I’m talking about the Force, not your computer, obviously.
Yes, I updated to 3.3, then back to 3.2.6, then back to 3.3. The plugins I own are there, just not the 3 new ones.
You have to download them from the activate plugin page
Have you reset your preferences? I heard that’s needed when upgrading firmware to make sure it works properly. Maybe that’s the missing action to update the available plugins? I’ve not even upgraded to 3.2.6 myself so can’t check myself. Probably will upgrade but in the middle of a project so don’t want to rock the boat.
Yes thanks, reset preferences, then retried the 3.3 update - exactly the same results. Also logged in and out of inmusic account on the Force.
Update from Akai support:
“This behavior has been reported. At this time there is not yet a resolution, but we will reach out shortly with an update.”
Ah ha! Hope they sort it. Sounded buggy from description of your symptoms from the start tbh. Good luck!
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By Maxipok
422 views Nov 12, 2023 Akai Force Tutorials
This tutorial was inspired by a conversation on the ‘Akai Force’ Facebook group. The default or A/B crossfader setup allowed you to assign tracks to either side of the crossfader, and blend between them. This works fine live, but the crossfader movements aren’t recorded as automation in the arranger, which is bad if you are capturing a performance. This video shows you a method to achieve exactly the same thing, but in such a way that the automation is captured and your recorded performance will play back exactly as you intended.
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Put my studio back together recently and the Q-links were acting out. Super jittery and basically unusable. Thought it was because of the lack of grounding in my house, but nope, turns out turning every encoder for a couple minutes straight fixed the issue. So if yours are acting out after an year in storage, don’t despair.
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Hitting each one of the pots with a bit of DeoxIT D5 (and turning them for a bit afterwards) will make that approach a lot more longer lasting.
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Why The Force don’t get more midi tools, Euclidean sequencer…
Do i really need some extra oxi connected to my force?
If we see to upcoming ableton 12 and the new midi tools…
Visual pushed note’s, chords on screen…
The force seems still missing goodies for a production only studio…
Where do we request this to AKAI ???
Did you try going here?:
Does anyone remember how to assign Force’s knobs in MIDI mode to control Ableton Live’s MIDI map? ‘SND CONTROL’ isn’t a MIDI CC, etc., not sure how useful that is.
Thanks in advance.
Edit, Okay, in a MIDI track, Shift>Clip gives me access to MIDI CCs. Also in Live Control mode, there is the Devices View. I got it now.
Any tips for controlling Ableton Devices with the Force would be greatly appreciated.
Is there any way to route a connected USB MIDI device to MIDI out or thru? I have a Launchpad X that started acting out with my MIDI router, but still works well with the Force, so I’m trying to use the Force as a bridge between it and the rest of my studio.
Unfortuantely Force’s MIDI filtering/routing is lacking.
Try different combinations in Preferences>MIDI/Sync, maybe it’ll work, but I doubt it.
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Your reply is a little mis-informative.
While filtering is a little lacking, as in there is no filtering,
Midi Thru is quite easy to setup.
It’s ok to just not answer if you don’t know how.
I made one of those KitKat videos the kids are always making…
Anyway, KitKat video:
In this video I use a thing I made I call the
Big
Ass
Drum
Program,
Or BADP. IKR, super-slick-ass-acronym!
(BTW, this post will make more sense if you hum that dum da-dum, da d-d-dat dat-dum theme from Idiocracy while you read it)
So anyway, back to KitKat.
I use an Audio Track, a Drum program, a MIDI Track, and the Drum Synth Multi and link them all together so I can to play / sequence samples from the Drum Program, the DrumSynth and an External Drum Machine from the one channel the drum program. (I also created Mutes for the DrumSynth INSIDE the same Drum Program. How KickASS is that?!?)
Couldn’t do that without MIDI Thru.
Now gimme a beer…
It works so well, I often program my drums from Octatrack.
The MIDI Thru business looks kinda like this:
Octatrack -> Force Hardware Din -> MIDI Thru some modules -> sound out my speakers.
I will tell you that this is mostly accomplished outside of Preferences, and mostly in the MIXER.
Do you think that is a basic “MIDI Thru” or am I just using the wrong terminology?
If you have that KitKat app, do a search for my user name there, and you should find it easily.
Have a kickass day!
SCG
I hope you’re a patient person.
@alexwasashrimp I’ll tell you how I setup a midi thru on the Force in my studio (to send midi to DAW & 2nd hardware sequencers for multi tracking midi whilst also playing hardware and recording midi to Force from external keys/controllers).
Assume launchpad x has class compliant drivers
Launchpad X -> USB -> Force USB socket or via hub
2nd Launchpad -> “AS ABOVE”
Force midi sync preferences enable both launchpad midi devices for TRACK (and maybe CONTROL so you can map Force parameters)
Set up midi track on Force with launchpad x as input source for midi
Use output of midi track for whatever you want
Use MIDI SEND on that same Force midi track to send to the midi output you want i.e the other launchpad also connected via USB.
If you need other steps let me know!
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Thanks for explaining your setup. But I believe alexwasashrimp is trying to use the Force as a sort-of MIDI Thru box since his ‘MIDI router’ is acting out?
Yes that setup takes launchpad x and sends it to Force and out to multiple destinations. Thru, no?