[PD] controlling ableton with pd via midi

[Lucas Cordiviola]

> My guess is that I dont get the correct [ctlout]'s 2nd inlet value 
> because each control surface (template?) that ableton works with seems 
> to have different values set for that.


I never used any "control surface (template?)" and I think you don't 
need to emulate one. You just create the custom one you need (with "Edit 
MIDI map") on each Ableton project.



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On 3/25/2020 3:17 AM, Lucas Cordiviola wrote:
>
> In my setup I use a Virtual loopback MIDI named "loopMIDI". Here's a 
> screenshot :
>
> ablmidi
>
> Note that the "Remote" button must be "On" for your "virtual-driver".
>
>
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> On 3/25/2020 2:53 AM, Lucas Cordiviola wrote:
>>> Since I don't have external controllers, I imagine that one can use 
>>> the "midi map" function in Ableton to assign any [ctlout] message as 
>>> one would with a midi controller. However, I cannot seem to 
>>> accomplish this.
>>
>> Hi Fede,
>>
>> Mostly all parameters that you change with the mouse in Ableton Live 
>> can be assigned to a MIDI Controller. Just right-click on any knob 
>> and select "Edit MIDI map". Then just send some [ctlout] from Pd and 
>> that controller (say midichannel 1 controller 1) will be auto-mapped 
>> to that Ableton knob. You can also use other Pd MIDI out objects as 
>> well.
>>
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>>
>> On 3/25/2020 12:17 AM, Fede Camara Halac wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I would like to control Ableton Live 10 Intro with Pd 0.50.2 on macos.
>>>
>>> On Pd I set the Midi Devices "IAC Driver IAC Bus 1" as input and "2" 
>>> as output. On Ableton I set "ADVANCE" as "Control Surface" with "IAC 
>>> Driver IAC Bus 2" as input and "1" as output.
>>>
>>> So far, [noteout] works as expected, but [ctlout] only works when an 
>>> instrument/effect is focused on Ableton, and assigning values is not 
>>> consistent since every Ableton effect/instrument has a different setup.
>>>
>>> Since I don't have external controllers, I imagine that one can use 
>>> the "midi map" function in Ableton to assign any [ctlout] message as 
>>> one would with a midi controller. However, I cannot seem to 
>>> accomplish this.
>>>
>>> I have been using [midiin] to check within Pd the values that 
>>> correspond to knobs and other stuff in Ableton, but there seems to 
>>> be only a limited amount of things I have access to from Pd (e.g. I 
>>> cannot change focus from Pd)
>>>
>>> Has anyone tried any of this? Are there any other solutions for 
>>> controlling Ableton with Pd? Is midi the right way to go?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> fdch
>>>
>>>
>>> fdch.github.io
>>>
>>>
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