Hi - hoping for help from a lightpad user... I connect my lightpad to PC with USB, and it mostly works (Ableton 10.1, Windows 10).
The Dashboard Ableton mode works, but the problem is with the XYZ pad mode: MIDI learn in Ableton will not connect lightpad to a parameter. I have used dashboard settings to send one channel at a time, no luck.
I found a youtube video where someone shows XYZ working exactly as it should, but for me it's broken.![Roli Lightpad Block M Ableton Roli Lightpad Block M Ableton](/uploads/1/2/6/3/126347222/903268664.jpg)
The Ableton Live Control program in ROLI Dashboard allows creators to play, record and navigate clips in their Ableton Live projects using a Lightpad Block, as well as play melodic instruments and trigger samples loaded to a Drum Rack. With ROLI's Seaboard Block you can touch and shape sound in 5 dimensions. The BLOCKS Dashboard software lets you integrate BLOCKS with other software, such as the wavetable synth in Ableton Live 10.
To use your Lightpad Block as a controller for Ableton Live, connect your Block to your desktop computer via a USB-C cable. Open BLOCKS Dashboard and load the ‘Ableton Live Control’ app onto your Block. The Lightpad Block will now be recognised as a plug in and play controller under the ‘MIDI Preferences’ menu in Ableton Live.
The Roli Dashboard app works. In Ableton the indicator lights show MIDI is being received; in preferences it shows up as expected as a control surface and as a general midi device; it works with Unfiltered Audio plugins (they are designed to work with it); and a max midi monitor effect shows the CC data is being received by a track. The Dashboard Ableton mode works, but the problem is with the XYZ pad mode: MIDI learn in Ableton will not connect lightpad to a parameter. I have used dashboard settings to send one channel at a time, no luck.
![Lightpad Lightpad](/uploads/1/2/6/3/126347222/681169567.jpg)
![Roli Lightpad Block M Ableton Roli Lightpad Block M Ableton](/uploads/1/2/6/3/126347222/903268664.jpg)