Per-song MIDI mappings for an extra controller — best practices / plugins?

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pistacchioso
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Per-song MIDI mappings for an extra controller — best practices / plugins?

Post by pistacchioso » Tue Apr 14, 2026 1:21 pm

Hi,

I'm setting up a live performance in Live using Session View. All songs are in the same project, with audio/MIDI clips organised across scenes
(e.g., Song 1 = scenes 1–5, Song 2 = scenes 6–11, etc.).

My current controller setup:
- Novation Launchpad — clip launching / navigation
- Korg nanoKONTROL — a small USB MIDI controller with faders, knobs, and transport buttons — used for mute, solo, and volume

I'd like to add an extra MIDI controller (in my case a Korg nanoKEY) to the setup, but with different mappings per song.

For example, when I'm in the first song, I want the controller's keys to play a certain synth loaded on Track 9, the first knob to control a
reverb size somewhere in the chain, and the second knob to control the decay parameter of a synth.

But when I switch to the second song, the same keys should play a different synth loaded on Track 10, and the knobs should control completely
different parameters — say, the cutoff and resonance of a filter on another synth.

I know that some of this can probably be achieved with Instrument/Effect Racks and Chain Selectors, but it gets really cumbersome to set up,
especially across multiple songs.

Essentially, I want a single trigger (e.g., when I move to a new song's scenes) to switch the entire controller mapping — keys, knobs,
everything — to a different set of assignments.

What's the best way to achieve this? I'm open to creative routing, Max for Live devices, third-party plugins, or any other approach.

Thanks in advance!

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Re: Per-song MIDI mappings for an extra controller — best practices / plugins?

Post by S4racen » Wed Apr 15, 2026 4:07 pm

ClyphX Pro has a Bindings add on that allows you to write a text file to create different MIDI Mappings that can be switched between based on triggers such as a clip being luanhced, a MIDI Message being recieved etc.

https://isotonikstudios.com/product/clyphx-pro/

Best regards
Darren

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