Automap and ableton…

[sdmiddleton]

I am seriously considering the Novation Sl37 Remote. But am concerned about this whole automap business. Essentially it sounds great. But I thought the whole point of Abletons seriously easy to map midi controls effectively meant automapping was done in ableton itself already…

I’m worried I’m now gonna have to map in ableton, and the automap GUI and they will either conflict and become confusing and will just give me one more window to worry about…

Is this the likely outcome, or is it actually the way to go!?

thoughts and experience will be grately welcomed!!!

S.

[gavgrant]

Hi,

I bought the 49SL remote compact last December and its ace mate!

The automapping is truley great!

highly recomended!!

g.

[necho]

I had a Novation Remote SL 37 for about 2 months before I sold it.

IMHO Automap is terrible. It wraps all plugins (duplicates them), the GUI was nasty, the functionality was unnecessary (Live does mapping better!) and I wasn't even impressed with the build of the keyboard itself.

Avoid, I reckon.

(Besides, why spend that much money on something that doesn't make any sound?)

my 2c

[swishniak]

it took me a while, but i finally got automapping to work on my trigger finger. and it works pretty good. im sure you have some other gear around that can get mapped by ableton (any old m-audio clunkers?). try them out first?

[sdmiddleton]

Interesting feedback, thanks...

I am quite excited by the onslaught of Novations new announcements of about 2 hours ago though...But the Mk2 seems not to ship with 37 keys... Oh the choices and dilemmas...All we should be doing is making damn music, this gearlusting is destroying me!!!

But i will take all this on board...many thanks

[swishniak]

tru. im curious about the one that is just a controller (no keys). if its under 100 bucks ill defintely be tempted too..

[ab]

it took me a while, but i finally got automapping to work on my trigger finger. and it works pretty good. im sure you have some other gear around that can get mapped by ableton (any old m-audio clunkers?). try them out first?

I managed to automap with the trigger finger a while ago, but the settings or whatever got lost and I cant seem to find it on the forum.
Could you point me in the right direction for doing this?
Thank you

Sorry if I am hijacking this thread!

[swishniak]

resetting the factory presets and working with preset #1 did it for me. . . otherwise just search the forums, there are so many threads on this..

[condra]

Automap takes a while to fully get to grips with. Worth the investment though.

Automap tips:
http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=96806

I have the Remote 37 and I love it. I just wish the screen was tilted. I also have the Zero, and it kicks ass in studio and on stage.