Q: MainStage 3: Relative Knob Assignments
I have the Arturia MINILAB and I'm mapping the knobs running into this problem:
If i set the knons to absolute on the MINILAB and in the map assignment, then they work fine. however, i don't want to use absolute, i want to use relative becuase i can switch between patches etc and move the faders which i have them assigned to (the volume for the tracks) from where they are and not have them jump into position.
so when i set the MINILAB knobs to relative and map them to the knobs in Layout, they show up as absolute — even though the MIDI info coming in is relative. i turn auto assign off and change the Type in Layout for the corresponding virtual knob to Relative(Sign Magitude) as this is th eone that works. and it does work — but only in Layout mode. the virtual knob moves perfectly with the physical knob. however, in Edit mode it works in one direction only — like when i set it tothe Relative(Direction & Speed) mode.
so it works in Layout, but not in Edit or Perform.
this seems to me to be a bug where although i set it to Relative(Sign Magitude) in Layout it actually turns into Relative(Direction & Speed) in Edit/Perform.
ive tried all variations and can't get it to work..
ooops! after i wrote that i DID find a variation to work..though i think there's still a bug.
here it is:
set MINILAB Knobs to Relative#2 (from 4 possibilies) and set Layout Knobs to Relative(2's Complement). it now works.
i suspect that Arturia's Relative#1=MS Relative(Sign Magitude) and Relative#2=MS Relative(2's Complement). even though Sign Magnitude doesn't work correctly in MS3, 2's Complement does.
(again, it works in Layout but not in Edit or Perform. this is why i beleive it to be an error in MS and not a miscommuincation between MINILAB and MS3.)
GarageBand (Mac) '11, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Posted on Dec 29, 2013 6:08 PM