Has anyone gotten an Alphatrack to work in Live 6?

idema · Post by **idema** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:58 am

I just bought one today for use in Pro Tools, but I'd also love to be able to use it in Live 6.

It has has limited use when I try it under Mackie Control in Live, for instance, it controls just the first tracks volume slider, and the transport controls (global, and track level). But there doesn't seem to be a way to change which track it controls, and even I select a different track by hand, the volume slider still works on the first track only.

Has anyone had an experience using an AlphaTrack in Live? Possibly a workaround that allows it to work under the MackieControl protocol?

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:19 am

After reading your other thread, I may be starting to understand what you are after. If you want primarily control over the mixer section, then Mackie Control is your best bet. So you're looking maybe to get some of the Alpha Track keys to send messages you can translate into track switching commands??

idema · Post by **idema** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:46 pm

Exactly! Thank god someone understands what I'm trying to do. The only thing is...I've discovered that if you change the protocol in Ableton to Tranzport, rather than Mackie, it will actually control the transport in live, but also control the REC, SOLO, MUTE functions on whichever track is selected. So that's actually useful, but it no longer controls the volume using it's fader.

I check the output of the fader on MIDI Monitor, and it gives Pitchbend signals.

I wonder if there's a way to set Ableton to use the pitchbend to control volume for whatever track is selected, and then somehow map the extra buttons on the Alphatrack to select the previous and next track.

Wow, that was a mouthful, but I really hope I get this figured out.

It's such a cool controller, and works in Pro Tools really well, but it'd be great to also use it in Live!