Automatically MIDI map macro controls for the "active" rack?

[davepeck]

I find myself using lots of racks and tweaking their macro controls.

I have a MIDI controller with eight beautiful faders.

How can I convince Ableton to let me control the currently active rack (the one I've selected, or some default choice for the currently selected channel) with the same MIDI continuous controllers? I'd like it to do this automatically.

Thanks,
Dave

[yur2die4]

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/07/a ... s-control/

[davepeck]

Ah, that will do it. The documentation in those files seems to be all you really need -- easy!

Thanks!

[davepeck]

Okay, it worked: when I see a "blue hand" on a device rack, the eight faders on my controller are instantly mapped to the macro controls.

But now I have a confusion: when, exactly, do you get the "blue hand"? The documentation seems to suggest that, provided you haven't "locked" something to a control surface, the blue hand should follow you any time you click on a new device.

This doesn't seem to be exactly what I'm seeing. Sometimes the blue hand follows my selection; sometimes it doesn't. Can someone explain the full behavior here?

[S4racen]

It should always follow your selection...

Cheers
D

[davepeck]

Are there any known bugs about the blue hand... not consistently following device selection?

It's easily reproduced and there doesn't seem to be a lot of rhyme or reason to the behavior I'm seeing. This is Live 9.6, OS X 64-bit on El Capitan.

[S4racen]

I've not seen it mentioned on the forum, you should get in touch with Ableton support and provide them with information to be able to reproduce...

Cheers
D

[davepeck]

I did file a bug report with Ableton and got a nice support reply back saying that there is indeed a regression in Live 9.6 that causes problems with the "blue hand" correctly following your focused device. They said it's "high on our priority list of things to fix."

Looking forward to it!