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I have just set up my Axiom 61 to work with Live 8.1 (Mac) -
I have a good handle on everything in the default "Axiom 49 61 Classic" control surface implementation, except -
at the bottom of p.4 of the Live lesson describing how to set up the Axiom, this cryptic comment:

"Hint: press 'Ctrl Mute' to align a slider to a volume fader in Live without the parameter jumping"

This would be a great feature, especially since I can't get takeover modes to work right with the Axiom!
But, I can't figure out what 'Ctrl Mute' this is referring to?
Something on the Axiom? (no button labeled 'Ctrl Mute')
Something in Live? (can't find a reference to 'Ctrl Mute' or 'controller mute' or 'control mute' anywhere in the manual)
Ctrl+clicking a track mute button?? (doesn't work, brings up a menu...)

Anyone manage to figure this out?

CTRL Mute is just the button on the Axiom called "Mute".

If you've previously assigned a controller (lets say a fader in this case) to a particular parameter (let's say a track's volume) and have, for example, just opened up your session and the faders on your Axiom are in the wrong places, you can press the Mute button so you can set the value of the fader to where it's meant to be without effecting the volume of the track.
Once it's in place, you press Mute again (it's second from the left on the top row) and you can move the fader without having a big dropout of audio (which you would have got if you'd moved the fader without pressing mute).
Note that this is only the case if you have your Live prefs set to "None" in pickup mode in the MIDI settings.
The other Midi settings: Pickup will let you move the fader in silence (ie without effecting the audio) until you reach the point it was previously set to, then it will be "live" again and respond as you would expect. Value scaling will move slowly toward the point that the fader is set to.