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1. NO,
2. NO,

asking the same question in different posts will get you the same answer.

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I'm sure Ableton has factored in the many people that need this and made a decision based on the figures involved.

Not everything is easy to add just because another DAW does it, go and use that DAW and enjoy yourself making music would be the best bet.

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Which version of Live, which version of MaxforLive?

Download the latest versions and retest, come back here if still an issue.

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I've let Nandor, one of our developers, know as this seems right up his street of expertise...

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What did it have to do with Ableton Live??

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That sort of thing gets into the "Very complicated - Niche request" area unfortunately, wouldn't be worth the development cost for the return on sales I'm afraid.

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Push 3 doesn't take one of them now so thats a small relief.

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You would need to write it into the Control Surface, it's not MIDI Mappable.

You can do it from the Push.

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Can't see the picture, but yes you can use MaxforLive to grab the controls of a control surface and then create your own functionality.

Is it easy? No...
Are there devices out there? Not many...
Am I wasting my time? More than likely...

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Place them in an effects rack and have them on separate chains, then midi map the chain selector.

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No.

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Its under look / feel within your preferences...

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christophe79 wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:48 pm

>S4racen : Yes you could via Max
Do you have a suggestion for a M4L in this case ?

You'd need to elaborate on your full use case, if you can address the list of items I've given in my previous posts.

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simple and excellent advice. Exactly! I would also define at the start what choices do you want, is it just to have a single button that launches the currently selected scene (probably the easiest) or do you want to sync it with a control surface and it's ring focus box (a whole world of new undocu...

Yes you could via Max... to make your life easier I would advise making the track that's not going to be triggered consistent all the way through your live set.

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