Since you only have keys available to map, assigning a parameter with a minimum and maximum value only allows jumping between those two values without any steps in between. You can set the Min and Max for the parameter if available. In the Browser (left) you will see the Key mappings you made.
Everything that's mappable will now be displayed in orange.
If it's not, you can turn it on with a click. For this, the Computer MIDI Keyboard button in the top right corner of Live needs to be turned on.So it's best to only activate it when needed in these Live versions. But what if you don't have one? Then you can use the computer keyboard to play MIDI instruments.ĮDIT: in Live 10 and up, having the computer MIDI keyboard active, deactivates some of the added one key shortcuts. Pad Map2 triggers the next 8 drum pads in a selected bank for Live’s Drum Rack.I've already written a tutorial about setting up MIDI controllers.Pad Map1 triggers the first 8 drum pads in a selected bank for Live’s Drum Rack.Control Instrument parameters for the selected track.Buttons 1-8 arm the first 8 tracks in the project.Faders 1-8 Control volume for the first 8 Mixer channels in the project.Selects the bank of controls for the active instrument.With Preset Mode selected (press the ‘Preset’ button) and the Global Channel set to 16 (see instructions above) the pots, faders, pads and buttons on your Impact LX/LX+ will control the following parameters in Ableton Live (only the Transport functions apply to the Impact GX series):Īctivate/Deactivate loop markers in Arrangement View Now you are ready to Control Live from your Impact LX, LX+ or GX keyboard. Press key ‘C5’ for GX49 or ‘C6’ for GX61 (labeled ‘Enter’).Press key ‘B3’ for GX49 or ‘B4’ for GX61 (labeled ‘2’).
Press ‘Shift/Mute’ + ‘Patch > (Setup)’ on the LX+ series to exit setup mode (again, press ‘Setup’ for the original LX).Press Key ‘C3’ (labeled with a ‘-‘ sign, key ‘C1’ on the LX25) so the display says 0.1.6.If you are using any other Impact controller, skip this step. If you are using an LX25/LX25+, press key ‘C3’ (labeled ‘Enter’).This is the second C key from the far left. Press key ‘C2’ (Global Channel) on Impact LX’s keyboard.Press ‘Shift/Mute’ + ‘Patch > (Setup)’ on the LX+ series (press the ‘Setup’ button on the original Impact LX).Follow these steps to set the Global MIDI Channel to 16: Finally we need to make a quick adjustment on your Impact LX controller.Once you’ve competed the above steps your preferences window in Ableton Live should look like Image 3 (Windows) or Image 4 (OS X).
Repeat this for control surface slot 2 but for the input choose ‘Impact LX** (Port 2)’ for Windows and ‘Impact LX** (MIDI2)’ on OS X.Select ‘Impact LX’ (slot 1) from the list of Control Surfaces and set the Input port to ‘Impact LX**’ on Windows and ‘Impact LX** (MIDI1) on OS X.Open the ‘Preferences’ window in Live and select the ‘Link MIDI’ tab.Once you have copied the Impact LX folder to the correct directory, launch Ableton Live and do the following:.Open the folder for the most recent version of Live.Open the ‘Go” menu, and press ‘Option’.To access this directory follow these steps: Note: in OSX 10.7 and above, this is a hidden directory.
Mac OS X: ~/Library/Preference/Ableton/Live/User Remote Scripts (Image 2).Please follow the instructions on this page: Show hidden files. To access this directory you will need to configure Windows to ‘Show Hidden Files and Folders’ and deactivate ‘Hide Protected Operating System files’. Windows: C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Ableton\Live\Preferences\User Remote Scripts (Image 1).With Ableton Live closed copy the ‘Impact LX’ folder to the following location:.Note: Only Live 8.3 and above are supported.