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CHAPTER 26. MIDI AND KEY REMOTE CONTROL 457
Note: Some control surfaces do not support locking to devices. This capability is indicated
for individual controllers in the Control Surface Reference lesson. Select the Lessons option
from the View menu to access Live's built-in lessons.
26.1.2 Manual Control Surface Setup
If your MIDI control surface is not listed in the MIDI/Sync Preferences' Control Surface
chooser, it can still be enabled for manual mapping in the MIDI Ports section of this tab.
Dening Control
Surfaces Manually.
The MIDI Ports table lists all available MIDI input and output ports. To use an input port
for remote control of Live, make sure the corresponding switch in its Remote column is set
to On. You can use any number of MIDI ports for remote mapping; Live will merge their
incoming MIDI signals.
When working with a control surface that provides physical or visual feedback, you will also
need to enable the Remote switch for its output port. Live needs to be able to communicate
with such control surfaces when a value has changed so that they can update the positions
of their motorized faders or the status of their LEDs to match.
To test your setup, try sending some MIDI data to Live from your control surface. The Control
Bar's MIDI indicators will ash whenever Live recognizes an incoming MIDI message.
Once your controller is recognized by Live, you have completed the setup phase (but
we recommend that you take the time to select a Takeover Mode before you leave the
Preferences behind). Your next step will be creating MIDI mappings between your control
surface and Live. Luckily, this is a simple task, and you only need to do it for one parameter
at a time.