How to midi map the Record Arm button ??? Why oh why ?

discopimp · Post by **discopimp** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:23 pm

ok this is a strange one ... trying to do sth fairly simple: i just want to be able to switch the Arm button from a Midi controller. The problem is that the Arm button seems to be a bit different to other buttons (the Speaker On button for example) since i can't get this to work. What happens is that no matter which CC or Note i use to midi map this button .. it behaves like thi:

First Press: Arm goes on
Second Press: Arm stays on
Thrd press: Arm goes off
Fourth press: Arm stays off
Fifth Press: Arm goes on

and so on ...

With any other element i can midi map in Live it works flawlessly like a button should .. i couldn't find anything in the docs or online that explains this behavior ... what am i missing ?

rdevries · Post by **rdevries** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:39 pm

the answer is in toggle or momentary behaviour of the midicontroller.
Which midicontroller are you using?, you could be able to change the behaviour of the buttons.

discopimp · Post by **discopimp** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:04 pm

i've tried my Lemur, Oxygen49, PCR-500 and a monome ... all exibit the same behavior .. if i take the same midi controller/knob and just map it to for example the Speaker On it works without problem.

The buttons are sending the values 0 for off and 127 for on

rdevries · Post by **rdevries** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:45 pm

the record arm button behaves different from the speakerbutton, can you try sending 0 for on and 0 for off (or 127 for on and 127 for off) and see what happens?
I use a Korg nanokontrol to toggle the recordarm button. The korgkontrol editorsoftware allows me to set the behaviour of each button (toggle or momentary, and the on- and off-values).
I'm not in my studio at the moment but I know that the recordarmbutton requires a different setting from the speakerbutton.

discopimp · Post by **discopimp** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:23 pm

so i finally figured it out from a post in the lemur forum:

to get the arm button to work you have to send the values 64 and 127 not 0 and 127 or the same value

again i ask: why oh why ??? why on earth does the arm button behave differently than other buttons in live ?

loydb · Post by **loydb** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:40 pm

re: Why

Either "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," or "seemed like a good idea at the time."

How to midi map the Record Arm button ??? Why oh why ?

How to midi map the Record Arm button ??? Why oh why ?

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