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Need help setting up midi in ableton, very confused
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segment 7
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Posted : Feb 15, 2009 17:56:51
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Basically i bought my first midi controller about a month ago (novation x- station). I've never used any hardware before so have no idea how it all works. I'm on a mac btw.
The problem:
When using it in ableton, it receives midi signals (the little square in the top right flashes) when i move faders etc, and the keyboard plays notes happily, however when i go on to the midi mapping mode and try to assign a fader to a track volume for instance nothing happens. I've tried everything i can think of but as i say i have no experience whatsoever (neither do any of my friends) so i could easily be doing something wrong. Also, to make it more confusing, when i run novation bass station plugin, the midi controller happily moves faders on the plugin.
Can anyone tell me if they've had this problem/ what they did to fix it? Or am i just doing something wrong? As far as i can tell it's all set up fine. I'm running it through the USB port, could this be the problem, do i need a midi interface?
Any and all help appreciated,
Ben
  Projection makes perception. The world is what you gave it, nothing more than that. It is a witness to your state of mind, the outside picture of an inward condition. As a man thinketh, so does he perceive- Anonymous
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shellbound
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Posted : Feb 15, 2009 19:02
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go to Options -> Preferences and under Midi Sync check what you have for your Midi Ports. there are three things you can turn on for your midi inputs: Track, Sync, and Remote. my guess is that Track is on, but Remote is off. |
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segment 7
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Posted : Feb 15, 2009 20:10
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Septa i love you ha!!!  I swear i tried that, oh well.
I swear everytime something goes wrong it's something incredibly simple haha.
Thankyou hugely.
Ben
Projection makes perception. The world is what you gave it, nothing more than that. It is a witness to your state of mind, the outside picture of an inward condition. As a man thinketh, so does he perceive- Anonymous
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