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i want to program a patch in m4l to route incoming midi data from a hardware device. i.e. this drum pad activates this fx rack in a certain track, or that knob controls that parameter in that track in that chain etc etc..

so basically a interface to individually route/map my hardware device... (user remote script is too limited)

i have done some research and it seems that s kind of an impossible task because what i need is to monitor the midi input before ableton is accessing it and not within ableton, right?

i have a question:
i want to program a patch in m4l to route incoming midi data from a hardware device. i.e. this drum pad activates this fx rack in a certain track, or that knob controls that parameter in that track in that chain etc etc..
so basically a interface to individually route/map my hardware device... (user remote script is too limited)

i have done some research and it seems that s kind of an impossible task because what i need is to monitor the midi input before ableton is accessing it and not within ableton, right?
any help or suggestions?


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Like MIDI mapping, but with note data as well as controller data?

i dont use ableton, so that last bit lost me. You are looking to rig something up that takes midi input from your hardware and routes it to ableton to perform a specific function? if so, it should be possible - check out the live.remote object.

If you want to use M4L to talk to a controller, it does need a remote script.

You can however, just set up a normal midi in for a device, set a MIDI track's MIDI in to that device and then create a MIDI M4L device that takes it's input from the track...

Would be interesting to see if you create a userscript whether anything is made visible to M4L, though I doubt it

anyway, I think that's what you're asking?

On first read it sounds like Ableton's native midi mapping would suffice, ie midi map the effect racks on/off button to your drum pad but I suspect there is more to the requirement than that?

the correct way to observer hardware device parameters (midi-controller) you must access via "control_surfaces" see "Live Object Model"

If I'm not wrong only "AKAI APC Series", "Novation Launchpad Series", "Ableton Push" are supported.

As far as I know
the correct way to observer hardware device parameters (midi-controller) you must access via "control_surfaces" see "Live Object Model"
If I'm not wrong only "AKAI APC Series", "Novation Launchpad Series", "Ableton Push" are supported.


routing midi from hardware device