Andromeda and Ableton Live

[untinyunity]

Hi

I'm new to this forum, and a new A6 owner. Im trying to integrate my A6 with Ableton Live. Everything works fine, but I cant seem to be able to playback panel moves such as filter cutoff knobs properly.

Filter 2 for instance records in Live as Midi CTR 6, 38, 98 and 99. But it doesnt playback properly.

On the A6 itself, keyboard thx mode is midi, panel recieve mode is on and transmit mode is locmidi. I have tried various settings here, and several midi interfaces.

The problem is the same in program and mix modes. In addition, in mix mode, filters on other channels than the active one jumps around a bit when trying to record panel moves.

Any tips?

Cheers, T

[untinyunity]

Hi,

having this nice conversation with myself

Anywho tried it again today, i remembered I have an old copy of Logic installed. The panel record and playback worked just fine there, so I'll take my question to Ableton then

Thor

[Blue Hell]

Let me say hi & then at least ... but re. the Andromeda, sorry cant help you there.

[untinyunity]

Thanks!

Cant wait to understand some more about this synth I'll post whatever answer Ableton comes up with here to the benefit of the community. I'll work around it by assigning stuff to ribbon etc as these controls seems to be working fine

[sunny pedaal]

i use cubase.
might try local off and then from computer-out back into the computer.
i mean when it sends, it maybe doesn't play back properly.
other thing to try is when a controller is send to the a6, and in the a6 a controller is dedicated to one of the 8 selectable cc's in the modsources ( A->H ).
if that works then it might be a problem of msb/lsb ( double cc's coupled to get a higher resolution as used in the a6 )
interesting !

[origin]

I just bought another andromeda after having to give back the one living with me for 5 years. (New in box, plastic still on the screen, wooo!)

So, I'm an Ableton guru, and I seem to remember cracking the code on the
"Recording Andy automation into Ableton" issue a few years ago.

I do know the following for sure:

1. Logic Pro seems to handle the automation better than Ableton live
2. You can get ableton to record and send automation data to and from the Andy, but I remember it being impossible to edit once you had.
3. There are some settings in the Andy that need to be configured for all of this to work properly (I will report back once I have accomplished this with a full rundown)
4. I seem to remember that you needed to utilize mapping functions (Like filter 2 cutoff, in your example) to a Midi CC for automation to function properly, meaning that you get 128 steps instead of full resolution.

Again, will report back with my findings as I will be going down this road very soon.

Thanks,

-Origin

[untinyunity]

Hi Origin

thanks for your reply, I'll be looking forward to see your findings

True, you can use MIDI mapping in the matrix of A6, but this doesn't really help in recording panel moves.

There is a "hidden" preference file in Ableton as well, where one might turn on MIDI thinning, or you may send thinned data from the A6, neither of this seems to help though.

But again, I'll be looking forward to your reply. Maybe MIDI implementation is going to be better in Ableton 9?

Cheers, Thor

[origin]

Hey there.

I am in the Live 9 Beta, so i'll try it in 9 as well and report back.

_origin