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Title: Not able to use hardware Category & Preset knobs with Analog Lab plugin.
Post by: Old_School on March 20, 2013, 06:22:37 am

DAW is Live 8.2.3
Keyboard and software is 49 key + Analog Laboratory.

In standalone I change category and presets via hardware but in Ableton Live I cannot. It simply flips between two choices and doesn't scroll through.

Any way to fix this?

Title: Re: Not able to use hardware Category & Preset knobs with Analog Lab plugin.
Post by: Dav1d on March 20, 2013, 09:27:32 am

This is a Known bug with Ableton.

The workAround is a little tricky,on the software side (see accompanying picture).
The idea is that keyboard data will be sent to MidiPipe (instead of Live), processed by MidiPipe (insert extra events), then looped back to Live using MidiPipe virtual drivers.

MidiPipe setup
==============
- download MidiPipe http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/10541/midipipe
- unzip into \Applications
- power up Laboratory keyboard
- launch MidiPipe
- load the attached "pipe" (Laboratory.mipi)
- be sure the Laboratory pipe is active (you should see 4 steps)

Live setup
==========
Here just tell Live to use the pipe instead of the plain old keyboard
- Open Live preferences
- Go to Midi page
- turn off "input: The Laboratory"
- turn on "input: MidiPipe Output 1" (both "Track" and "Remote")

That pretty much all you have to do.
The drawback is that you have to launch MidiPipe each time (there should be a way to automate this task.

Title: Re: Not able to use hardware Category & Preset knobs with Analog Lab plugin.
Post by: kcearl on March 21, 2013, 03:21:29 pm

Is there a workaround for the PC?

Title: Re: Not able to use hardware Category & Preset knobs with Analog Lab plugin.
Post by: Dav1d on March 22, 2013, 09:50:41 am

For PC, you can use MidiOX:
==> http://www.midiox.com/
 :)

Title: Re: Not able to use hardware Category & Preset knobs with Analog Lab plugin.
Post by: kcearl on March 24, 2013, 12:24:52 am

thanks Ill give it a shot, or maybe wait for an update...Im getting a lot of crashes in Live with Arturia plugs, especially SEM V, though I guess that should be another thread


please make them more stable with Live :)

Title: Re: Not able to use hardware Category & Preset knobs with Analog Lab plugin.
Post by: Old_School on April 07, 2013, 08:35:22 am

load the attached "pipe" (Laboratory.mipi)

Where is that?

Thanks

Title: Re: Not able to use hardware Category & Preset knobs with Analog Lab plugin.
Post by: Old_School on April 10, 2013, 06:11:50 am

Where is this .mipi file?
 ???

Title: Re: Not able to use hardware Category & Preset knobs with Analog Lab plugin.
Post by: Dav1d on April 10, 2013, 02:24:28 pm

I just added it, sorry  :)

Title: Re: Not able to use hardware Category & Preset knobs with Analog Lab plugin.
Post by: Old_School on April 17, 2013, 06:57:01 am

Cheers Thanks!

Title: Re: Not able to use hardware Category & Preset knobs with Analog Lab plugin.
Post by: domtak on July 11, 2013, 08:24:48 pm

So I just purchased Analog Experience 49 and discover this issue with Ableton Live (the DAW I used).

With the Laboratory nothing happens when I turn the preset dials. With the Lab I have the same action where just 2 presets can be selected.

This pretty much defeats the whole point of having a dedicated controller, I don't want to be sat by a computer clicking away, I want to use the hardware. So, what is cause of the bug? Is it Ableton or is it Arturia software?

Pretty frustrated to be honest - how long has this software been in existence and the only fix is a hack?

 >:(