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MASCHINE PLUS, MK3 & MASCHINE MIKRO MK3 total integration with Ableton Live 11+ & 12.1+ (Windows & Mac OS)

Introduction:

This Control Surface/MIDI Remote Script, providing total integration for Ableton Live 11, 12.1 and up, was exclusively built for MASCHINE MIKRO MK3, back in March 2021, but compatibility and same functionalities are now available and ready to use for MASCHINE PLUS & MASCHINE MK3, without support for the screens, 8x Encoders, 8x square buttons above the screens and other buttons not available on MASCHINE MIKRO MK3.

Several updates have been released since the first initial release and the continued development for this script will provide more future updates for new functionalities, fixes and improvements.

A brief overview of the main modes and their functionalities:

1. CLIP mode

   • Launch Clip. Pad color will match with Live's Clip color.
   • Create Clip and Record
   • Duplicate Clip
   • Double Clip content and length
   • Delete Clip

2. SCENE mode

   • Launch Scene. Pad color will match with Live's Scene color.
   • Duplicate Scene
   • Delete Scene

3. TRACK mode

   • Select Track, Return Track or Master Track. Pad color will match with Live's Track color or white if muted or muted via solo.
   • Create New MIDI or Audio Track
   • Duplicate Track
   • Delete Track
   • Arm/Solo/Mute Track

4. METERING mode

   • Visual feedback on pads for playback volume levels of up to 4x tracks, scrollable left/right to show more tracks' volume levels (4-columns visualization). 4x pads color (1 column) will match with Live's Track color.

5. DRUM mode

   • Trigger up to 16x Drum Rack pads/chains, scrollable up/down for more pads/chains. Pad color will match with Live's Drum Rack pad/chain color or white if muted or muted via solo. Pad color will not match with Live's pad/chain color if Auto-Coloring is enabled.
   • Auto-coloring for pads depending on pad/chain name, i.e.: "Kick" is colored in red (toggleable)
   • Solo/Mute drum pads/chains
   • Note Repeat

6. KEYBOARD mode

   • Note triggering for MIDI Track. Pad color will match with Live's selected Clip color or selected Track color if no clip is selected, brighter color for root-note pads.
   • Live 11's per-clip Scales and Root Note integration. Per-clip scale and/or root note changes from the hardware will reflect to Live, and vice-versa.
   • Scale, Root Note, Octave up/down change from the hardware
   • Note Repeat

7. SHIFT mode

   • Undo/Redo
   • Quantize/Quantize 50% with selected Clip's grid quantization
   • Nudge left/right selected or all notes
   • Clear selected or all notes
   • Clear selected Clip's Envelopes
   • Copy selected or all notes
   • Paste copied notes
   • Transpose up/down selected or all notes, keeping note in scale if Scale is enabled
   • Octave up/down selected or all notes

8. EVENTS mode

   • Similar visualization as KEYBOARD mode, to select notes of selected MIDI Clip

9. STOP mode

   • Similar visualization as TRACK mode, to stop playing clip of multiple Tracks without stopping playback
   • Stop clip for all the tracks without stopping playback

10. SOLO mode

    • Similar visualization as TRACK mode, to solo multiple Tracks

11. MUTE mode

    • Similar visualization as TRACK mode, to mute multiple Tracks

Other important functionalities include:

1. Transport control

   • Play and Restart-Play
   • Session and Arrangement Record
   • Stop Playback

2. Note Repeat

   • Touch-strip for rate change, default 1/16
   • Auto-enable when touch-strip is touched
   • "Pinned"-enable note repeat

3. Selected Track

   • Change Volume with +/-1.0dB increments
   • Arm/Solo/Mute
   • Duplicate. If a clip is selected/focused, it will duplicate the clip, instead.

4. Miscellaneous

   • Capture MIDI
   • Toggle Automation arm
   • Toggle Metronome
   • Tap Tempo
   • Change Tempo with +/-1.0 increments
   • Change Swing amount of groove
   • Show/Hide Live's Browser panel
   • Toggle between Session or Arrangement View
   • Toggle between Device or Clip Detail View

Installation, Usage, Changelog:

Please read Installation.pdf, User Manual pdf files and Changelog.pdf published at this forum thread, Interactive user manual can also be opened from the link below:

https://elton47.github.io/MMMk3-User-Manual/

Changelog will always be up-to-date on this forum threads' 3rd post

Notes:

This script is not for free, the development of this script continues for future updates, new features, improvements, support and bug fixes.

It is highly recommended to always use the latest version of this script.

The script requires the hardware to be on "MIDI Mode" (SHIFT + MASCHINE ICON button-press combination).

RESTART button is used for "SHIFT" operations, as we currently cannot assign any MIDI CC values for the physical SHIFT button.

Download:

You can purchase the script via PayHip (using PayPal or other payment methods PayHip offers for your country), from the following link or link-preview card:

Contact:

Feature requests, bug reports and other issues, please reply on this thread or contact me via email at: eltoni.memishi@live.com

Special Thanks:

To Sk8zOfficialMusic for featuring this script and publishing it on YouTube!

Same issue.

M1 Max. library resides on thunderbolt Glyph SSD. No audio interface other than MK3.

I do switch audio out regularly between, MacBookPro speakers, Built In (Apple headphones), and Airplay (Apple home pods). Maybe that's part of the secret sauce to instantiate the bug.

I have completely removed everything NI following the NI article, and reinstalled without success.

Currently working around the issue with either or of the methods below, both work:

1) reduce audio buffer size to less than 256, prevents crashing previewing patches in any way.

2) on startup or when loading a new project - hit browser - load whichever patch is currently selected. Once any patch has been loaded I can now scroll and preview any patches.

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Chapter 1 - Getting started

Learn how to download Native Access, register your MASCHINE MK3, download MASCHINE software from the Factory Library, connect your MASCHINE, set your preferences, and troubleshoot installation issues.

Find below some troubleshooting documentation and helpful resources:

• My Maschine Controller Does Not Start
• MASCHINE Support Wizard
• MASCHINE MK3 Manual

Chapter 2 - The Maschine Controller

Learn about every button and knob on the MASCHINE hardware, including the velocity-sensitive pads, group buttons, encoder knobs, and more.

Chapter 3 - The Maschine Library

Learn how to browse sounds, load existing projects from the library, start a new project, load and erase sounds, layer loops and one shots, and save samples to your personal user library.

Useful support articles regarding Maschine Library:

• My Maschine 2 Factory Library is missing
• Can I Move My Maschine Library to an External Hard-Drive?

Chapter 4 - Creating Rhythms

Learn how to use the Metronome, Auto-Length, Undo/Redo, Clear, Quantize, Swing, Pattern, and Note Repeat functions.

For a deeper dive on the Note Editing function check out Jeff Gibbons full tutorial:

• Ultimate MASCHINE Note Editing Masterclass

Chapter 5 - Create Melodies and Chords

Learn how to activate keyboard mode in MASCHINE, use an external MIDI keyboard with your MASCHINE setup, change scales in Keyboard mode, add harmonies with Chords mode, transpose chords, and use the Note Repeat arpeggiator function.

Let Jeff Gibbons takes you through an in-depth exploration of the Chords Mode:

• MASCHINE Chords Mode Masterclass

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