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Re: Mobius Mystery part 2



So is there a preferred midi event to use or the control of Mobius
(Notes, PC, CC)?

Kevin

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 10:19 AM, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> 
wrote:
> It's also typical behaviour for when the Note-Off doesn't reach
> the Echoloop.
>
> It seems that Ableton suppresses Note-Off on some (all?) routings.
>
> andy
>
>
> Per Boysen wrote:
>>
>> When using any third-party plugin hosted in Live there are three ways
>> external MIDI control surface gear can talk to the plugin:
>>
>> 1) As MIDI Track Input through Live (activate/deactivate in Live's
>> Preferences, MIDI/Sync tab).
>> 2) As Remote control through Live (activate/deactivate in Live's
>> Preferences, MIDI/Sync tab).
>> 3) Third-party plugin set to listen directly to the system's MIDI Port.
>>
>> The issue with the looper killing itself on Record is typical when
>> more than one of the above control systems are active (as Jeff
>> explained).
>>
>> I have tried all three for looper plugins and with Mobius I stick to
>> "3". Not because it is better but because it makes my jumping between
>> many alternative host applications very smooth. "1" is also easy once
>> you have set the MIDI bindings in Mobius. In order to make "2" work
>> with Mobius one needs to first go into Mobius and chose which
>> parameters the plugin shall expose to the host and then use Ableton's
>> internal system (VST or AU protocol) to set up the mapping in Live.
>> The "Abes" recommend this method.
>>
>> Greetings from Sweden
>>
>> Per Boysen
>> www.perboysen.com
>> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Phil Clevenger
>> <phil.clevenger@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Wow that's weird, just this evening I have been wrestling with the 
>>> exact
>>> same behavior, but with Echoloop within Live. All Echoloop functions 
>>> are
>>> mapped and respond fine, but pressing the LG controller button bound to
>>> Echoloop's Record function results in a short bit of Record time, 
>>> followed
>>> by a reset. So it seems to interpret the NoteOn as a long press.
>>>
>>> Had it working some time back - encountered this problem then as well,
>>> but somehow solved it, and now cannot recall the solution - gah !
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 11, 2012, at 10:42 PM, Kevin Cheli-Colando wrote:
>>>
>>>> Okay, so anyone thinks I should take this to the Mobius forums that's
>>>> cool, but....
>>>>
>>>> So thanks to Jeff's advice I got Mobius running in live and even
>>>> managed to configure the layout of the FCB1010 for most functions.
>>>> Every command I programmed worked EXCEPT, when I press the button
>>>> bound to the record function, it goes into record for 4 counts and
>>>> then stops.  I've confirmed that the pedal is sending Note on and off
>>>> with a value of 01.
>>>>
>>>> Apologies if I'm missing the obvious, it certainly wouldn't be the
>>>> first time.  I hope to get this figured out before I get annoying with
>>>> these questions.
>>>>
>>>> Any pointers?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Kevin
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Till now you seriously considered yourself to be the body and to have 
>>>> a
>>>> form. That is the primal ignorance which is the root cause of all
>>>> trouble.
>>>>
>>>> - Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950)
>>>>
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>>>>
>>
>>
>



-- 
Till now you seriously considered yourself to be the body and to have a
form. That is the primal ignorance which is the root cause of all trouble.

- Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950)

Sound and Vision:  http://www.minds-eye.org
Video http://www.vimeo.com/user877640/videos