Can't use Novation sl mkII with Logic.

I have tried for the past month to set up my novation sl25mkII with Logic 8, I've endlessly fiddled with settings in; the clicks & ports bit of the environment window ; the preferences/control surfaces/setup window & possibly settings within the keyboard as well.

Now I can't use my keyboard in MANUAL MODE or AUTOMAP MODE.
I've decided that automap mode is not suitable for logic and just wish to return to being able to use manual mode to make my own templates.

Can anybody advise me on what settings to use to best achieve this?

I've tried to sort this out by following tutorials etc. but can not get the keyboard to function effectively.

e.g

If I assign controls on the sl to controls on an instrument;
and then change template to assign more;
the controls assigned on the previous template are working on all templates.

I hope someone can help me because it's driving me mad!

Cheers

macbookpro 17, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Aug 4, 2009 6:02 PM

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Aug 8, 2009 12:47 PM in response to pabothecat

the most you can get out of automap is; control of the mixer & 3rd party plug ins! so if ya got that much; its working!
Logics own instruments need to be mapped manually in manual mode.

does that help?

If not be more specfic as to what is "not working" and what you want to achieve.

What I do is; use automap mode to control the mixer and switch to advanced mode control the internal instruments. Its not perfect but I got on to novation about it and a guy there told me they're "working on" an automap template for logic...

Aug 15, 2009 1:09 PM in response to monkeyThunk

if you've set up the SL the way novation recommends ( an example of the setup is accessible from the automap program homepage) then it should work.

Just turn the SL to automap mode and select mixer by pressing the "mixer" button on the bottom left hand corner of the SL.

That should give you complete control of the mixer, fader 1 automatically mapped to fader one etc.

If that doesn't work let me know.

Aug 16, 2009 8:54 PM in response to rayhartjnr

Hi - saw your thread and am having similar problems. I cannot seem to select the SL Compact in the controller setup window. For some reasons it puts a different icon in the window and I cannot get good connectivity.

I have a couple weeks before return period expires. I wonder if it is best to try a different controller. Is the M-Audio Axiom Pro having better luck?

p

Aug 16, 2009 10:35 PM in response to pab74

Ok...Trying again...rebooting everything, worked now on this for 7 hours straight...ok, so I had dinner...

but...when I go into control, setup, new, scan all models....it drops the icon named "ALPHATRACK"
when I delete this and try to add novation SL compact manually, it drops same.

***.

I cannot seem to get rid of this weird thing...

Trying Mackie HUI now on template 38.

feeling a bit at wits end...

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