Setting up the MC Control and MC Mix in Ableton Live is a relatively easy process, but there are a few things you can do to make it easy on yourself, so let’s talk about setting up these great pieces of gear on Ableton Live.

For this Tutorial, I’ll be using Ableton Live 8.0.9.

Firstly, make sure you’ve followed the instructions for setting up your Euphonix controllers in your studio, and that you’ve installed the the EUcontrol software on your Mac. You’ll know everything is set up and running when you see the Green EUcontrol logo in your Mac’s Taskbar:

Now, click the Apple menu, and open system preferences:

Click the Euphonix logo found in this pane to open the Euphonix preference pane.

Next, locate the Ableton Live application in your finder, and drag it into the Euphonix Preference pane:

Now, you want to select “Mackiecontrol” from the protocol section. This tells the EUcontrol software that you will use Mackiecontrol to control Ableton’s features.

Now, you want to make sure that all of your Euphonix controllers are setup in the “my surfaces” section of the EUcontrol settings pane. Select the green icon in your Mac taskbar, and click “EUcontrol settings“. In the pane you’re presented with, click each control surface you wish to use in Ableton, and click the “add” button. This will add the surface to the “My surfaces” section, and they’ll be ready to control Ableton.

Now, launch Ableton, and open the Preferences control panel by clicking the Live menu and then selecting Preferences.

Click the MIDI SYNC section. In this section, select “Mackiecontrol” from under the “Control Surface” column’s pulldown menu. In the Input column, select “Euphonix MIDI (Euphonix Port 1)”, and do the same for the output column, and then, under the “MIDI Ports” Column, select “ON” under the TRACK column. The SYNC and REMOTE controls need not be turned on.

You’re almost done. The MC Mix will now control volume and other features in your Live Set, and The MC Control will control Play/Stop/Record at this time, but you won’t be able to use the Jog wheel and faders. To do that, select “Mackiecontrol” from row 2 in the Control surface section in Ableton, and then select “Euphonix MIDI (Euphonix Port 2)” for the input and output sections.:

You’ll see the faders on your Euphonix hardware jump around a little bit. Finally, Select “ON” from under the second Mackiecontrol input listing under the “MIDI PORTS” column, as you did for Port 1.

You’re done! You can now use all your faders and controls to control Ableton. Have fun!

Tags: Ableton Live, Euphonix, MC Control, MC Mix

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