can i midi-map the 'undo' function?

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can i midi-map the 'undo' function?

Post by chris_in_london » Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:06 am

seems daft, but i don't remember ever thinking of this. can i do it? not in front of live right now...

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Re: can i midi-map the 'undo' function?

Post by NPC » Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:19 am

in live you cannot. but if you take midistroke (it's free) you can easily convert any midi cc to keyboard shortcuts...right now i'm using it to have buttons for undo - duplicate - delete - left-right and it works perfectly.hope it helps
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Re: can i midi-map the 'undo' function?

Post by chapelier fou » Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:30 am

Can't it be done natively on macs ?
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Re: can i midi-map the 'undo' function?

Post by NPC » Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:03 am

chapelier fou wrote:Can't it be done natively on macs ?
don't know...the only thing that looks like that its the keyb shortcut config in osx pref panel..but that relates only to keyboard, no midi AFAIK. if someone knows it's possible please share!
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Re: can i midi-map the 'undo' function?

Post by chapelier fou » Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:28 am

By the way, max can very easily send keystrokes.
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Re: can i midi-map the 'undo' function?

Post by luzil » Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:56 am

novation automap pro probably sends via midi keystrokes to live. Midiyoke sounds interesting, but can u use this while a your controller uses its own midi software and template? Wished i had more time to get into MIDI interfacing. Seems all a little bit chaotic at a first glance

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Re: can i midi-map the 'undo' function?

Post by NPC » Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:08 pm

chapelier fou wrote:By the way, max can very easily send keystrokes.
sorry dude, but for 300 quids i will stick to midistroke.. :mrgreen:
really, y'all should try that, it made live looping much easier for me!
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Re: can i midi-map the 'undo' function?

Post by chris_in_london » Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:25 pm

i have a Nocturn, so can use that to emulate a keystroke. would prefer to use a pad/button on my MPD32 really, though...

seems crazy that live doesn't have it built in, though.

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Re: can i midi-map the 'undo' function?

Post by delicioso » Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:37 am

the only problem with midistroke is that it doesn't remember the 'source' setting so you have to set it every time you launch it which is annoying. since then i've found QuicKeys (Mac and Windows) which has become one of my all-time favorite software. It has a much more intuitive and powerful midi-to-keystroke conversion, and it stays out of view if you want it to so that it's always running in the background without taking up any cpu. It can also do all sorts of stuff like automating every aspect of your computer, including launching and quitting other apps when you launch and quit just one app. You can also map Live's menu items that don't even have keyboard shortcuts associated with it. So I have buttons on my midi controller mapped to all the Live commands I need including Freeze Track, Flatten, Slice to MIDI...etc.

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Re: can i midi-map the 'undo' function?

Post by Cryptic UK » Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:10 am

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Re: can i midi-map the 'undo' function?

Post by glitchrock-buddha » Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:49 pm

delicioso wrote:the only problem with midistroke is that it doesn't remember the 'source' setting so you have to set it every time you launch it which is annoying. since then i've found QuicKeys (Mac and Windows) which has become one of my all-time favorite software. It has a much more intuitive and powerful midi-to-keystroke conversion, and it stays out of view if you want it to so that it's always running in the background without taking up any cpu. It can also do all sorts of stuff like automating every aspect of your computer, including launching and quitting other apps when you launch and quit just one app. You can also map Live's menu items that don't even have keyboard shortcuts associated with it. So I have buttons on my midi controller mapped to all the Live commands I need including Freeze Track, Flatten, Slice to MIDI...etc.
Dude, thank you! Quickeys looks great!

I've got automap pro, but it sucks only being able to send key stroke combos via the SL in automap template. With keys it looks like you can send from anything that sends midi. Looks great. This will be very handy for deleting bad clips while looping on the fly.

Edit: 60 bucks though... Since I'll have Max4Live anyways, maybe I'll see if there's a way to do that instead.
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Re: can i midi-map the 'undo' function?

Post by forestmarchini » Tue May 07, 2013 7:33 pm

Hello, I have a question.

I've been using MidiStroke with Ableton just fine, but I can't get Midistroke to send any key commands that require the use of the Command key. For example, I can't get it to do cmd-z for undo. I don't get it!!

Thanks, Forest

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Re: can i midi-map the 'undo' function?

Post by Scoox » Thu Aug 22, 2019 8:10 am

Bitwig can do this

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Re: can i midi-map the 'undo' function?

Post by S4racen » Thu Aug 22, 2019 5:17 pm

Scoox wrote:
Thu Aug 22, 2019 8:10 am
Bitwig can do this
And your point is?

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