How do I get the bass pedals to work in Ableton

Software Instruments B-3 V
#1

I can only get the upper manual to follow my sequence, which I programmed with a mousepad.

Do I need to get my sequence to output on MIDI channel 3? I have been searching online for an answer to this for two hours now, and the only thing I’m close to is smashing my laptop.

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#2

Yeah, that is what you need to do, but Ableton doesn’t make it easy.
The only way I’ve found to do this in Ableton is have your B-3 VST on one MIDI track, and your MIDI clips in a separate MIDI track. On your clips track, set the “MIDI To” Output to your VST track and the Channel to 3. This should play your MIDI clips using the B-3 VST pedals.

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I’m guessing that I have done this wrong, because it is still not working.

Is it weird that Live doesn’t let you select which MIDI channel to use? Seems like an unusual oversight.

#4

The MIDI To:Channel of your first track needs to be set to Channel 3 (“3-B-3 V2”), instead of “Track In”.
The MIDI From:Channel of your second track can be set back to “All Channels”.

I’m sure there’s some Ableton workflow reason why they don’t let you set a MIDI channel within a track’s clips, but whatever it is, it sure makes it more complex for simple situations like this.