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cant record midi ctrl to clips?!! i'm missing something right?

i have the filter freq knob on operator mapped to a knob on my midi controller. but the clip only records notes.. i can pen in the filters but i want to play them in in real time.. what do i do..??

i want it in the clip not on as automation in the arrangment.. can i do this?

so live records everything but what midi CTRL's i map to operator... whats the deal with that?. how do i record the filter changes to a clip? it can record them in the arrangment..

rhythminmind wrote:so live records everything but what midi CTRL's i map to operator... whats the deal with that?. how do i record the filter changes to a clip? it can record them in the arrangment..

Strange issue !

I know it is definitely possible to record MIDI CC events into Clips since I did exactly that with Korg Legacy Collection's MS20 on a project over the weekend using Mod wheel events mapped to MS20's LP filter cutoff.

I noticed however that if you have MIDI Overdub option selected, on the "Next pass" any existing events are replaced (i.e. erased) if any subsequent controller activity is recieved. Maybe this could be related to the problem you are experiencing.

Try again with MIDI Overdub option off ...

Unlike other sequencer applications when Live records MIDI CC data it "rounds it off" into node based envelopes (i.e. smooth diagonal line based moves are done easily). Normally MIDI CC's should appear as stepped bar graphs.

While recording arrange the Clip Envelope view so you actually are viewing the Envelope for the MIDI CC you are attempting to record. You'll get a better understanding of how this works in conjunction with the MIDI Overdub option enabled and disabled.

Hope this helps