how do i get mackie control emuation?

vertigo · Post by **vertigo** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:48 am

how do i get mackie control emuation?, im a lil slow with computers, so if u can explain to me where to get mackie control emulation and how to set it up, it would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

Meef Chaloin · Post by **Meef Chaloin** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:53 am

have a seaech, there;s a big thread by Machinate explaining it all

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:28 am

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic. ... sc&start=0

Check "looping with mackie emu...."

vertigo · Post by **vertigo** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:23 pm

Ive read that before, but I want to know if I need to download the emulator and how to get it working in live. Ive tried turning on mackie control and assinging pads to the specified values and nothing. thanks.

ILTK · Post by **ILTK** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:49 pm

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30237

I just setup my triggerfinger using the info in that thread yesterday and it worked, all you need to do is turn on mackie emulation for the device you are using, hit the note values and voila, nothing else is needed.

Only thing I can't get working is channel faders, everything else works.

Explain what you are doing, what device you are using to send midi notes etc.. and maybe we can see what you are doing wrong.

vertigo · Post by **vertigo** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:54 pm

all i want to know is how to turn on mackie emulation control. im using a trigger finger as well.

ILTK · Post by **ILTK** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 3:24 pm

Make sure 'remote' if turned on for the triggerfinger under devices.

Also one thing that may be messing you up is some of the presets in the TF are transposed, so a C4 may be a C5 even though the display still says C4, hit memory recal+prgm/bank change to go to edit mode and make sure when you turn slider F1 up/down that is says 0 (Zero) so it's not transposed.

Nixon · Post by **Nixon** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:01 pm

I want to get my trigger finger to do up/down/left/right in session. but can't get this to work either..any suggestions would be very welcome!

ILTK · Post by **ILTK** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:58 pm

This is how I did it exactly:

Open preferences, go to midi/sync tab, make sure 'remote' is on in input section for the device you want to use (Triggerfinger, keyboard etc..)

Bottom of same dialog, select 'Mackie control' for 'control surface' and trigger finger or whatever device you want to control Live with as 'Input' and same for 'output'

Now hit D6/D#6 for left/right and C6/C#6 for up/down, F4 for open/close browser, d4 for tab between arrange/session etc.. as the chart on the thread says, make sure you hit hard so you get full velocity, on the triggerfinger you can just hit the full/lock velocity button so display says 'FULL'

Thats all I had to do.

damianjames · Post by **damianjames** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:18 pm

I did the same thing with my XSession controller. You may have to back out of the program and come back in. Also, make sure that Live isn't open when you're programming your controller either.

My problem is that w/ the MCP on, some of the other controls are doing crazy stuff. The only thing I can think of is to reprogram all of the controls and test to make sure it's not effecting some other parameter.

Has anyone else had the same issue?