Control Ableton Live with KeyLab MK II

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#1

Hi there,

I just switched from FL-Studio to Ableton, because I read about the good integration of KeyLab and Live.

It seems all knobs and keys are working (I can control volume and pan, scroll through scenes and instruments) but I cannot arm the track selected.
Whenever I press ‘Arm’ (top row of the DAW commands buttons, second from the right) always the same track toggles armed / not armed.

What am I doing wrong?

Where can I find detailed information, which function in Ableton can be controlled with which knobs / buttons from KeyLab?

EDIT:
I figured out that I must press the ‘Record’ button (top row in the middle) to arm the track.
This means, I must select the track (left / right button or buttons below mixer slider) AND press the record-button each time I want to control another instrument.
To me, this does not really make sense. I was used in FL Studio that I can select a channel (instrument) by simply pressing the corresponding mixer-knob and immediately hear the instrument.

Am I still missing something, or is this behaviour to be expected with Ableton?

#2

I guess I didn’t understand the way Ableton works. So I assume, this behaviour is well ‘as designed’ and I will get used to it!

#3

i think you’re looking for “multi” track control mode – look in midi control center global settings, section 4.3.1 in manual

Track Control mode Single vs Multi

#4

Hey @eflister ,
thank you for the tip!
Yes, I switched to ‘multi track’ and that makes more sense to me this way.

What I still don’t get is the behaviour of the Jog-wheel (see: Functions of the Jog Wheel in Ableton Session View? - Lab / KeyLab - The Sound Explorers Community (arturia.com) )

Maybe you have an idea to this one, too? :slight_smile: