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Hi Mark,

Yes you’re right. These do not work, because Ableton do not give us access to these buttons. There aren’t many things we cannot access, but this is one of them.

However, imagine on the device that the XY and the buttons to the left and bottom didn’t exist. If you use the Lemur XY pad and buttons, you’re getting exactly the same sounds (controlling exactly the same faders) as you would managing the device.

Try this. On the lemur template click rand pitch (on the left) and feedback (on the bottom). You’ll see that on the ableton device, the faders associated with those parameters move, when you move the XY. However, the XY pad on the device may not move/or only move in one direction (this is because we don’t have access to the buttons – no visual representation). Now try to click on the corresponding buttons on the device (rand pitch left and feedback bottom), you’ll see the XY works as you expect it to.

It’s actually a pretty neat workaround, but it would be much better if Ableton gave us access to the buttons and they updated with the template I agree. Sorry, we couldn’t find a way to get proper visual feedback for this template, we will push Ableton to make these available. In the meantime when using grain delay with PULL, its probably best to focus on the template, rather than the device.

Hope that makes sense.

[xmonsta]

cool – so Ive emailed back on the support email, but the jist of it is that Livelink fix is not ready for Ableton 9.1.4 yet. This is what is causing your crash. Recommended to use 9.1.3 for the time being – it seems to work perfectly.

Cheers

[xmonsta]

PS. For the time being if you’re having trouble with PULL being saved in a live set, or when you’re switching projects, just delete it before. It only takes a couple of seconds to set up and you can save your settings as a .adv preset by clicking the floppy icon in the right hand corner of the device.

Looking forward to seeing your _MxDCore

[xmonsta]

Hi mism,

Please could you zip/compress your _MxDCore folder and send it to support[at]xmonsta[dot]com

Cheers

[xmonsta]

Unfortunately, the Looper appears to have a bug. We have logged this Ableton support and hopefully they will fix it in the next version. If there is a fix we can implement in the meantime, we’ll get in touch.

[xmonsta]

Apologies, I have activated your order. Sometimes Paypal times out during the order process.

You can download the software from your invoice or at http://www.xmonsta.com/my-account/ (you should see your downloads at the top, or click “View” on your order and click the green link to download).

Any problems with this or the set feel free to get in touch

[xmonsta]

Hi Dennis,

Grain Delay should be working. If you look at the parameters to the left and underneath the xy they move when you move the xy pad. If you choose exactly the same tabs on the grain delay as you have selected on the grain delay template, you should see the XY should move. Unfortunately, ableton doesnt give us a way to change the tabs from the template. It’s just a visual thing. Grain Delay is working, it just doesnt appear visible just on the xy control.

You’re right about the Looper. We’ll implement a fix for this asap and let you know here when it’s ready

[xmonsta]

It seems your IP address and port is incorrect inside your Lemur. The IP address on your Lemur should be the same as your MAC/PC. The port on your Lemur should be set to 8004 inside both your Lemur (on the right inside setting) and also on the Max Device.

We can also help you at support[at]xmonsta[dot]com – if your ports are correct and youre still having problems send some screenshots to the support email of these three folders

/Max 6.1/Cycling ’74/java/lib/
/Max 6.1/Cycling ’74/java/lib/lib/
/MIDI Remote Scripts/_MxDCore/

[xmonsta]

Thanks Crohab, have added the manual to the product page 🙂

[xmonsta]

Sure, you can find that here at the bottom of the product page – http://www.xmonsta.com/product/pull-ipad-ableton-device-editor/

[xmonsta]

Sounds like you got it, but probably a few things to note. This software uses OSC, over a UDP connection (not Midi, except for the Drum Rack template).

There are two ip addresses in the Lemur, one on the left (this is your iPad address which is picked up automatically and cannot be changed), and one in the middle/bottom, this one can be changed and should be exactly the same as your MAC/PC ip address. There should also be a port next to it that can be changed. This port should be the same as on your PULL v1.0.amxd We recommend to use 8004 for this port. I don’t think you can use 8000 for this port, because the default incoming port for Lemur is 8000 and I’m not sure you can use the same port for both (but you might be able to). Just for good measure, I would recommend to have 8004 on your Lemur right hand side port and 8004 on the PULL v1.0.amxd device.

[xmonsta]

Hi Tim,

If you’re getting the 169.254.x.x. problem, then the iPad is not getting its DHCP address automatically assigned. This is pretty common on MAC/iPad wifi connections. I tend to set all adhoc connections manually for this reason.

If you check the IP of the computer that you’re trying to connect to (MAC) and use that IP address, but changing the last digit (by setting it manually in iPad Wifi settings), it should connect. On a MAC you’ll also want to use 255.255.0.0 for the subnet (this is usually 255.255.255.0 on windows)

So your MAC IP is:

192.168.1.2

Then your iPad IP should be set manually to:

192.168.1.3

Also, if needed set a 5 character WEP encrypted password – WPA never really works.

It might be best to use a router with this software, because so little information is being sent, that an adhoc connection is probably not needed.

Hope it helps.

[xmonsta]

Glad to see Andreas got this solved over support email. It seemed to be an issue that the IP address of the Lemur wasn’t getting it’s automatic (DHCP) address from the router properly. This often results in an IP address like 169.254.x.x , when it should be 192.168.x.x

[xmonsta]

Hi Andreas

It sounds like your IP addresses are incorrect. All the IP’s should be on the same network. e.g.

Mac/PC – 192.168.1.2
Router – 192.168.1.1
iPad/Lemur – 192.168.1.3

Its probably best to just start with a blank screen on the lemur, until you figure out how to get the lemur/max device communicating properly (ie dont try to load the one that fits the editor just yet, instead load the “Large Template” by clicking the button on the Max Device.

The port on the Lemur and Max Device should be the same 8004. Go into settings of the Lemur (in right hand corner), then you can see two IP addresses/ports in “OSC target” You can’t change the IP/Port on the left (that’s your iPad/Lemur address) , you can change the IP underneath that (to the right, in the middle of the screen) and the port to the right of it. In here you put the IP address for your MAC, or PC and the port 8004.

If it’s still not working, try right clicking on the top of the max device and select “open max window”, do you see any errors in there?

Also, which version of Max 6.1 do you have? Are you on a Mac or PC? Are you sure you merged the files properly?

You’re welcome to contact our support email if thats easier on, support[at]xmonsta[dot]com

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