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So, I have solved the problems by using controller buttons exclusively and not the Macbook keyboard. I also realized that I had the midi settings set up so that both Mobius responded to the controller, and Mainstage also sent the same midi messages to the controller a second time. So every time i pressed "M" for example, it was like pressing it twice, so basically cancelled itself out because of how I have multiply configured. Anyways, everything is working great now and I love my new setup in Mainstage - again. Michael 3x09 On Oct 28, 2012, at 6:53 PM, Per Boysen wrote: > Michael, > > Mainstage blocks the computer keyboard keys from being detected by the > Mobius plugin. This is because Mainstage has its won key commands and > it also has a virtual keyboard that is played by the computer keys > when activated. I am a big fan of using key commands with Mobius but > when I moved from Mobius standalone to using it as a plugin in > Mainstage I had to adapt by moving some of my commands to a little > MIDI button pad instead of tapping the computer keys. > > I also use Ableton Live as host for Mobius and in this environment the > Mobius key commands work, given the Mobius plugin GUI widow is at > front. This is tricky, you have to remember that if you use the mouse > to adjust a mixier fader in Live Mobius is no more at front (Live is > now) and key commands do not work. So you need to click inside the > Mobius GUI window after having moused around in Live. > > When using Bidule as the host for Mobius key commands always work... > for the simple reason that you never need to click or mouse anything > in Bidule, it is just like a routing hub. But if you click inside the > Bidule window Mobius key commands take a vacation until you click in > the Mobius window again. > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > www.perboysen.com > http://www.youtube.com/perboysen > > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:55 AM, TripleOhNine <3x09@carlsonarts.com> > wrote: >> The looping fest in Santa Cruz was awesome, and I was honored to be >> invited to do vocal looping. >> >> I performed for the first time with Mobius hosted in Mainstage at the >> Y2K12 in Santa Cruz, with mixed results. I appreciated everyone's >> positive comments on my set, and felt alright about it, but I am >> somewhat of a perfectionist, so I was hoping to get some help here on a >> couple problems that I had. >> >> Three main problems I experienced: >> >> I use a nanoKontroller to mix, mute, and pan directly to Mobius, but I >> also like to use the keyboard keys sometimes for things like Record >> ("r"), Multiply ("m"), Mute ("u"), etc. But, when I try to use the >> keys on my MB Pro, they either didn't respond, or did something >> completely different from what they do when I use Mobius as a >> standalone with the nanoKontroller. It seems to be something to do >> with using Mobius as a plug-in. >> >> Also, if, for example, I want to switch to loop two on track one by >> pressing the down arrow on the MB keyboard, nothing happens. So, I was >> forced to stick to the same loop in every track while using Mobius with >> Mainstage. This meant that in any of my pieces where I used multiple >> loops on the same track (usually never more than 4 loops), I had to use >> Mobius as a standalone, as I have always done in the past, without >> effects. >> >> Also, for some reason some of the other plugins didn't seem to work, >> such as the Apple pedalboard plugin which I had intended to use vocally >> for fuzz and delay effects, but this may have just been my own user >> error. >> >> Do you have any insight for me on how to use Mobius as a plugin with >> Mainstage, and still have the MB Pro's keyboard functionality >> redundantly with the nanoKontroller's buttons, so I can use one or the >> other as desired on the fly? >> >> Michael >> 3x09 > >