pitch that triggers a particular instrument sound is now displayed in the "chain" box of the device. </p> <br /> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>or</strong></p> <br /> <p>- Click the MIDI Map Mode Switch button located at the top right of Live (in between "key" button and CPU load meter represented by a percentage sign and number in a rectangle.</p> <br /> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Then click the Mapping Browser button that appears on the very lefthand side of Live under the other icons that open up browsers</p> <br /> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">- The MIDI mappings browswer will open and you can view and change the note/Control information</p> <br /> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>or</strong></p> <br /> <p>- After loading a drum kit into a MIDI track right click on the title of the MIDI track in Session view and click the "show chains" option at the bottom of the drop down menu</p> <br /> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">- This opens a seperate track for each sound loaded into your drum set/rack</p> <br /> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">- You can find the "Recv./Play" information under the clips in the track</p> <br /> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">- The "MIDI in" pitch can be viewed and changed by using the drop down menu in the "MIDI In" rectangle  You may also need to click the "In-Out" option is selected under the main "view" drop down menu.</p> <br /> <p><strong>Manually setting up a MIDI Controller to use with Live</strong></p> <br /> <p><strong>Changing software parameters<br /></strong></p> <br /> <p>- Use the above information to check the MIDI "note in" or "receive" that triggers a sound and then chanage it</p> <br /> <p><strong>Changing hardware parameters</strong></p> <br /> <p>- Use MIDI controller editing software to remap the MIDI notes each pad is set to use to trigger sounds within Live</p> <br /> <p>For example if the first pad is set to trigger "C1" then change it to "C3" or any other note that you wish to have it trigger.</p> <br /> <p> </p> <br /> <p> </p> <br /> <p><em>Additional tutorials</em> can be located using the tags: abletonlive midi controller </p></div>

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