r/Novation

I am having real difficulty synchronising an Akai MPK Mini plus to Ableton Live 12. In particular, I can't seem to get the pads to play midi drums at the same time as the keys play midi keys. I understand that I might(?) need to install an akai 'script' in Ableton to do this (different guides suggest different destination folders for the ableton script from the Akai website), which surprises me as there is a dedicated MPK Mini Plus setting in Ableton Live 12. I also understand I might have to do something in the MPK Mini Plus Program Editor (when I open the Editor, it suggests the pads are using channel 1). The various tutorials and akai/ableton guides don't seem to be fixing this, so I wonder if I am doing something fundamentally wrong here? Can anyone point me to an up to date guide for this? Is the script really necessary?

Hey everyone!

For the last few months I've been playing with the Circuit Tracks again, building tools to interact with it programmatically. Along the way I was even able to reverse engineer the project file format.

Since I did that, I've been playing with an idea: what if you could make a web synth that's fully compatible with the Circuit Tracks?

Well, I built it, and I wanted to share it with you!

https://webtracks.namirsab.dev/

webtracks lets you make music in your browser with the workflow we love. You can import and export projects and packs, so you can start something on the Circuit and finish it in the browser, or the other way around.

It's free, runs in the browser, and needs no account. I'd love to hear what you think, and what you'd want it to do next.

Tip: Better enjoyed on a tablet or laptop. Smartphone/small screens UX coming soon!

Disclaimer: this is a tribute and a fully non commercial project. Just done for the fun and in no way linked to Novation or Focusrite. I've used AI assisted programming to build it.

hey,

the endless encoders are absolutley (hehe) useless in custom mode without the ability to send relative cc's. novation support, please, finally look into this. people have been asking for this for months...

edit: or can anyone suggest me a nice midi controller for logic pro with relative encoders and maybe even faders?

I am so close to pulling the trigger on one of these, but I can't find a good answer on whether or not it has a normal hold function. What I mean by this is a mode where whatever keys I press, it holds the keys indefinitely until new ones are pressed. This is different than latch mode, which would play through an arp, and retrigger the keys on loop. Does anyone know? Thank you for your time.

Hello, I’d like to get LCXL3 to map parameters in my MPC live 3, basically create a couple of custom templates to control some VSTs. But I need to make sure it works the way I need it to:

If values on encoders are all set to 0 and I load a preset on my VST, will the LCXL 3 receive midi values from VST and adjust brightness of the LEDs accordingly? Same if I change value on MPC, will the value on LC update and match in real time? When I change the preset in VST, will all the values be sent to LCs encoders to match? - I know its all the same question/behaviour, I just want to be clear.

I don’t mind using midi cables if necessary, I just need the controller work as described.

AI says its possible, I just need a real user to confirm before spending money.

Thank you!