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Nord Electro 4 as a MIDI controller for Ableton Live

Postby chonger » 20 May 2018, 23:59

Has anyone successfully set up the Nord Electro 4 as a MIDI controller for Ableton Live 9? I've connected my Electro 4 to my laptop (PC, Windows 10) via USB. My laptop is then connected to a Presonus Audiobox USB interface which then goes to the mixer. I've gotten Ableton to recognize the signal coming in from my Electro 4 and I'm able to trigger sounds using the keys on the Electro 4. My problem is that I'm trying map the knobs and drawbars on the Electro 4 to the different controls for each channel in Ableton's session view. For example, I would like to use the drawbars on the Nord as faders for the individual channels in Ableton so I can fade different patches in and out as needed. For my other MIDI controller, all I would do is hit CTRL+M in Ableton to go into MIDI mapping mode, select the parameter I want to control in Ableton and then adjust the fader / knob that I want to use to control that parameter. I tried to do this with my Electro 4 and Ableton can't / won't sense when I'm adjusting the drawbars or knobs on the Nord.

I feel like I'm missing a step here because Ableton recognizes my keyboard inputs. It just can't sense any fader or knob adjustments. Has anyone ever run into this? Is what I'm trying to do even possible with the Electro 4?

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Re: Nord Electro 4 as a MIDI controller for Ableton Live

Postby PScooter63 » 21 May 2018, 00:23

Check your MIDI Menu Control Change mode... is it set to Send & Receive?
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Re: Nord Electro 4 as a MIDI controller for Ableton Live

Postby chonger » 21 May 2018, 00:49

Yes it is.
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Re: Nord Electro 4 as a MIDI controller for Ableton Live

Postby maxpiano » 21 May 2018, 08:52

How did you set MIDI channels on the NE, particularly the Global Channel? As controls are transmitted over Global Channel only.
Use Ableton’s MIDi monitoring feature to check what you are getting from the NE
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Re: Nord Electro 4 as a MIDI controller for Ableton Live

Postby chonger » 22 May 2018, 06:04

Stupid... The Remote MIDI port wasn't turned on for the NE. Once I turned it on I was able to map buttons and knobs.
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Re: Nord Electro 4 as a MIDI controller for Ableton Live

Postby Ezio Mirrione » 26 Jun 2018, 14:05

Hi, but have you managed to use the drawbars as linear controls on the volumes, or step by step like on the NE organ?
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