Avid Artist Mix Setup - Ableton
 

I have the latest version of EUControl 3.2.2 and the latest firmware 1.5.4 and i'm finding it incredibly frustrating to setup the Artist Mix with Ableton.

I have gone to EUCon in OS X preferences and tried to drag and drop the Ableton App onto the center preferences box as described in the manuals but nothing!! No app will drop onto this area!

Any ideas?

What's the best way to get this thing running on a Ableton Live Yosemite Mac setup?

Re: Avid Artist Mix Setup - Ableton
 

I don't have a solution, but I wish you luck. I have tried and failed to get my Artist controllers to work with Reason, which uses the same protocol as Live.

Re: Avid Artist Mix Setup - Ableton
 

Eucon doesn't work with ableton. You'd have to use the HUI/Mackie emulation

Re: Avid Artist Mix Setup - Ableton
 

The exact same problem here, cannot add any applications to the EuControl preferences pane on Yosemite. However my Artist Mix worked pretty well with Ableton Live using Mackie emulation on Snow Leopard and earlier versions of EuControl.

Re: Avid Artist Mix Setup - Ableton
 

As a workaround I added Ableton Live manually in the EuControl preferences file com.euphonix.EuConSystem.plist using the plist editor "Pref Setter". Add the identifier, name, path, midi ports, and protocol under the node "EuCon Applications".

All's working fine again. (If you have several versions of Live installed it's enough to add one of them.)

https://unsee.cc/zenasimu/

Re: Avid Artist Mix Setup - Ableton
 

This sounds as though it could be the solution for me as it works fine in Logic X but Ableton won't drag & drop/show in preferences, which is where you select the midi ports for Ableton right??

hoeglund - would you be able to do a screenshot of your plist settings please as i've not edited these before.

Re: Avid Artist Mix Setup - Ableton
 

As hoeglund mentioned, edit com.euphonix.EuConSystem.plist, which lives in /Users/*yourusername*/Library/Preferences/.

If you are using Pref Setter, add an array to the EuCon Applications item (which will then automatically be named Item 1) and then add 5 keys, all of them strings:

- App Identifier: "com.ableton.live"
- App Name: "Live"
- App Path: your path to ableton, something like "/Applications/Ableton Live 9 Suite.app"
- MIDI Ports: "1-4"
- Protocol: "MackieControl"

Save the preferences on Pref Setter and restart your mac, you should be all set!

Here's a screenshot of the Pref Setter screen:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...prefsetter.png

Re: Avid Artist Mix Setup - Ableton
 

Hi Jorge - thanks for the info, unfortunately I can't see the attached image for some reason :-/ would you be able to upload it to somewhere, Dropbox etc. I've tried to edit via pref setter but I must have something wrong as the eucontrol preferences won't open now.

Re: Avid Artist Mix Setup - Ableton
 

Updated the image URL, you should be able to see it now. Sorry about that.

Answer: prepare for frustration. Avid's support of Mackie Control Protocol is terrible.

http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=354097