midipads in ableton

[artmonger]

I've been searching for this plug-in and really LOVE the concept.. but for the life of me i am not getting it to send CC messages in ableton..
The VST is loaded...
The Midi Remote is turned ON for all inputs in the midi setup...
yet when i go to midimap to the pads.. I get no mapping...

if anyone can help this techtard out i would really appreciate it.. til then, i'm just going to peruse forums and pull my hair out..

green beans and copywrong to all and to all a good day!

[insertpizhere]

You need to use a midi loopback device (virtual midi port) to send the midi from midiPads out of Live and receive it again. I use loopMIDI for this.

I don't have Live installed here, but from memory it should work like this:

- Track 1 has midiPads on it
- Track 2 receives midi from Track 1/midiPads and outputs it to a virtual midi output port. This track should have monitoring turned on.

Then Live will receive the midi on the corresponding virtual midi input port.

[artmonger]

Thanks Piz.
will give it a try.. and when i get it truely figured out.. i'll make a quick vid tutorial on it for the info. thanks for the quick response.

aM

[artmonger]

OK.. Got it all set up and its working fine..

The reason i wanted to get this set up is to be able to use my Wacom Tablet as a midi control device for ableton during live sets. 64 custom buttons and sliders is way more than enough to rig a sweet 2 hour set!

I would suggest using an external Midihost (I chose minihost) to launch midiPads on a separate monitor so you have ultimate control without having to have the Track open to operate. (in ableton without an external midihost, If you want to assign a pad to ..lets just say.. tweak the cutoff on a track other than the one midiPads is on, you wont be able to assign it.. i'll demonstrate this in the tutorial.)

I'll be working on that tutorial i promised and as soon as i have it posted i'll send it to this forum. Use it freely on your site Piz.. thanks for such a great product!

artMonger

[artmonger]

Finished the introduction tutorial video. I'll be posting more as soon as i finish them. There will probably be 5-10 total vids as to be thorough.. I hate tutorials that are really hard to comprehend.. so i'm going to try my best to cover all the bases.

Thanks again "the PIZ" and like i said, you can post these on your site as well.

The First Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDKdlprh ... LeoKdlQhIG[/url]

[insertpizhere]

Finally watched it with the sound on... looking forward to more. Cool music too.

[artmonger]

Thanks Piz.. Holidays are holding me back a bit, will have the next few up soon.

artMonger

[artmonger]

Hey Piz.. Its been a while.. and this project got pushed to the side a bit. but i have the second Tutorial Vid up.. Let me know what you think.

http://youtu.be/hZPmn0y5Y7I