launch currently selected clip with a midi controller?

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Sonarcade
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launch currently selected clip with a midi controller?

Post by Sonarcade » Fri Aug 20, 2010 11:51 pm

I realize that what I may be asking something very basic and at the heart of using Live as an instrument, but I was looking for a way to trigger clips without having to assign a button or key on my midi controller to each clip or scene I had interest in triggering. I'm familiar with the scene select option as well as the scene up/down ones that are only available when mapping midi settings, but find that I may need a way to navigate from channel/track to channel/track as well as record clips on the fly at the push of a button. If I could also get help in locating a similarly universal solution to the arm button (that is, a way to arm tracks without having to assign a button /key per track I'd like to arm), that would be much appreciated.
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Re: launch currently selected clip with a midi controller?

Post by 0fps » Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:23 am

Get LAUNCHPad or even better for studio APC 40 or 20. Don't really know other way.
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Re: launch currently selected clip with a midi controller?

Post by Sonarcade » Sat Aug 21, 2010 9:11 pm

if the features I'm asking about are available on a launchpad or the apcs, I figure it would then be a matter of finding out how it works on either of these controllers to apply that principle onto other midi controllers such as my novation x-station.
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Re: launch currently selected clip with a midi controller?

Post by anatoxic » Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:02 am

Sonarcade wrote:if the features I'm asking about are available on a launchpad or the apcs, I figure it would then be a matter of finding out how it works on either of these controllers to apply that principle onto other midi controllers such as my novation x-station.
No, these controllers are specially made for Ableton Live, they're not really MIDI-Controllers, although they can be set up as one.
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