WACOM PEN Support??

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WACOM PEN Support??

Post by Kai Green » Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:19 am

Has anyone used a Wacom Pen in Live yet? When attempting to select and turn dials; zooming in and out; etc there is very little control. Very dissapointing. Had to go back to a mouse.

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Yeah...

Post by gaspode » Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:19 pm

Live isn't very tablet pc/wacom tablet friendly right now... but if it was then it'd have to give up mouse movements... it'd be nice if there was a way to have it switch between input modes though.

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Post by Guest » Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:31 pm

Yes, I have tried to use Live with a Wacom tablet. The dials are practically uncontrollable. A shame, really, since Wacom pen is a wonderfully natural way of controlling audio programs (works like a charm with Reason, for example). I'd really like to see it fixed for 4.

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Post by Guest » Mon Jun 07, 2004 10:24 pm

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I have tried to use Live with a Wacom tablet. The dials are practically uncontrollable. A shame, really, since Wacom pen is a wonderfully natural way of controlling audio programs (works like a charm with Reason, for example). I'd really like to see it fixed for 4.
try this if you want more control

http://www.touchscreens.com/mt15pc-usb.html

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Uhm...

Post by gaspode » Wed Jun 09, 2004 1:02 pm

That touchscreen doesn't solve the 'problem' that is being referred to...

The issue is that the cursor goes into a 'high precision' mode when you select certain elements on the interface which is not compatible with any kind of touch, pen or other physical input...

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Post by Poster » Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:45 pm

bump..

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Post by gaspode » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:43 pm

Poster wrote:bump..
Not sure this is bump worthy, but okay... I'd be interested in this :)

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Post by Poster » Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:11 pm

gaspode wrote:
Poster wrote:bump..
Not sure this is bump worthy, but okay... I'd be interested in this :)
Live does still not work as it should with Wacom..

so worth bumping.. :wink:

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Post by Poster » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:43 pm

bump..

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Re: WACOM PEN Support??

Post by djod » Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:24 pm

+1

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Re: WACOM PEN Support??

Post by n1n0 » Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:25 pm

yes +1 please fix. Using Live 8.0.2, OSX 10.6.4 and a Wacom tablet. Ableton Live is the only app that does not support the wacom tablet correctly. Faders, knobs, etc. seem to jump to max/min value and are almost impossible to set. Zoom is very hard to control and also wants to jump to max/min. And, I loose functionality over my MBP mouse in all other apps and the OS when I use the wacom tablet with Ableton Live.
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Re: WACOM PEN Support??

Post by Poster » Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:06 pm

n1n0 wrote:yes +1 please fix. Using Live 8.0.2, OSX 10.6.4 and a Wacom tablet. Ableton Live is the only app that does not support the wacom tablet correctly. Faders, knobs, etc. seem to jump to max/min value and are almost impossible to set. Zoom is very hard to control and also wants to jump to max/min. And, I loose functionality over my MBP mouse in all other apps and the OS when I use the wacom tablet with Ableton Live.
this has been fixed for a long time already..

- create a text file into the Ableton preferences folder named Options.txt

path: user/library/preferences/ableton/live 8.x/Options.txt
make sure that text file is saved as plain text, so no formating such as .rtf!

- in that text file enter this line: -AbsoluteMouseMode

fixed..!

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