[PD] controlling ableton with pd via midi

[Fede Camara Halac]

Lucas, thanks so much! This is exactly what I needed!!!


fdch.github.io

> On Mar 25, 2020, at 4:26 AM, Lucas Cordiviola <lucarda27 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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> 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 :
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>> <abl-midi.png>
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>> 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. 
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>>> Hi Fede, 
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>>> 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, 
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>>>> I would like to control Ableton Live 10 Intro with Pd 0.50.2 on macos. 
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>>>> 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. 
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>>>> 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. 
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>>>> 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. 
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>>>> 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) 
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>>>> Has anyone tried any of this? Are there any other solutions for controlling Ableton with Pd? Is midi the right way to go? 
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>>>> Cheers, 
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>>>> fdch 
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