hardshell wrote:Machinate wrote:Hi,
I find it really strange the way Ableton is set up for program changes. Why couldn't they just have program changes editable the same way as the control change parameters? It makes things so much easier when trying to send or recieve changes to an external device.
I agree.....implement program change INTO the midi sequence...not some handicap manual sent at beginning of a clip.
An example is one song.....I've already recorded midi automation (patch changes) for a guitar fx processor into a midi track in another application. There are about 6 patch changes in the song (intro, verse, chorus & the corresponding "return to verse" patch change) This isn't rocket science......all I do is drag the audio (backing tracks) for that song into a clip in session view, then drag the corresponding midi track with the automation into a midi clip......then launch the song. The outboard guitar fx would be completely automated for a LIVE PERFORMANCE. ANd this is a very simple implementation.
In this instance, the way Live implements program changes wouldn't work...I need several within the song at specific times. In digital performer, I just hit record, and at the right point in the song I hit the patch change on a footswitch and DP records the patch change.....simple, easy intuitive. All I have to do is export that, and dump it into live and I can cue the song and have automation at a live gig.
Makes me wonder if Live is more for DJ's and guys that like to push buttons and fiddle with interfaces.......and less for entertainers that need to work the crowd and automate their gear.
Anyway, I'll shut up and move on....rant done.
