record automation from Akai Midimix

Hi, Ive got akai midimix connected to mpclive in standalone controlling track volumes and sends, im trying to record my volume automation and it seems to not work on the faders, send knobs record tho, any ideas? mute buttons also dont record,

Anyone been able to record volume automation from an external midi controller on the usb port?? the midi mix works great but kinda pointless if i cant record my actions as automation.

For me, there isn't a way to record automation. Though the manual says you can record automation but its very limited.

I will do more testing but q-links seem to record ok aswell as midimix knob movements on fx sends and same with external midi synth automation on the midi din ports, not sure if it is a usb midi problem or that certain midi messages arent being recorded while others are, cant really find any solid info about this either

You could record the 'automation' by sampling the track output from L/R and creating a new sample, but yeah... the midi recording and automation seems to be pretty limited at this time.

i guess im talking about using the volume rides to arrange a whole song so re-sampling i would be outta ram in 2min with 3-4 tracks. i will just have to keep nagging akai and hope for update soon

Caustic Yoda wrote:i guess im talking about using the volume rides to arrange a whole song so re-sampling i would be outta ram in 2min with 3-4 tracks. i will just have to keep nagging akai and hope for update soon

I think someone else complained about the midi mix on gearslutz. Don’t quote me on it, but it was said the the midi mix wasn’t designed for fader automation to live. Or it wasn’t capable of it.

cheers, i will check the gearslutz thread, pretty sure it works with reaper for recording automation, im looking at the mpc as the culprit but could be either