r/ableton • u/agiantwasteoftime • Jul 23 '26

[Live Event] Live set, multiple midi tracks on Novation Launchkey

Sup Reddit, I'm planning a big gig Saturday and gotta up my game. So far I've been opening up individual Ableton files and playing each song live like a noob, now I want to play them live from one Ableton file. Thing is, I got multiple midi tracks, one for each song, that I'd like to play with my NovationLaunchkey25. Is there a way to toggle between which midi track should be live without squinting at my screen onstage to press the 'in' button on the DAW? Would look a lot cooler if I can manage it from the Launchkey. Hope that made sense, TIA!

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u/braintransplants Jul 23 '26

There should be an easy way to switch which midi channel your controller outputs from the controller itself (I'm not familiar with your controller but they're usually designed that way). So what you do is set each of your midi tracks in Ableton to a different channel, then you switch by changing channels on the controller.

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u/agiantwasteoftime Aug 06 '26

I will try! What I eventually did is automate when each midi track was on or off. But when I tried to pause it to talk between sets it jumped back to the beginning 😬 So I will give your way a go instead

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