This brings up another question though - how should I go about automating the devices on an audio track? I know with MIDI tracks you can inset a clip (i'm using clip view by the way) onto the MIDI track and then draw in device on/off automation.
QLab needs to be told how to access each device before it can be used in a command cue. Each of these devices represents a separate MIDI network, allowing quite a few possible devices. If you are using multiple controllers then you might need to put some thought into MIDI channels to avoid unpleasant clashes.Īh this does indeed work nicely. A QLab system running on a Macintosh can have up to 12 MIDI output devices (8 on Version 3). fire the MIDI cue in QLab, Live should then capture the value of the incoming MIDI message (it should appear in the MIDI mapping browser). in QLab, choose a MIDI note or CC in a MIDI cue put Live in MIDI mapping mode, then click on the control that you would like to map to
You get Live to capture the incoming MIDI message while in MIDI mapping mode, just like when mapping controls from a hardware device. I'll give that a shot - how to I go about mapping though? If Ableton is receiving MIDI info from another program, I can exactly just select the note and MIDI map it - would I need to somehow capture the incoming note? you can now map MIDI notes or CCs coming out of QLab (via the IAC bus) to the device on/off switches of your devices, etc. In the Live MIDI prefs, turn on 'Remote' for input from the IAC bus. In QLab, you can now send MIDI triggers to the IAC bus. Open up Audio MIDI Setup and enable the IAC bus. You don't need to mess with hardware MIDI routing, as OS X has a built-in software MIDI system which you can use to route MIDI between applications-the IAC bus. During a specific part of a song (the bridge), I'd like to apply effects/EQ & so on to my vocal mic track within Ableton - since i'm not using clips to play the backing tracks (those are within QLab), is there a way to essentially send information from QLab (with either a MIDI/timecode track etc), and use that to tell Ableton when to turn on/off FX that I have on my vocal mic audio track?