Ableton Forum

Ok...i just bought an Axiom 61 and can tell i am going to love it! My question though is how do i load the recommended preset 17 that is supposed to work best with Ableton? I also downloaded the enigma software for it but don't really understand what to do with it.I usually just assign whatever controls i want to use using the Midimap in Live. Is there a way i can load some of the static controls like "transport control" so that even when i create a new project that setting will be there? I'm kind of a newbie when it goes beyond just basic midi stuff and am guessing there is a ton of functionality i'm missing out on. Thanks.

hey. i've got an axiom 49. they are very functional. i haven't gotten too into it, but if you download the axiom tutorial from ableton it will tell you what to do. basically, you do a sysex(?) dump from the midi setup menu in ableton. this throws the recommended presets 17, 18, and 19 onto the axiom. then you just choose the preset you want to use from the axiom menu.

in the midi setup menu (preferences) in Live you specify the axiom as your midi in and midi out device, then there is a button to the right, either saying save or dump. i can't recall at this time (at work and such). click that, your axiom lcd should flash "sys" and then the presets are available to you.

bgc wrote:hey. i've got an axiom 49. they are very functional. i haven't gotten too into it, but if you download the axiom tutorial from ableton it will tell you what to do. basically, you do a sysex(?) dump from the midi setup menu in ableton. this throws the recommended presets 17, 18, and 19 onto the axiom. then you just choose the preset you want to use from the axiom menu.

in the midi setup menu (preferences) in Live you specify the axiom as your midi in and midi out device, then there is a button to the right, either saying save or dump. i can't recall at this time (at work and such). click that, your axiom lcd should flash "sys" and then the presets are available to you.

Yip bgc,

that's what I did and it works perfectly as long as you have the axiom set as up in preferences. It was super straight forward and worked a charm.

Don't for get to chance to the preset you require, 20 for general & 18 for impulse by using the recall button. i had to look that one up in the manual. How unlike me to RTFM.

let us know if you get sorted.

Hi,

i have an axiom 49, but it will not work as a controller in Live 6.
I did everything, what's in the tutorial, but it doesn't work.
When I do the dump, the display of the axiom shows a number (575?). I tried to reset the axiom, load the defaulst, and again tried to dummp the presets from Live.

it still doesn't work.

Any idea?

maybe i'm just being blind but i don't see the tutorial!! Could you post a link to it?

Ok i found the live pack tutorial BUT It's not listed as one of my remote control surfaces. I only see 3:
Mackie Control
Mackie Control XT
and Project mix. How do i get it to show up in the chooser? I see it above in active devices and i also see it as an option for input and output on remote control surfaces but do not see the actual name under the control surface column.

Ok i fixed that but back to my original question how do i set my Axiom to preset 18 or 17 ? I don't see a button that says preset. Can someone please give me a step by step? I dumped the Live settings to the Axiom now i just have to change the preset. THanks

thr + and - keys on the keypad.
push Recall (near and under the display) to go to to the preset menu

thanks man.

here this may be helpful.....its from here...

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/M- ... ssage/1764

Like anything when recording, there's several ways to do it. For
example, if you use Preset 19. The sliders should control volume
for ch's 1-8, the slider buttons mute/rec enable. The knobs are
already controlling the parameters of the selected device
(instrument or effect). You should only have to click once ot a
device to get the hand icon to indicate it's being remotely
controlled. From what I gather from the tutorial, you do have to
use the mouse to select a device for control.

Now, since there are often more knobs in Live than there are sliders
on the Axiom, this is where the pads chanage "banks". This is still
using preset 19 on the Axiom. If you look in the bototm left corner
of live while pressing the different pads, it will tell you what
it's controlling. For example, with the "phaser effect", pressing
pad C23 will control "Phaser Bank: Frequency Controls", and pad
C24 "Phaser Bank:LFO/S&H". It also indicates which control surface
it's coming, just in case you have multiple control surfaces.

With Preset 19, the controls are transmitting on CH16, and
therefore, the Global Channel has no effect.


It sounds like you're on Preset 20 right now. This preset (20)
allows you to use the Global Ch's 1-4 to control tracks 1-32 in
Live, and Global Ch 16 will enable the knobs to control the FX
parameters, and the pads will change the banks that the knobs
control. Again, you should see this info in the bottom left corner
of Live. Like you said, Global channel 16 disables the knobs, well,
sort of, they're now available to use the MIDI Remote Mapping (you
must have remote turned on from Live's prefs for Axiom 49 in 1).

Finally, where do you see "Axiom 2 offline"? The Axiom 49 in 2
simply refers to the MIDI input on the back of the Axiom. It may
be "offline" because by default, it's not turned on, and doesn't
need to be unless you have an external MIDI device connected to the
MIDI input on the back of the Axiom. I'm not sure if this is what
you're talking about though.


and then from here..

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/M- ... ssage/1942

Banks are different than presets. Presets are complete
setups/configurations for the Axiom. The "banks" are different
groups of controls in Live. Some of Live's devices have more than 8
parameters than can be controlled. In this case, the parameters are
divided into banks. A bank is selected by hitting 1 of the pads
(This only works on Preset 19), pad 1 for bank 1, pad 2 for bank
2 . . . This is all straight out of the Axiom Tutorial Live Pack.
Page 3/8 has a good explanation of the different banks.


MIDI Channels. The Axiom's default global channel is 1. There's
a "Glob Chan" button on the Axiom. Press it to see what the global
channel is. Now, when the different controllers on the Axiom are
assigned to Ch 00 (instead of 1-16), said controller will transmit
on whatever the global channel is. Zone 1, the active zone on the
keyboard is assigned to Channel 00, so if you change the global
channel, your keys (pitch bend and mod wheels too) will follow.

With the Axiom as a "control surface" in Live, you're only switching
between presets 18, 19, and 20.

If you move a slider, you'll see that sliders # appear in the bottom
left of the Axioms display, press the "Chan Assign" button to see
what MIDI Channel is assigned to that controller.


yeah hope that helps.....i have an axiom 49 and have some goofy issues with it too....i posted about it, but it appears it was deleted. :shruggs: oh well. hopefully this helps.