My MIDI Keyboard changes DAW Settings - no MIDI Mapping set!

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My MIDI Keyboard changes DAW Settings - no MIDI Mapping set!

Post by larseparsa » Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:52 am

SETUP:

CME Mobiltone U-Key v2
BEHRINGER XENYX USB Mixer
Ableton Live
Windows XP

So, my problem: My MIDI Keyboard's Joystick seems to send MIDI commands to Ableton Live although no commands have been assigned in Live's MIDI Map. Here's what it does:

Joystick Left: Volume fades down
Joystick Right: Volume fades up

This is very annoying when I'm f.ex. playing a synth in Omnisphere that has Joystick Up and Down as a Cutoff Filter. Since my joystick is circular, if I make as much as a half millimeter turn to the Right/Left, my volume in Ableton goes Up/Down. It's really getting on my nerves!!! Does anyone know what causes this?


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Re: My MIDI Keyboard changes DAW Settings - no MIDI Mapping

Post by meatballfulton » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:24 pm

Do you have the controller input configured in Live as a single MIDI channel per track or to "All Ins" and/or "All Channels"? That can cause problems.
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Re: My MIDI Keyboard changes DAW Settings - no MIDI Mapping

Post by larseparsa » Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:21 pm

meatballfulton wrote:Do you have the controller input configured in Live as a single MIDI channel per track or to "All Ins" and/or "All Channels"? That can cause problems.
Thank you! I changed it from All Ins to Mackie Control, and now it doesn't control the volume on all tracks. It however controls sends A and B...

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Re: My MIDI Keyboard changes DAW Settings - no MIDI Mapping

Post by larseparsa » Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:55 pm

Update, I solved it. I changed the "Midi From" to "MackieControlXT" instead of simply MackieControl.

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