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[mowgli_uk]

I'm finally devoting a lot of time to MIDI configuring Ableton and Modul8 with each other fully and (hopefully!) once and for all so I decided to tweak my md8 midi maps directly in the m8mmap file. Once opened I'm finding it quite confusing, maybe it's me, but the code below is supposed to be for triggering media 5 on the top layer which I assumed it would be layer "1" in the m8mmap file yet it appears as "9" :



<key>(g3_INT)5</key>Is this the midi note?
<array>
<dict>
<key>(g3_ASCII)controlName</key>
<string>(g3_ASCII)media5</string>
<key>(g3_ASCII)position</key>
<string>(g3_INT)9</string>Is this the target layer?
</dict>
</array>

Now, I only have 9 layers in the md8 document so it kind of makes sense, but are the layers in the m8mmap file numbered from the bottom up and only counting existing layers?
Also, I can't seem to find where to specify the midi channel.
Any help?

[mowgli_uk]

Ok, I figured that layers are numbered from 0-9 from bottom to top (slightly odd I must say!)
Now I still can't figure where to specify midi channel!

[mowgli_uk]

I think I've sussed it but I can't help but think that this is really odd.
So midi channel 1 is 0 in the mi8mmap ? midi channel 2 is 1? etc....

for anyone else doing this, the midi channels are specified in groups using:
<key>(g3_INT)4</key>
<dict>
where 4 means 5etc...

[vanakaru]

I have done just a simple midi map tweak in text editor. So I do not have the answers.
Just wanted to tell you that channels are numbered often this way 0-15. Also media is numbered in M8 the same first=0 in the bins.
Could you not map a note coming from out source and compare differences before and after in text.

[vanakaru]

Here is a quick test

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>(g3_ASCII)from</key>
<string>(g3_ASCII)file</string>
<key>(g3_ASCII)midiMap</key>
<dict>
<key>(g3_INT)0</key>
<dict>
<key>(g3_INT)60</key>
<string>(g3_ASCII)media0</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>(g3_ASCII)midiMapContext</key>
<array>
<array>
<dict/>
<dict/>
<dict/>
<dict/>
<dict/>
<dict/>
<dict/>
<dict/>
<dict/>
</array>
<array>
<dict/>
<dict/>
<dict/>
<dict/>
<dict/>
<dict/>
<dict/>
<dict/>
<dict/>
</array>
</array>
<key>(g3_ASCII)type</key>
<string>(g3_ASCII)midimap</string>
<key>(g3_ASCII)version</key>
<string>(g3_INT)2</string>
</dict>
</plist>

You see note 60 channel 1 (aka 0) mapped to media 0
You may need to close midi mapping and reopen to see the result.

[vanakaru]

And here is a first note changed to 66 and added a note 60 onto layer 3

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
   <key>(g3_ASCII)from</key>
   <string>(g3_ASCII)file</string>
   <key>(g3_ASCII)midiMap</key>
   <dict>
      <key>(g3_INT)0</key>
      <dict>
         <key>(g3_INT)60</key>
         <string>(g3_ASCII)ctrl_layer_alpha</string>
         <key>(g3_INT)66</key>
         <string>(g3_ASCII)media0</string>
      </dict>
   </dict>
   <key>(g3_ASCII)midiMapContext</key>
   <array>
      <array>
         <dict/>
         <dict/>
         <dict/>
         <dict/>
         <dict/>
         <dict/>
         <dict/>
         <dict/>
         <dict/>
      </array>
      <array>
         <dict/>
         <dict/>
         <dict/>
         <dict/>
         <dict/>
         <dict/>
         <dict/>
         <dict/>
         <dict/>
      </array>
   </array>
   <key>(g3_ASCII)type</key>
   <string>(g3_ASCII)midimap</string>
   <key>(g3_ASCII)version</key>
   <string>(g3_INT)2</string>
</dict>
</plist>