Has anyone successfully accomplished this?

I can get Ableton to see the XS, but I don’t know how to get the faders/knobs on the XS to control Ableton.

In fact, Ableton doesn’t appear to receive any signals when I move the faders/knobs on the XS.

Maybe the SysEx data isn’t being transmitted from the XS?

Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
play4god

The Motif can control Live using the Mackie Control protocol. Read the section in the Live manual about this.

I use an ES and Live 7, but assume the XS is similar. The mapping of some of the tabs is different between Cubase and Live.

Here is the text from a post I made on the Ableton forums earlier this year.

On the Motif ES:

UTILITY->MIDI->OTHER->MIDI IN/OUT set to USB
UTILITY->CTL ASN->REMOTE set Mode A to Cubase Port 4 and Mode B to OFF

Connect the Motif ES USB To Host to your computer and launch Live.

In Live 7:

1. Go to Preferences -> MIDI Sync2. Set Control Surface to Mackie Control
3. In the input/output section set Input: Mackie Control (Yamaha USB 4) to OFF, OFF, ON and Output: Mackie Control (Yamaha USB 4) to OFF, OFF, ON.

Set the Remote Control switch of the Motif ES to ON (lights up) and you should see Live parameters on the Motif screen. That’s it! The Motif ES will now function as a Mackie Control.

Controls:

-- The Motif transport controls the Live transport.
-- The Motif channel select 1-16 and mute/solo buttons perform the same functions in Live.
-- The Motif knobs control pan and the faders volume for four tracks at a time (1-4, 5-8, 9-12, etc.) unless you activate Pan mode which flips the assignment (faders control pan, knobs control volume).
-- The Motif arrow cursor buttons will scroll through Live tracks and scenes.

The Motif ES has a total of six remote control screens using the select buttons next to the knobs/faders. Each brings up a different menu of soft buttons. Most have the same name as the Mackie button name, but some have names specific to Cubase. See page 60 of the Motif ES Data List manual for button definitions. See chapter 22 in the Live 7 manual for Mackie button definitions.

Motif button names that differ from Mackie button names:

Plugins = Devices
Cycle = Loop On/Off
PunchIn = PunchIn (but no PunchOut!)
Edit = Return
Project = View Browser
Mixer = View Detail
Master = Draw Mode
Shift = Follow Mixer

Mackie buttons that have no Motif equivalent:

Send
Home
End
Scrub
SMPTE/Beats
ViewArr
BTA
Locator

Motif buttons with no Mackie equivalent:

Instruments (stops all clips)

Hope this helps!!!!