Ableton Forum

Posted: **Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:10 pm**

Ok well I have been fussing with this idea for some time and I was just thinking someone might be able to help me with it.
Does anyone know if there is any way to set up a global parameter as a midi controller?
What I am doing is I have my djm800 for all the midi control but what I would like to be able to do is map the eq to the eq of any channel in ableton and then be able to switch tracks in ableton and have the same eq control that one so that I could jump left and right thought the different channels and control the eq for each of them with this global controller when it is selected.

I don’t know if I am being vary clear about how im asking this.

One set of 3 knobs controls the same parameter on only the selected track in ableton. The select the next one and be able to change that one without effecting any of the others and so on.

Any help would be great

Posted: **Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:49 pm**

Unless you want to effect the entire mix you'll have to set up 'send onlys', or just put eqs in wach track and turn them on or off when you want them.

If you do want to effect the entire mix just put an eq in the master track

Atleast thats the first thing I thought of. Hope that helps.

Do you know what I mean by 'send onlys'?

Posted: **Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:08 pm**

Can't u do this by hacking the user remote scripts?
Unless I'm reading ur post wrong, what u want is very simple.

Check this tutorial on how to do it LINK

Posted: **Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:31 pm**

bendybones wrote:Can't u do this by hacking the user remote scripts?
Unless I'm reading ur post wrong, what u want is very simple.

Check this tutorial on how to do it LINK

lol
Ok great thank you so much, that link covers exactly what I have been lookinf for I would have never found that out on my own. So now I have a project when I get home today really get that 800 rollong along as a serious controller.
Im so excited to get this started thank a bunch!

Posted: **Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:08 pm**

Coolios, check out the other Ableton Live and controller vids by the same guy (Stray411).
All very good.
And his forum too
Here's the link

Posted: **Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:17 pm**

So one final question, I cant seem to find to many midi translator programs for a Mac, there are a crap load for PC though (shocking I know).

But I’m running ableton on a mac book pro, can you recommend anything?

Posted: **Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:15 am**

drhiggens wrote:So one final question, I cant seem to find to many midi translator programs for a Mac, there are a crap load for PC though (shocking I know).
But I’m running ableton on a mac book pro, can you recommend anything?

I don't use Mac but I've heard people using Control Aid on Mac for midi translation.