Respond to MIDI program changes

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 1:40 am

It would be great if MIDI program change commands was one of the controllers LIVE could receive.

Think about it, most synths and controllers have patch select buttons, often set out in rows of 8. This would be perfect for triggering scenes. And the patch name in the display of your synth could display the scene name.

Given that LIVE can recognise just about every other MIDI message, surely this wouldn't be too hard to implement...

cheers
p

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 2:25 am

Hmm. Given that we can trigger scenes easily enough from MIDI I'm not so convinced on this one BUT, if I may, if the idea was extended so that a group of clips could be remotely loaded into place with a Program Change message it would add soomething new that would be extremely useful. Failing that, remote named scenes would do I guess *mummble mutter*

george · Post by **george** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:54 pm

my words, would be easyer to remote live

george

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dirtystudios · Post by **dirtystudios** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 10:34 pm

i'd like to be able to map multiple items to one keystroke. it'd make it easier to transition between songs, being able to change out all your fx with one button.

k

radder · Post by **radder** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:12 am

Hmm... someone recently mentioned Bome's MIDI translator as a workaround for no MIDI mappability to the DELETE key. Your idea of using Program Change messages to trigger scenes in combination with Bome's to translate the messages to keystrokes (mapped to scene fire buttons) ought to do the trick.

http://www.bome.com/midi/translator/

guitarkip · Post by **guitarkip** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:37 am

Hello, I just bought a nice midi footpedal controller only to find that Live does not accept midi program changes!!

I'm a guitar player and don't use keyboards on stage. Seems like many people would want to use foot controllers to trigger different scenes on stage like I do! Until now, I had stolen the chip out of a USB keyboard and re-wired it to make a nice 4 button stomp box, but now I need more than four triggers per song.

Help!

bigbadotis · Post by **bigbadotis** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:22 pm

if you're on a mac, use MIDIPipe to convert the program change messages to note on messages.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10541

I'm using a Rolls MIDIBuddy that this works great with. What's really nice is that the Rolls has a built in midi-merge so I can run my FCB1010 pedals straight through it as well.

bigbadotis · Post by **bigbadotis** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 10:42 am

just finished building a freeware program that converts pgm messages to note on and a lot more besides.

I started another thread about it http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7091

or you can just go to the website for it

http://www.charlie-roberts.com/controlAid

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 1:55 pm

on pc, bomes midi translator or midi ox/yoke can accomplish some of these tasks. I'm not sure what foot pedal you're using, but the 1010 allows you to program patches and send multiple control change messages at once...

Ryan

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 3:40 pm

dirtystudios wrote:i'd like to be able to map multiple items to one keystroke. it'd make it easier to transition between songs, being able to change out all your fx with one button.

k

I just found the bomb-ass solution to using one or two midi commands (a single button press or two) to change all kinds of settings in Live at once, very useful for song changes. The answer is.......DM2!!! These little "toys" ($30 on ebay) are the shizznat! More specifically, the software that some badasses developed to convert the incoming signals from the DM2's USB into midi is spectacular. The possibilities/flexibilities are astounding. You can make one single button press send out a seemingly unlimited amount of midi control change messages. I use it to return all 20 of my send knobs back to 0 between songs--sweet. sorry mac guys, pc only. Best $30 I every spent on anything ever.

Ryan

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