How To Setup Nektar Pacer with Ableton for Looping and Control Applies to any DAW
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- In this one I show you how to get going with your Pacer - programming the patches and learning them to Ableton parameters. Info applies to any DAW.
UPDATE LIVE 11 will NOT work with the whole "one button to select/arm/record/stop" because it will no longer Select the track on the first press. Live 10 works as described in this tutorial (I just d/l'd and tested) but Live 11 does not. Contacted Live support, will update here as needed. See fix: • ableton broke FIX
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✌🏼This just came into my feed… truly a very useful midi board for many things. Works with Ableton and Amplitube! 💯✌🏼
Your input in the first 1:57 on how not to get “muddled” is key. That being said, this controller seems deep.
It can be a swamp of misery it’s so deep. But mostly it’s roses. 😂
nice tan lines... 😂. very helpful since I'm just about to set mine up in the studio.
Fancy feet. 😂
Show some love Chaco.
Hi Andy, thank you for the best tutorial I've seen explaining the Pacer settings to control Ableton ... but it doesn't work for me. I've done the Pacer settings as you described, no problem. Like in your video, I assigned one clip to pedal 1 via midi learn. When I press pedal 1, the clip only blinked for 1 second (in square mode) and the Rec button will not be activated. Afterwards I assigned via midi learn pedal 1 to the clip and to the Rec button. When pressing the pedal, Rec button is activated, but when I press the pedal once again, the clip is activated (red circel mode) but the Rec button isn't activated anymore (so it's not possible to record). In this manner here your answer to Terry Lacny's question (see comments) you wrote: "I’m pressing the footswitch assigned to that cell. That single assignment allows press 1 > select, press 2 > rec, press 3 > stop and loop(play). All same button", but this didn't work for me :(
Only 3 actions with one pedal, to active, to record and to play the clip ist so great. I've done a lot of time to figure this out, no results ... although it seems so easy in your video (maybe some additional settings in Abletons Preferences must be done? Can you help please. Thank you
Email me and I’ll help you directly. Not sure what it could be. limitedwave at gmail. 💥
Hey there is it possible to have all the buttons on the pacer do cc commands? Or atleast 10 of them? Thanks
Not to my knowledge. Only 6 at a time. It’s stupid.
Thanks for doing this, I think I can got it, but not sure
Thank you very much, it’s precious !
Hello Andy, is it possible to give me 1-2 hours lesson how to use the Nektar pacer foot controller with the Ableton in Scenes section ?
Yes of course! Email me at limitedwave at gmail.com
@@alwaysandy_ thanks a lot ❤️
Curious in your Preferences in Ableton I have 9 Standard shouldn't there be a connect to foot pedal, I'm not seeeing anything
Mine is just the Pacer device connection. Good luck.
Thanks so much for this! I just got one and yours was the first tutorial I found, thank God. Super chilled, non-intimidating and doesn't make my head want to explode from all the information. THANK YOU! Also wondering, do all the settings stick when you open a new project or do you have to set it up each time you open a new project? I was having an issue with this with my midi device and had to set up the midi mapper in each session. I guess if you have a template, it should stick. Another question goes for the whole column when looping. Do you have to midi map each clip below the first one at the top or does the rest of the column just happen once you have set the 'note' setting up? Hope these question makes sense. Anyway, I look forward to going through your other videos. Subscribed. :)
Yayyy? Glad to help. So - yes - you must Save As from project to project or use a template to retain midi notes etc that are learned to cells. For your column q same thing. Each cell down the column has its own button learned from within a bank on the pacer. This is why I have 9 “Loop X” banks. Don’t forget to view the link in the description about Ableton breaking my track select method with v11.
Oh hey I’ve seen ur stream I follow you! Did I raid you?? Platform confusion 😂😂😂
@@alwaysandy_ hey! I will definitely check out the link! Thanks for getting back to me!!
@@alwaysandy_ no wayzzzz!! That's crazy! Thanks for the race and I'm sorry if I haven't raided you back yet... I'm still quite new on there. I tried looking for you on there but couldn't find you, what is your twitch handle? Thanks again for the great advice. This is almost all Greek to me, gonna take a while to figure it out but with your help, it'll make things easier.
@@AnneBonsignore it’s the smallest of worlds yasss. 😂 I stream irregularly and it’s very possible it was someone else’s raid I came in with but you never know. Lol. It all melts together. On twitch I’m twitch.tv/alwaysandy_
Awesome. Been thinking about getting a Nektar Pacer. What software is the on the bottom of your DAW?
That’s the Slate Raven software.
Thanks dude, I’ve had mine for a few months but there aren’t any tutorials or anything so it’s just been collecting dust
Noooooo!! 😂 totally understandable glad you haven’t given up on it!
@@alwaysandy_ I remember reading something about each switch being able to do an additional 6 commands per switch…did you happen to figure out what that means and how to do it? Appreciate you again
@@kamilqazi5241 hmmm hadn’t heard that. Link?
@@alwaysandy_ Hi Andy. A few days ago you were telling me about the 3 presses assigned to the one foot switch. It seems like you don’t know what he is exactly talking about here but isn’t your 3 presses related to the 6 functions per switch discussed here? Is seems like you are using 3 of the 6 available presses. In your case, you only needed 3 presses to achieve what you needed to do and not the entire 6. I hope that makes sense.
@@terrylacny3614 no it doesn’t make sense. One function per button. One press to select, one to go, one to stop. That’s all I need.
I am so confused. I followed instructions, learned how to make my own preset with the bottom row all programmed to a different note, and yet the only time the daw recognizes the pacer whatsoever is in transport mode. While using a preset with my custom notes on the pedals, it is unresponsive when trying to midi learn. Just straight up does nothing. I do not know why.
HELP!
Email me we’ll get you going. limitedwave at gmail
I have the same problem, did you fix yours?
@@Shtef5 me too - interested in what the solution was? Is it the Mackie Control Surface?
Was there any solution to this? I have the same problem now!
SOLUTION: ENSURE VELOCITY IS MORE THAN 0 (Anywhere between 1 - 127)
How do I make Ableton recognize my NT commands? If I programm the, as CCTrig Ableton lets me map stuff, if I assign NT to a button, it won't let me map in MIDI Learn mode..
Also, How do you auto-arm a track once it is selected?
Thanks for the great video!
Cheers
Maybe also: Why do you use NT vs CCs?
Give the note a value then Live will see it. For auto arm just google Ableton arm on select options txt and follow the instructions. 🍻
When I program it the way you did I am unable to map anything in ableton. When I press the play/stop/record switch I am able to map the lower 6 switches but not when I try to use the presets I programmed. Any idea why this is happening?
No idea that sounds 100% backwards. Please include more info or contact support at Nektar.
@@alwaysandy_ After fighting with it all day I discovered that it works on the pre-programmed A5 note preset but still doesnt work when I create my own custom preset. As I only need to start and stop tracks for looping this works fine however I am still confused as to why this happens.
Hi Andy. thanks for your tutorial. I followed instructions, learned how to make my own preset with the bottom row all programmed to a different note, and yet the only time the daw recognizes the pacer whatsoever is in transport mode. While using a preset with my custom notes on the pedals, it is unresponsive when trying to midi learn. Just straight up does nothing. I do not know why.
What DAW? You can use an app like MIDI monitor to test your midi coming in.
@@alwaysandy_ i am using Ableton
@@lauritabrion have you verified your midi data is getting to your computer? Not transport buttons but programmed notes from the pacer?
Hi Andy, great tutorial. Just about to purchase one if I can find here. Can you tell me how should we manage to programme the second and following banks (in your case "loop1, loop2 etc") ready for new mappings? cc numbers(or notes?) stuff I'm a little confused on that, how do you decide which midi number (like 52, 54, 55 etc) to give to each of the 6 switches?
100% random. Just don’t repeat any. 😎
@@alwaysandy_ oh I see, thank you! :)
Hi Andy Harper, Smiles here, als a friend of Davy. I'm setting up the Device after a long break from music, and something is wrong and up with the device. I follow the initial steps Control C-1, then SW 1, and then it automatically goes to set up all se9 or e55. I have no clue which one to choose, I think this step throws off all the rest of the steps you show us how to do after
The rest of the steps I can follow after, until the looping part, I'm not given a looping option anymore. I haven't turned the device on for awhile but it is acting funny
Yea that’s really strange. I don’t know what those things even. I’d check with Nektar. Do a factory reset. Sounds like there’s a problem.
@@alwaysandy_ Thank-You, will do
@@alwaysandy_ I don't know why I didn't think of this question until now, IN your setup are you only using usb cord from midi out to the back of PC, what cords are you plugging into your piano, guitar, and bass, into your computer?
Hey mann after i programmed everything for some reason when i try to assign the notes to clips it won't work
First check you’ve set the velocity above 0, 1-127. If still nothing check with a midi monitor type app to see what’s being sent.
@@alwaysandy_ I did it.. it was my mistake, i didnt enable remote control in options.. its all set up now, thank you for your help :D
@@Shtef5 yay!! Have fun 💥
To set the Options.txt file up for the preferences for track arming:
ua-cam.com/video/AG0p6yo4KPs/v-deo.html
Thanks for the cool tutorial and lesson. I understand everything up to the 11:49 mark. When you hit the Piano button and then hit the button again … why did it start recording? I didn’t see you program it to record. When you hit that button again … you said it stopped by I didn’t see you program a stop either. Can you explain how you got it to record by clicking a second time and how your got it to stop by clicking a third time? Thanks!
I’m pressing the footswitch assigned to that cell. That single assignment allows press 1 > select, press 2 > rec, press 3 > stop and loop(play). All same button.
@@alwaysandy_ … Thanks for clearing that up! Awesome video and UA-cam channel! Lots of great information and tips here!
@@terrylacny3614 🤘💥🔥
I've never stare so long at a man's foot before...
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@@alwaysandy_ Great video BTW!