Overdubbing/capturing MIDI CC with EXT Instrument in Arrangement view
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 1:23 am
Hi everyone,
I keep running into issues where I have a hard time overdubbing MIDI CC data on existing clips in Arrangement view (but works totally fine in Session view).
In this example, I want to overdub or "perform" the filter cutoff of my Arturia Microfreak (CC#23) which is transmitting/receiving MIDI data via my MOTU Midi interface and Ableton's EXT instrument. I have armed the track (which already contains midi clips from Session view which I "performed" to the arrangement), and toggled the Automation Arm button on (orange). When I press Arrangement Record, the CC value is not recorded, nor does it seem anything else is. Pressing Session Record greys out the track while in arrangement view (which I guess makes sense).
If I tab over to session view, I can both modify said clip by pressing "session record" and input the CC data without any problems.
Is this how it's supposed to work? I'm supposed to go back to session view in order to rework a clip and reperform it to Arrangement View? Or am I doing something wrong?
I could draw in the data, but it's not as precise as using the physical hardware knob on my Microfreak, nor is it anywhere near as fun (I want to play and produce music, not mouse clicks).
Any advice to point me in the right direction would be much appreciated.
I keep running into issues where I have a hard time overdubbing MIDI CC data on existing clips in Arrangement view (but works totally fine in Session view).
In this example, I want to overdub or "perform" the filter cutoff of my Arturia Microfreak (CC#23) which is transmitting/receiving MIDI data via my MOTU Midi interface and Ableton's EXT instrument. I have armed the track (which already contains midi clips from Session view which I "performed" to the arrangement), and toggled the Automation Arm button on (orange). When I press Arrangement Record, the CC value is not recorded, nor does it seem anything else is. Pressing Session Record greys out the track while in arrangement view (which I guess makes sense).
If I tab over to session view, I can both modify said clip by pressing "session record" and input the CC data without any problems.
Is this how it's supposed to work? I'm supposed to go back to session view in order to rework a clip and reperform it to Arrangement View? Or am I doing something wrong?
I could draw in the data, but it's not as precise as using the physical hardware knob on my Microfreak, nor is it anywhere near as fun (I want to play and produce music, not mouse clicks).
Any advice to point me in the right direction would be much appreciated.