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pawcut wrote: i'm new to the nocturn , arrived 2 h ago , im fine with everything until it says in the read me : Open Mixer.automap from Automap folder. Select Mixer as group on top left of Automap window.
- Open Instr......

confused , where is the mixer.automap file, wheres the automap folder ? is it in the novation folder in the programm folder(dont think so ).....
is it in the normal automap menu , if so i dont get the procedure , if i click the mixer , fx ,button it just says "there are no controll mapps assigned to this page " and i cant open anything. just the user mode showing me the 4 midi channels....hmmm
am i missing smth or did smth went wrong , i got everything else adjusted as told by the read me
help appreciated
cheers pawcut
update , got it
concerning the mixer mode

pawcut wrote:yeah , good work ,i really can use the mixer , user and instr. template one question left ....
i dont use send effects that much, in order to ctrl effects like the kick compressor, do i need to automap every single effect ?? there are millions....how cool would it be if the effect adjustments were divided like in a 1,2,3 sceme in a sensible way and u would have the numbers automapped by default !

hoffman2k wrote:Quick question about the nocturn. Can you have bidirectional midi control without using the automap software? Meaning, can you control the lights of the buttons and the knobs.
If so, what happens to the 8 automap specific buttons, do they become regular midi buttons?

Cheers

- Bjorn

guille wrote:

hoffman2k wrote:Quick question about the nocturn. Can you have bidirectional midi control without using the automap software? Meaning, can you control the lights of the buttons and the knobs.
If so, what happens to the 8 automap specific buttons, do they become regular midi buttons?

Cheers

- Bjorn

You need Automap software to have MIDI port with Nocturn . It's the only reason to have Automap templates with those scripts. I have asked to Novation for the possibility to include a MIDI driver with Nocturn as Launchpad has. But I haven't got response about it.

hoffman2k wrote:Wow. That is rather useless. I'm glad I asked.
Thanks. Guess I'll stick with the BCR for now.

humnumb wrote:

hoffman2k wrote:Wow. That is rather useless. I'm glad I asked.
Thanks. Guess I'll stick with the BCR for now.

??? I wouldn't call the most portable novation automap controller with a crossfader that can instant map to native ableton live devices "rather useless." I'd pick this over the rather bloated and bulky BCR anyday.

hoffman2k wrote:

humnumb wrote:

hoffman2k wrote:Wow. That is rather useless. I'm glad I asked.
Thanks. Guess I'll stick with the BCR for now.

??? I wouldn't call the most portable novation automap controller with a crossfader that can instant map to native ableton live devices "rather useless." I'd pick this over the rather bloated and bulky BCR anyday.

Hey. I want something more portable too.
But if I can't use it as any other dumb terminal controller, it is indeed rather useless.
I hate using the automap software.

djgroovy wrote:I don't think it's useless, especially with this remote script guille has made.
Since i first got it i've bought an apc, but i still find a use for it.
Granted, it's useless for live devices when not racked, and in a live situation i wouldn't need it.
But for studio work it's pretty nifty, and i can be launching clips and mixing with my right hand on the apc, while simultaneously adjusting parameters on a 3rd party plugin, or adjusting pitch, or tempo, or setting loop points, etc with the left hand on the nocturn.