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Is there a way to make ableton send previously selected track parameters to a connected MIDI-controller?

Precisely, I would like to visualize all of ableton´s track levels on the encoders´ LED rings of my midi controller in order to get a visual feedback of which tracks are currently delivering audio output.

As for now, I always have to look at the computer monitor to make sure i am changing the correct ableton track´s parameters. With the track levels being send and visualized on my midi controller, I would have a much better overview of all tracks that are currently playing audio.

This so-called "dual display" feature is e.g. provided by the Livid Code2 - controller, and I would like to take advantage of this nice feature with my copy of ableton live 9.

Its manual ( please refer to http://wiki.lividinstruments.com/wiki/Code ) reads:

LED Rings are capable of responding to incoming MIDI Messages,
and being controlled by Encoder Movements at the same time.
You may for example, have your software stream the current track's output level to the Code on CC33 (the top-left LED Ring).
You may also have that Encoder at CC1 controlling the Fader Volume for the track.
In this example, when you turn the encoder, the LED Ring will temporarily allow the Encoder Value to display on the LED Ring,
When you finish turning, the Code will release the control of the LED Ring back to the MIDI Stream of the current track's level.

Any help achieving this would be highly appreciated.

Speak to LIVID and use the Remote script for the Code....

Cheers
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S4racen wrote:Speak to LIVID and use the Remote script for the Code....

Cheers
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Thanks a lot for the quick reply. However, is there also a generic approach for this issue? This would as well work with other midi controllers, taken that they also have LED encoders that can respond to incoming MIDI messages from the DAW.

An Led should update to what it's mapped too through direct MIDI mapping if you enable both the inout and output for that controller, this is covered in the manual....

For your question though you are asking for something that is not output so you would need to use Maxforlive to create this signal to send to the controller....

Cheers
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Don't know if it's what you are looking for, but I used a while ago Noisebud MidiVU (Beta version) and it worked fine together with my BCR 2000.
https://noisebud.wordpress.com/vst-plugins/midivu-2/

Zyko1 wrote:Don't know if it's what you are looking for, but I used a while ago Noisebud MidiVU (Beta version) and it worked fine together with my BCR 2000.
https://noisebud.wordpress.com/vst-plugins/midivu-2/

Thanks a lot for your reply. This is pretty much exactly what I need. However, I would need this feature embedded in a OSX-plugin, since I am making music on a MAC.

Now is there any expert around who could describe how to work this out with MAX4LIVE?

This is an excellent first project for you to create yourself, you only need the Live Object Model and one parameter to track...

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