Thanks for your reply Stephane, much appreciated. It was finger problem; I hadnāt assigned my macro properly! Apologies but at least I learned what not to do.
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No worries, itās better to find out that kind of mistake than something really not working in the end 
And Iāll be honest, this happen to me all the time as well 
Cheers !
Seems I spoke too soon; no matter what I seem to do, as soon as I stop playback, the macro automation greys out. I can see the automation correctly in the Ableton Gui as you have posted above and it all works perfectly - until I stop playback. I know I can re-enable automation with the red back arrow but I dont want to be doing that each time I press playback. All other ANA 2 automations work perfectly; only the macroās are the issue.
Just tried it again in AL 10.1.9 and it does the same thing so what am I doing wrong or not doing?
If you are using a midi controller to record the macro control it might be recording in 2 places.
Check it is recording in the automation laneā¦ if it is you can delete the data from the midi lane.
Itās the midi lane that triggers the greyed out automation as it acts like you are manually turning a knob.
Hi Phil, Iām not recording or automating the macro from midi; Iām manually drawing in the curve.
Inside Live, automation turn grey as soon as you change any automation parameter during playback, thatās the way Live is set to work. So if Live receives any Midi information triggering an automation parameter, that automation will be immediately disabled & turn grey.
So Phil heās right saying that this automation is probably triggered twice. Also, it doesnāt really make sense to use the Macro Midi feature if youāre not writing automation using a Midi controller, you could assign āPitch Coarse Allā to the āPitchā Wheel by right clicking on the wheel inside ANA 2 GUI instead ā Make sure to delete any Macro assignment prior to do this ā and then moving the āPitchā wheel with your mouse should make the automation lane appears in Live.
It can be cumbersome to troubleshoot those Midi assignments that may occur twice and Live recalls automation lanes per track unless you clear them, so advice is to test this on a new Midi track with another instance of ANA 2 and go to menu and start with the āInitā Patch.
If you wish you can also upload the preset thatās giving you this issue ( avoid to upload any preset from a paid pack, no worries if itās a factory or user preset ) ā once the preset saved, go to āMenuā ā āOpen User Preset Folderā ā> find/copy your preset file ( it would be Your_Preset_Name.SndPr ) and upload this .SndPr file here. Iāll be away this morning but will try have a look at it this afternoon.
But try to troubleshoot from scratch & init preset as suggested before.
StƩphane,
Many thanks for your reply; Iām away until late afternoon so Iāll try it as suggested when Iām back at my studio and will then report back. Appreciate your help.
Regards
Paul
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Okay, got it, thank you all working fine now.! I hadnāt realized that the Macro Matrix was linked to Midi, something new to learn every day. My thanks to you and Phil and sorry for the hassle.
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Glad to read that you found what it was and that itās now working
No worries for the hassle, Midi assignments & automation can quickly become complex when you start to have a few going onā¦ and yes, something to learn everyday in the studio !!
Cheers !
StĆ©phane, I now realise that any presets that have Macroās written will now grey out the automation each time you stop playback and have to be re-enabled.
You could check out the new ANA2 betaā¦ thereās where some fixes on the macro system and some other stuff.
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Thanks Phil, could you let me have a link please?
It will be in your my account area / my plug-ins
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Canāt see it. Only my ANA 2 2.0.94 download
Be sure to be logged in and use this link, youāll see the download for the beta as shown on the pic below
Mine doesnāt have the BETA release listed - is that because I am not currently an SA subscriber even though I do have an account and am signed in? But I followed your link and have d/lād the BETA so will give it a try. Many thanks!
No need to be a subscriber, as long as you own an ANA 2 license the beta should be available to you in your User Account/Download/Plugins area
Thanks, I got there eventually:weary:
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