mackieKONTROL!

dep affect · Post by **dep affect** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:22 pm

GREAT THREAD!

how can i find which notes and midi CCs do what tho? the first post is great but i want to change a couple of things....

like - which CC# is tempo?
which note is overwrite?
which note is metronome?

but yeah , does anyone know where to find a full list?

dep affect · Post by **dep affect** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:59 pm

bandbajao wrote:And here's a good scene for those of you who like to load up Impulse and bang away, but control clips without the mouse and keyboard. Again, works with both mK and pK.

Same as the bank in my first post, except that you keep the Transport controls to a bare minimum, and use 8 pads for Impulse

[Undo] [Up] [Redo] [Arm]
[Left] [Down] [Right] [Clip]
[*] [*] [*] [*]
[*] [*] [*] [*]

The [*] are Impulse Pads.
The [Arm] here should be set between C-1 and G-1, transmitting on MIDI channel 1, depending on which channel strip you're using (i.e. C-1 if your Impulse is on the first Track, G-1 if it's on the eight track).
This way, you can switch Arm on/off, say, when you're layering beats, and you also need to tryout an alternate combination before you layer another set on.
So you can go - Arm; bang,bang,bang; Un-Arm; bang,uh-oh,bang,bang; Arm; bang,bang,bang - see what I mean?
The [Undo] and [Redo] buttons here can be used if you want to delete the last layered set of beats, or you can go on hitting undo until the notes in the clip are blank.

[Note: You need to set up your blank clips in advance.] - the [Clip] button will not create a new clip for you - it can only trigger an existing clip.

this one is nice also : but how do you set up the impulse pads?? i dont quite understand that

bandbajao · Post by **bandbajao** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:52 pm

The complete list is here:
http://members.aol.com/mhigrules/MCMap.htm

Impulse maps to C3-C4. It's in the manual. If you want to have more than 8 pads, you can create a rack. Search the forum for this.

bandbajao · Post by **bandbajao** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:12 am

Here are a couple of neat videos using the pK with Live:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uXcWP_Aa-M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OF_gxu5rtQ

dep affect · Post by **dep affect** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:22 am

bandbajao wrote:The complete list is here:
http://members.aol.com/mhigrules/MCMap.htm

Impulse maps to C3-C4. It's in the manual. If you want to have more than 8 pads, you can create a rack. Search the forum for this.

ah right, i did see that guide before , and thought it wasnt what i was after, but after closer inspection, it is

yep i know impulse works from c3 - c4 , i thought maybe this was referring to a different way of controlling it (ie without having to arm it ), but i guess this is far more versatile anyway

thanks again = )

bandbajao · Post by **bandbajao** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:40 am

Yet another superb demo of pK with Live set up for MPC style drum rolls. Also includes a neat trick using Live's arp to do rolls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnSRWk_o87g

dep affect · Post by **dep affect** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:31 am

some great vids there!

ok : now i cant seem to get access to the metronome, and the global quantize as the guy has - i checked the mackie control midi map list but those notes do not work...

also i noticed some differences between that list and what you've used in the initial post (eg according to that list the left and right curser is E7 and F7, not D7 and D#7)

???

manZoo · Post by **manZoo** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 6:59 am

bandbajao-
Nice post my padKontrol thanks you

bandbajao · Post by **bandbajao** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 5:27 pm

Yes - there are a few mistakes in the original mhigrules document. I'd initially tried those, and found that some notes were mixed up. What's in my original post is correct, though.

Now that you've got the hang of it, You can also look at Machinate's original post for some additional functionalities.

As far as the vids are concerned, I don't think he's using MC emulation - he's probably mapped MIDI notes directly to the metronome and the global quantize in his Live set.

dep affect · Post by **dep affect** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:18 am

sweet cheers for your help, my padkontrol is now more than just a pretty toy

selthym · Post by **selthym** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:48 am

I got the padkontrol yesterday and have spent all day customising this with live. This thread has put the icing on the cake. Live and the padKontrol work brilliantly together... with a little customisation.

One Query

I want to use the x-y pad and buttons 1 & 2, the same as in Mike @ Trackteam audios post, but use this on another scene I have that has 2 c minor scales programmed.

I get the padKontrol working as per hi download and I have copied the same cc's across to my new scene. Any ideas how to get the x - y & rotaries 1 & 2 to control the 1st 4 parameters of a rack?

selthym · Post by **selthym** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:07 am

Worked this out last night.

I just needed to assign on of the pads or foot controller to send a CC message instead of a note.

This is an awesome piece of kit

selthym · Post by **selthym** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:56 am

Is there any way to select a rack to Automap using Mackie Control?

fatrabbit · Post by **fatrabbit** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:29 am

selthym wrote:Is there any way to select a rack to Automap using Mackie Control?

I think there is an Automap/Mackie Control hybrid template from Track Team Audio.

dango · Post by **dango** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:59 am

here are the mackie control tips prepared by Machinate

http://www.sinewavezero.com/Tip-looping ... lation.doc

http://www.sinewavezero.com/live5mackie ... tation.xls

cntrl click or right click to download