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(Message started by: midilifecrisis on Sep 26^th, 2004, 5:56am)

Title: midi controller + ableton live
Post by midilifecrisis on Sep 26^th, 2004, 5:56am

hello ,
let me start with "i like to push buttons" :o
and
i wish to use my joystick as midi controller using "vmidijoy"
i have installed midiyoke and vmidijoy -
i am hoping to be able to use the stick in ableton to manipulate both vst's and lives built in plugs .
this is my first adventure into midi'sville i know jack !
"counterintuitive" is a great word.

laptop - rme cardbus/multiface - usb joystick - xp pro -

please help -
scared and confused (plug into output , out of input ?)

thanks
hans

Title: Re: midi controller + ableton live
Post by Jamie OConnell on Sep 26^th, 2004, 6:25pm

I couldn't suss out what trouble you're having, but when using a joystick for a controller: I expect that the vmidijoy translates joystick movements into MIDI events. You then choose MIDI Yoke #N Out (#N = 1 to 8), as the MIDI device to send to. In the program you want the controller events to arrive in, you choose the same MIDI Yoke #N In as the input device.

Title: Re: midi controller + ableton live
Post by midilifecrisis on Sep 28^th, 2004, 8:52am

thanks heaps jamie thats exactly the info i needed
bassically a how to.
cheers
hans

Title: Re: midi controller + ableton live
Post by midilifecrisis on Sep 28^th, 2004, 9:18pm

hey jamie - i have run into a little prob.
the "vmidijoy" software only has settings for
"midi in channel" and "midi in port" there are no settings for "midi - out"
does this mean i simply do the opposite of what you told me ?

ie: set the midi yoke n# in -in tthe vmidijoy software
and the midi yoke n# out - corresponding in the ableton software ?

thanks
hans

Title: Re: midi controller + ableton live
Post by Jamie OConnell on Sep 29^th, 2004, 3:43am

Yeah, they may call it MIDI In, but they probably mean a Virtual MIDI OUT port. Try it and see.