Behringer X-Touch | Ableton Live 9/10: Complete Walkthrough 

Greeeeeat! Thank you so much man 😎 Guys let's give this one some likes so that everyone else can see!

@@soundrocketstudios Happy to contribute, great tutorial!

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Sonarworks 4, it helps great to improve the sound of your studio.

Is there a changlog or an update overview for this anywhere?

You can solo multiple tracks by holding the CONTROL button on the X-Touch, just like you would with your mouse and keyboard. The button is in the MODIFY section.

That's great! Thank you for sharing!!! Cheers 🎹

@@soundrocketstudios your welcome... I don’t know all the functions myself but it looks like there are some extra hidden functions using the ‘control key’... ie: control key + dial will adjust the tempo... Behringer should release an xtouch editor for DAWs but they are to busy cloning the world... 😆

@@TheSupergan they really should but.... Pretty sure they won't 😔 They create great stuff but sometimes leave it as it is I'll check out the other functions asap! 😊

ableton by default has exclusive solo enabled.. you can disable this in settings>record warp launch >exclusive...once disabled you dont have to use control key..this might be the desired behavior you are looking for

Damn let's give this one some likes. I actually never saw this option! Thank you 🙏🏻

Nyroh you can also hold down Control under the Modify buttons while Soloing as many tracks as you’d like.

You can always control click the solo buttons in the DAW for anyone who is not familiar with this way to solo more than one in the standard mode..👍

How to do it: In Ableton Preferences - Record/Warp/Launch tab - disable 'Exclusive' 'Solo'.

Thank you! Cheers 🎹

Thank you thank you thank you, you're too kind!! 🙏🏻 I'll do my best to keep it like this ones 💪🏻 Have a nice day full of music 🎵

have you found a solution about it ? thx

Hey thank you for your comment! Actually haven't used ableton that much again. More concentrated on studio one and...working on the acoustics of my new studio! 🤣 Cheers Nyroh 🎹

I'm writing custom Remote Script for X-Touch (based on original Mackie but with right button mappings and additional features). So how do you think what is the best way to switch Monitor controls? In example: if you press Alt or Shift then ARM leds will show you: Monitor off - ARM Led off, Monitor AUTO - ARM Led ON, Monitor ON - ARM Led BLINKING. Or Monitor control can be switched by some button on selected track but you'll not see 8 tracks at once

Hmm will check asap! Thank you! 😁🎹

I am having the same issue. What is the fix?

@@MrHouston11 I also the same issues. I have Ableton 10 and can not connect it... could you help me ?. Thanks.

pretty sure it will

Got that, I'll check asap

Glad u liked it! 🙏🏻 Welllllll if the price difference is no too big (don't know where u at so don't know about your prices) I wouldn't really think about it You really get a lot more. BUT the compact is still surely an amazing controller so... If u can, get the bigger brother, you won't regret it And if not, no prob, it won't surely stop your music 💪🏻😉

@@soundrocketstudios yea th bigger 1 def would be nice. I meant to ask u....how long hav u had it ?? My next worry is about motorized faders failing to soon lol.

About 1 year now! Haven't had any problem ever with it and even if it's usually "cool" to talk bad about behringer equipment, I really don't think they break that fast as they say (I've had a xenyx 1622 fx for 20 years! Still perfect condition 🤣) The only problem I've had with it is the touch of the faders on windows as explained on the review video but I found a solution so no problem Remember that it's the following up of the bcf 2000 so it's their second series of "small controllers" with that job in mind 💪🏻

Tuff question! I'd get this for pan pots, better layout, better build and durability/price for materials and I'd get the faderport for.... Colored scribble strips and for the facts that it would be 16 controls at a time, if controlling a plugin

Still using it!! Workd great 😁😁

Yes to both! It changes the channels shown (with channel names. fader positioning and panning too) and it is connected with what is written in the project

As far as I know, no it does not. Would have been nice tho

Actually don't know sorry! Haven't been in the studio in the last few days/weeks actually. Life just got super busy for me but will get back on track in the next few days/1 month max 😄 Hope you found your answer! Maybe anyone else can chime in?

Be sure you set it up correctly in your midi settings like explained here www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/how-do-i-set-up-my-behringer-x-touch-in-ableton-live/

You should be able to control the 8 macros of the rack with the rotaries in plugin mode, then it's always possible to click the flip button and switch rotaries and faders so.... Yes 👍🏻

Hey Yarovids! Nope, never had this problem to help you unfortunately 😐 Seems like there's a redundance in what the daw sees. What daw are you working with?

Sorry don't have any of that! A lot of time passed and a lot of re-installations after, I'm currently using the standard setup since don't have time to get it back as it was lol Don't reset your pc as frequently as I do 🤣

Hi! Yes, unfortunately it doesn't follow what's on screen which is a bit of a bummer... And I can say it would probably be the same with the x touch compact Cheers

Yeah I can confirm that works as well ;)

they actually updated that function. Now you can solo just by pressing the tracks but using "control" will unsolo all tracks or solo will follow the track selection.Also holding control and using the jog wheel ..changes the tempo. Holding the alt and jog wheel will scrub more slowly.

That's really great! Thank you for letting us know 🙏🏻

@@soundrocketstudios - My bad , I didnt knew but theres an option on Ableton to solo 1 track at the time or the tracks that prefer. Pref/Record,warp,lunch/ exclusive ..Solo

@@AudioReplica2023 Damn I completely forgot about that but used to use this years ago! Thank you man

Yes it does that, It works actually pretty good if you update and map it. but no need to map for the job wheel

Waaaat Absolutely no idea 🤣 Maybe I moved something with my mouse and it changed or... Who u gonna caaal .... Ghostbusters!!

Nyroh a ghost visited you and you didn’t even notice! 😂 Seriously though it looks like it was in the wrong position and when it moved it went to the correct one. Something must have triggered it to check where it was and it saw it was in the wrong position. Oh well, just wanted to make sure that I wasn’t missing something.

Yeah maybe it's that I'll have a look next time I open up ableton Thank you for telling me 💪🏻

I think shift and the jog wheel move it faster. Also the button the goes down the scenes is actually playing the scenes, in your settings it’s also moving to next scene, that’s why there is no “up” button.

Hey! Sorry for the delay No, unfortunately its move size doesn't change upon your view or quantization settings. Seems like it's always stuck to 1 bar

@@soundrocketstudios No worries, thanks for the info!

@@soundrocketstudios If you hold down the apple/Alt key and use the jog wheel it moves in smaller increments

@@Anya-ip6fd great to know and thank you for commenting!

Feel like they're totally different... I've had a push 1 in the past. Push is for music creation "in the ableton way" and you can use it for post production/mixing/mastering too. You can map it to plugins (even if I don't specifically remember how) and it would surely be already mapped for the ableton fx and processors. It would be much more useful for music production and editing than the x touch and it would work for the basics of mixing (even if I can't tell you much because I DON'T LIKE ableton for mixing). On the other side with the x touch you'll have a totally different feel because it's created with mixing in mind. So faders, rotaries, play, stop, etc etc (+ some plugin control as you have seen in the video) BUT I need to say this Knowing that you have a machine studio anyway I feel like you wouldn't need a push that much (just saying...) Don't know if you use it only to control the komplete kontrol plugins or not but, maschine and its ecosystem is something pretty disconnected from ableton (even if u can make them merge partially 4 sure). Me personally I never really liked it (had the 1st maschine too lol) and what I'm saying is: if you use the maschine program a lot and you're buying the push 2, you're going to use push mostly for mixing and not use close to any of the production tools that it could give you (because you have maschine...). The other way around, if you want to go fully into ableton, you're probably not gonna use machine that much anymore too (apart from, as I said, maybe controlling Komplete kontrol plugins) This second part is just a thought I had if I was choosing for me ;) Cheers

​@@soundrocketstudios Wow, thank you so much for your detailed answer! Each mouse click takes me away a little bit of the joy of making music. I need to feel this stuff so I'm gonna buy an used push 2 (found a good deal) and see what it is to work with it. Latter maybe selling it again or Maschine. Because of you I got to know Studio One which seems to be a VERY interesting alternative to mixing, mastering and also recording real instruments, so eventually also getting it and the X-Touch latter on. Thanks for the extremely useful videos. You have a new subscriber.

​@@dhfg9106 It's always a pleasure to help another music enthusiast! 🎹 Studio one for me is lovely for mixing/mastering. I may not have the rights to say this (because I haven't really tried for it) but for production I still prefer ableton; seems like it's generally mentally easier Happy for your decision btw! A tip for when you'll get your push, take some time with it; even if perfectly implemented in ableton you'll still have to learn some push tricks to make your life easier And thank you for the subscription, I'll come back making videos soon 👍 Have a nice day full of music!

Haha that's all done for the sake of the review 😂😂 I hope they'll send me some spare ones just in case

And thank you! Didn't know that

Yes, unfortunately everything is normal In ableton the keep that position Don't specifically remember but I think it's explained in the video too 👍🏻

@@soundrocketstudios Ok ok ... thank you very much!

Did you ever find this out

@@robertfimbres9628 nah . I just used this through like "aux" channel . Never got it MIDI controlled compatible

Thanx for this tips but where is the "main group track" button? wich button i have to press? thax

Hey Gary! Sorry for not answering on the other comments you created but I completely forgot! Sorry 😕 Don't actually know about the difference between 10/9 with the x touch. I still have live 9 and don't feel the need to update anytime soon. I really wanted to start using studio one only but ableton just feels like home when producing 😊 Anyway, I already answered some questions about the faderport on the x touch review video so you may find something more there but here's what I generally think I haven't really tested the faderport in an everyday use situation but I compared the two directly in a local store and definitely liked the feel of the x touch more The materials used makes the faderport look and feel more like a toy to me and then there's two things: no pan pots and faders too incredibly close. Man, I just can't stand the fact that without looking, I had to "force" my fingers to stay closer one another to move two or three faders together. Not a super hard thing to do but...I mean... it is really too close for me. And I don't even have big fingers (I'm a pianist and piano teacher too) And the no pan pots thing is just not a great idea for me. Hope for a better version two for the faderport 8/16 series. But for now, I'm an x touch guy Thank you for commenting! Cheers Nyroh 🎹

@@soundrocketstudios Thanks for getting back to me. I am still up in the air about the comparison between the FaderPort and the X-Touch, but after seeing your reply, and realizing that the X-Touch definitely has more flexibility in both the amount of control as well as the back panel with greater connectivity. I am also thinking that down the road I may want to get into X-Air and the XR18 to do live sound. You can use ethernet to control your mix to the SR18 on stage as your inputs (no need for a snake!). Thanks again for the great videos.

I'm on Live 11. Everything works the same as in the video. I'd be surprised if 10 was any different.

Sarò sincero, mi viene difficile dirti si! Questo perché è il mio unico lavoro musicale oltre ad accompagnare eventi feste etc. Potrei fare recensione di qualche plugin o hardware ma... Video spiegazioni su come fare mixing o mastering gratis, no. Non penso di farne (sarebbe un po' come mandarmi via i clienti hehe 😅) Nel caso però ti faccia piacere saperlo, per l'anno nuovo ho portato a UN TERZO i prezzi che avevo sia per mixing che per mastering L'ho fatto per trovare un po' più di collaborazioni, clienti e amici musicali! Nel caso ti andasse di leggere l'informativa con i prezzi e le spiegazioni per tutto, questo è il link goo.gl/NDbvhB (avrei fatto un video fra un mese con spiegazioni 😉)

Absolutely! Yes

@@soundrocketstudios Nyroh, please let us know the steps to automate parameters.

@@dr.leestonepsychotherapist The usual way! You just have to turn on the automation button, record for the channel and record a lil clip while you move the parameter you wanna automate :)

@@soundrocketstudios Thanks Nyroh, now I'm trying to decide between this one and the One version.

@@soundrocketstudios Thanks again Nyroh. One last question: how do you program the F1 thru F8 buttons for things like: split, consolidate, etc.? Is it possible?

Nope, unfortunately you can't 🤔 It's not implemented in the mackie languadge, at least in this controller

Nyroh ah oh well! Do you know of any other controller that does this?

@@reacherstudio Sadly no...in ableton (apart from push) there's no controller with fader format in mind that does that. In s1 there's the faderport series but the lil select buttons on top of faders don't change colors in ableton

keep in mind that that equipment can be used as a mixer interface for the XR18 for example.... not only a daw controler

Yes I did....Sorry!

@@soundrocketstudios Thanks! Switched to Thumbs up for proactivity!