Automation for Ableton Live 8

Hi Guys,

I've had the Virus TI Polar for a while now and am starting to get serious about my production.

I'm wanting to draw in automation from the Virus onto different midi clips. I've looked over a few threads in the forum and the Ableton and Virus manuals and still am not able to achieve what i'm after. What i'm after is:

• Drop down list of different parameters that can be automated, including the parameters listed with the LFO's.
  

  
  

• Ability to draw in automation for different tracks, potentially using the same parameter.

I'm aware under the 'configure' mode of the VC in ableton I can manually select the parameters I'm wanting to change however i don't want to overlook anything and from what I've read there should be a prepopulated drop down list. This drop down list should detail the varying parameters at least in the main Virus TI midi track, this is not the case with me.

I would be open to using midiCC which from what I've read is just a drop down list of different numbers which requires referencing to another table to identify the parameters. I've seen the following list a bit online which would be useful except again I don't know how to setup the different midi CC parameters in Ableton. Reading the Ableton manual or forums hasn't helped me figure this out either. The fact that I've seen this list get around and that its so useful to many indicates to me that there is a prepopulated and formatted list the Virus can provide to Ableton, how do I set this up?
http://elektron-users.com/inde…oc_view&gid=520&Itemid=30

I'm aware that my drawing in automation query is reliant to me setting up the automation correctly first however from what I've read this seems a bit confusing and could do with clarification whilst the questions being asked.

Any help with this guys would be greatly appreciated. It's really starting to become frustrating on my end.

Cheers

Yeah I've read these, they talk about how to use automation in Ableton. I suppose your addressing my second query.

Primarily as I've outlined I want to know how to view all the parameters in the automation menu from the drop down box (box shown as #5 in chapter 18.4). As mentioned other comments I've read suggest that the list should be preloaded onto the master Virus TI track when Virus is taken to the midi track but I don't have this. Another method I've seen is there appears to be a structured list the Virus can communicate to Ableton, without the need of twisting each knob individually (as per the url posted in the original comment). I believe the last method is using midi cc.

Even if theres a bit of a muck around behind the scenes and then I have to save it as a template i don't mind provided I can get it right. I'm just hoping someone can explain to me how to set this up because currently its not there as I've seen it online. If you require further details of my set up fire away. I've just updated my Virus OS to version 5 and Ableton is currently operating on 8.2.

Cheers.