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Hi Guys,

I've got an MAudio Oxygen8 25 keyboard that I'm trying to get to 'remember' or store midi mappings on. I know how to have all the knobs and sliders mapped in MIDI but it seems to lose the settings every time I start a new project or restart ableton.

Also I would like to know how I change channels through using the buttons on the keyboard rather than selecting them with the mouse. Is this possible?

Cheers,
Jon

First thing I'd recommend is looking into 'user remote scripts'.

I think 2 ideas might help here:

1. MIDI mappings in Ableton Live are stored in each Live Set.
So if you set up some mappings you like, save that set, and use it as a starting point.

2. "how I change channels through using the buttons on the keyboard rather than selecting them with the mouse"
Look up "Mackie Control emulation" at this forum. Long story short: some controllers do let you "move" from track to track, and scene to scene. The Mackie Control does this, for example. It's possible to trick Ableton Live into thinking a Mackie Control is connected. The trick you've got to find out, though, is how to get your keyboard to send the same MIDI notes, on MIDI channel 1, that a Mackie sends, for each button. I've done it with a MIDI pedal, and with a Trigger Finger.

Click link in my .sig here, and jump to the end of the thread to get a head start on that. I think there are similar tricks based on other controllers, but this is the one I learned about (here) and started using.

Ok so I edited my userconfiguration.txt file but it only seems like half the knobs are actually doing anything.. do I have to go and see what CC value each knob gives then map it into the .txt file? Also how can I choose or view what knobs correspond to what in for example the operator synth?