Live Standard Profile for Nucleus2
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Live Standard Nucleus2 Profile Setup and Quick Start Guide
Introduction T h e f ir s t p a r t o f t h is t u t o r ia l d e t a ils h o w t o s e t u p A b le t o n L iv e w it h y o u r S S L N u c le u s 2 . T h e s e c o n d p a r t d e t a ils t h e c o m m a n d s a s s ig n e d t o t h e p r o file . T h is t u t o r ia l a s s u m e s y o u h a v e a l r e a d y i n s t a l l e d a l l t h e n e c e s s a r y N u c l e u s 2 r e l a t e d s o f t w a r e o n y o u r c o m p u t e r a n d t h a t t h e r e is b o t h a w o r k in g n e t w o r k a n d U S B c o n n e c t io n fr o m y o u r D A W c o m p u t e r t o t h e N u c le u s . If y o u h a v e y e t t o c o n f ig u r e t h is p a r t o f y o u r s y s te m , p le a s e r e fe r t o t h e N u c le u s 2 Owner’s Manual before continuing. G o t o t h e S S L w e b s it e > N u c le u s 2 P r o d u c t p a g e > D o w n lo a d s t o m a k e s u r e y o u r s o ft w a r e is a ll up-to-date.
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ipMIDI Setup Apple MacOSX 1) 2)
Close all applications using MIDI Open AudioMidi Setup (Applications > Utilities > Audio MIDI Setup) Open the MIDI Window (Audio MIDI Setup > Window > Show MIDI Studio) Double click the ipMIDI icon Set number of ports to 6 and ensure that ‘Loopback’ is not ticked and then press ‘Apply’
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OR Microsoft Windows OS This setup information covers Windows 7, 8, and 10 1) 2) 3) 4)
Launch the ipMIDI Monitor application Ensure Ports 1 to 6 are not muted Un-tick ‘Loop Back’ Set ‘Ports after Reboot’ to 6 and ensure that ‘Loopback’ is not ticked and then press ‘OK’ Note: If you are opening up Ports for the first time, after Rebooting your computer, these will be ‘muted’. Be sure to open ipMIDI back up and untick the muted Ports
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Setting up Ableton Live In this example we will setup Live for operation on DAW layer 1 of Nucleus2. In the Live Preferences menu, the MIDI SYNC tab should be set as below:
Note: Please be aware that control surface support is disabled in Live when Live is in rewire slave mode.
Nucleus 2 Setup Go to the Nucleus2 Remote application and ensure the selected profile for DAW 1 is ‘Live Standard’.
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Default Key Set
Above you can see the assignments for Nucleus2’ Default key set. You are in the Default Key Set when the User 1 or User 2 keys are not selected.
<Page Page> Device
Pan Send I/O
Return
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Pages left when there are more than 16 parameters mapped across the V-pots Pages right when there are more than 16 parameters mapped across the V-pots Brings up a list of the devices and plugins inserted on the selected channel. These can then be selected with the V-Pot buttons and the parameters of that device/plug-in are then mapped across the V-Pots for editing. Assigns V-Pot to pan controls Assigns V-Pots to send levels for each track Assigns the V-Pots to control channel input and output assignment. Re-pressing cycles through input type, input channel, output type and output channel Assigns faders, Sel, Solo & Cut buttons and VPots to Return channels.
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User 1
Above are the default assignments for the User 1 Key sets. The top row of the main soft keys page contains 2 switches and 6 menu selections to access additional commands.
Arr/SS FX/Mid NAMES QUANT TRACKS EDIT VIEWS BROWSE
Toggles between Arrangement View and Session View Toggles between track (devices and plugins) and clip view (midi piano-roll and sample view) Opens the Names sub menu Opens the Quantisation sub menu Opens the Tracks sub menu Opens the Edit sub menu Opens the Views sub menu Opens the Browser sub menu
The lower row of the main soft key page contains 8 Live dedicated functions: BTA
Marker Draw Follow Zoom + Zoom Prefs Plugin
(Back To Arrangement) stops clips in Session View from playing differently to how they were recorded into the Arrangement and returns to playing the Arrangement. The LED will illuminate if there is an Arrangement state available to return to. Creates a new Marker at the current play position. Enables/disables Draw Mode. Toggles the waveform scrolling Follow mode. Zoom in to Arrangement page. Zoom out of Arrangement page. Opens the Preferences page for Live. Opens and closes Plugin window.
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The NAMES menu
A simple layer that allows you to quickly name Tracks. These can be edited from the remote app to suit your own compositions.
The QUANT menu
Allows you to choose your Quantise value: 1/16 Q 1/8 Q 1/4 Q 1bar Q Q off Quant
Sets global Sets global Sets global Sets global Sets global Quantise
Quantisation Quantisation Quantisation Quantisation Quantisation
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to to to to to
1/16th note 1/8th note 1/4th note 1 bar off
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The TRACKS menu
NAudTk NMidiT NTrnTk Rename Grp Tk UnGrpT Sel Tk
Creates New Audio Track. Creates New MIDI Track. Creates New Return Track. Rename Track. Selects Group Tracks. Selects UnGroup Tracks Selects Track.
The EDIT menu
Cut Copy Paste Delete Duplic Rename Stop SelAll
Cut clip Copy clip Paste clip Delete clip Duplicate clip Rename clip Add/remove Stop button Select All clips
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The VIEWS menu
Over-W
Show/hides Clip Overview at the top of the Screen.
In/Out Sends Return Mixer FullSc T-view Info
Show/hides Show/hides Show/hides Show/hides Toggles Full Show/hides Show/hides
Input/Output Controls track Send Level controls (Session View only) Return tracks the Mixer Screen mode the Clip/Track View the Info view
The BROWSE menu
Browse Search Prevue Up Down Close Open Enter
Hide/show Browser view Opens Browser Search filed Preview selected sample/clip/instrument preset Move Up the menu Move Down the menu Close a highlighted folder Open a highlighted folder Load the selected item
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Transport
Above is the default layout for the Nucleus2 transport section with Live. Below is a list of MCU commands in Live. Softkey Label KeybID I/O Pan < Page Send Device Page > Flip Return Meter SMPTE F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 F13 F14 F15 F16 Shift Option CTRL Alt Arr/ss
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DAW CMND Keyboard ID I/O PAN PAGE LEFT SEND DEVICE PAGE RIGHT FLIP RETURN METER SMPTE/BEATS F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 F13 F14 F15 F16 SHIFT OPTION CONTROL ALT ARR/SS
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Stop Play Record VSEL1 VSEL2 VSEL3 VSEL4 VSEL5 VSEL6 VSEL7 VSEL8 PlayFS RecFS Scrub
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TRACK CLIP BROWSER DETAIL UNDO BTA DRAW REDO LOCATR FOLLOW MARKER NUDGE CYCLE PUNCH IN PUNCH OUT HOME END FORWARD REWIND STOP PLAY RECORD VSEL1 VSEL2 VSEL3 VSEL4 VSEL5 VSEL6 VSEL7 VSEL8 PLAY FOOT SWITCH RECORD FOOT SWITCH SCRUB
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Live Standard Nucleus2 Profile Setup and Quick Start Guide
Introduction T h e f ir s t p a r t o f t h is t u t o r ia l d e t a ils h o w t o s e t u p A b le t o n L iv e w it h y o u r S S L N u c le u s 2 . T h e s e c o n d p a r t d e t a ils t h e c o m m a n d s a s s ig n e d t o t h e p r o file . T h is t u t o r ia l a s s u m e s y o u h a v e a l r e a d y i n s t a l l e d a l l t h e n e c e s s a r y N u c l e u s 2 r e l a t e d s o f t w a r e o n y o u r c o m p u t e r a n d t h a t t h e r e is b o t h a w o r k in g n e t w o r k a n d U S B c o n n e c t io n fr o m y o u r D A W c o m p u t e r t o t h e N u c le u s . If y o u h a v e y e t t o c o n f ig u r e t h is p a r t o f y o u r s y s te m , p le a s e r e fe r t o t h e N u c le u s 2 Owner’s Manual before continuing. G o t o t h e S S L w e b s it e > N u c le u s 2 P r o d u c t p a g e > D o w n lo a d s t o m a k e s u r e y o u r s o ft w a r e is a ll up-to-date.
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ipMIDI Setup Apple MacOSX 1) 2)
Close all applications using MIDI Open AudioMidi Setup (Applications > Utilities > Audio MIDI Setup) Open the MIDI Window (Audio MIDI Setup > Window > Show MIDI Studio) Double click the ipMIDI icon Set number of ports to 6 and ensure that ‘Loopback’ is not ticked and then press ‘Apply’
3) 4) 5)
OR Microsoft Windows OS This setup information covers Windows 7, 8, and 10 1) 2) 3) 4)
Launch the ipMIDI Monitor application Ensure Ports 1 to 6 are not muted Un-tick ‘Loop Back’ Set ‘Ports after Reboot’ to 6 and ensure that ‘Loopback’ is not ticked and then press ‘OK’ Note: If you are opening up Ports for the first time, after Rebooting your computer, these will be ‘muted’. Be sure to open ipMIDI back up and untick the muted Ports
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Setting up Ableton Live In this example we will setup Live for operation on DAW layer 1 of Nucleus2. In the Live Preferences menu, the MIDI SYNC tab should be set as below:
Note: Please be aware that control surface support is disabled in Live when Live is in rewire slave mode.
Nucleus 2 Setup Go to the Nucleus2 Remote application and ensure the selected profile for DAW 1 is ‘Live Standard’.
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Default Key Set
Above you can see the assignments for Nucleus2’ Default key set. You are in the Default Key Set when the User 1 or User 2 keys are not selected.
<Page Page> Device
Pan Send I/O
Return
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Pages left when there are more than 16 parameters mapped across the V-pots Pages right when there are more than 16 parameters mapped across the V-pots Brings up a list of the devices and plugins inserted on the selected channel. These can then be selected with the V-Pot buttons and the parameters of that device/plug-in are then mapped across the V-Pots for editing. Assigns V-Pot to pan controls Assigns V-Pots to send levels for each track Assigns the V-Pots to control channel input and output assignment. Re-pressing cycles through input type, input channel, output type and output channel Assigns faders, Sel, Solo & Cut buttons and VPots to Return channels.
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User 1
Above are the default assignments for the User 1 Key sets. The top row of the main soft keys page contains 2 switches and 6 menu selections to access additional commands.
Arr/SS FX/Mid NAMES QUANT TRACKS EDIT VIEWS BROWSE
Toggles between Arrangement View and Session View Toggles between track (devices and plugins) and clip view (midi piano-roll and sample view) Opens the Names sub menu Opens the Quantisation sub menu Opens the Tracks sub menu Opens the Edit sub menu Opens the Views sub menu Opens the Browser sub menu
The lower row of the main soft key page contains 8 Live dedicated functions: BTA
Marker Draw Follow Zoom + Zoom Prefs Plugin
(Back To Arrangement) stops clips in Session View from playing differently to how they were recorded into the Arrangement and returns to playing the Arrangement. The LED will illuminate if there is an Arrangement state available to return to. Creates a new Marker at the current play position. Enables/disables Draw Mode. Toggles the waveform scrolling Follow mode. Zoom in to Arrangement page. Zoom out of Arrangement page. Opens the Preferences page for Live. Opens and closes Plugin window.
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The NAMES menu
A simple layer that allows you to quickly name Tracks. These can be edited from the remote app to suit your own compositions.
The QUANT menu
Allows you to choose your Quantise value: 1/16 Q 1/8 Q 1/4 Q 1bar Q Q off Quant
Sets global Sets global Sets global Sets global Sets global Quantise
Quantisation Quantisation Quantisation Quantisation Quantisation
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value value value value value
to to to to to
1/16th note 1/8th note 1/4th note 1 bar off
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The TRACKS menu
NAudTk NMidiT NTrnTk Rename Grp Tk UnGrpT Sel Tk
Creates New Audio Track. Creates New MIDI Track. Creates New Return Track. Rename Track. Selects Group Tracks. Selects UnGroup Tracks Selects Track.
The EDIT menu
Cut Copy Paste Delete Duplic Rename Stop SelAll
Cut clip Copy clip Paste clip Delete clip Duplicate clip Rename clip Add/remove Stop button Select All clips
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The VIEWS menu
Over-W
Show/hides Clip Overview at the top of the Screen.
In/Out Sends Return Mixer FullSc T-view Info
Show/hides Show/hides Show/hides Show/hides Toggles Full Show/hides Show/hides
Input/Output Controls track Send Level controls (Session View only) Return tracks the Mixer Screen mode the Clip/Track View the Info view
The BROWSE menu
Browse Search Prevue Up Down Close Open Enter
Hide/show Browser view Opens Browser Search filed Preview selected sample/clip/instrument preset Move Up the menu Move Down the menu Close a highlighted folder Open a highlighted folder Load the selected item
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Transport
Above is the default layout for the Nucleus2 transport section with Live. Below is a list of MCU commands in Live. Softkey Label KeybID I/O Pan < Page Send Device Page > Flip Return Meter SMPTE F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 F13 F14 F15 F16 Shift Option CTRL Alt Arr/ss
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DAW CMND Keyboard ID I/O PAN PAGE LEFT SEND DEVICE PAGE RIGHT FLIP RETURN METER SMPTE/BEATS F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 F13 F14 F15 F16 SHIFT OPTION CONTROL ALT ARR/SS
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Stop Play Record VSEL1 VSEL2 VSEL3 VSEL4 VSEL5 VSEL6 VSEL7 VSEL8 PlayFS RecFS Scrub
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TRACK CLIP BROWSER DETAIL UNDO BTA DRAW REDO LOCATR FOLLOW MARKER NUDGE CYCLE PUNCH IN PUNCH OUT HOME END FORWARD REWIND STOP PLAY RECORD VSEL1 VSEL2 VSEL3 VSEL4 VSEL5 VSEL6 VSEL7 VSEL8 PLAY FOOT SWITCH RECORD FOOT SWITCH SCRUB
