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I’m fairly set on getting a Behringer X-Touch DAW controller to replace my Icon Platform M+, but there are a lot of features that I’ve read don’t work properly on older versions of Ableton. This is from forum posts relating to Live 9 and 10 back in 2016-2020 or so.

I’m wondering if things are any better in 2024 with Ableton 11 and 12.

I did have a look at post a few below this one regarding Remote Script for the X-Touch, but wondering how's things are these days.

Can anyone tell me their experience with the following features in Live 11 or 12 working as labelled?

* Encoder switch for Pan, EQ, Send and Plug-in
* Time display switch between SMPTE and Beats
* Under this, do the mix views of MIDI track, Audio Tracks, Instruments etc work?
* Do the programmable function buttons work? Can they be customised?
* And for the automation and transport buttons, I'm particularly keen on knowing if the following do as labelled?
* Save, Undo, Cancel, Enter, Marker, Nudge, Cycle, Drop, Click and Solo.

You must use the remote script for Mackie Control for the Behringer X-Touch. Nothing has changed in this script since older versions.

Recent Ableton Live updates haven't changed anything that I know of with regard to Mackie Control implementation, so those issues probably still exist.

There's a custom script I've been working on that's based on the Mackie one, you may have found it in the other thread. Arthur Montvidas did a splendid job with it, but the implementation isn't that straightforward, since a) the Xtouch isn't a Mackie controller and b) Live isn't your run-of-the-mill DAW. Many of the button labels don't really have a direct equivalent function in Live. At the moment, I'm working on adding support for the scribble strip colors.

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Tue Dec 24, 2024 8:17 pm

* Encoder switch for Pan, EQ, Send and Plug-in
* Time display switch between SMPTE and Beats
* Under this, do the mix views of MIDI track, Audio Tracks, Instruments etc work?
* Do the programmable function buttons work? Can they be customised?
* And for the automation and transport buttons, I'm particularly keen on knowing if the following do as labelled?
* Save, Undo, Cancel, Enter, Marker, Nudge, Cycle, Drop, Click and Solo.

Encoder switches: yes, except for EQ (since Live doesn't have an EQ built into each channel strip).

MIDI and Audio Tracks just create a new MIDI or audio track, respectively. Audio Inst opens the device pane. You can assign the programmable F buttons to actions in Live using MIDI mapping, but they don't show on/off status for the action they're assigned to.

As for the buttons: Undo works, Enter means redo, Cycle toggles the loop on and off, Click toggles the metronome, Cancel triggers "Back to arrangement" after you've played some clips in Session view. Marker and Nudge move to the previous and next locator, respectively, and Option+Marker adds or deletes a locator. I've implemented Drop and Replace to activate punch in and out. Solo switches clip and device view. Save, unfortunately, is not a function Live offers through its API, so that doesn't work (for any control surface, as far as I know).

Are there any specific functions you're looking for?