Follow
Your mappings already follow Ableton. The display follows your hands – colour, name, and value appear the moment you touch a knob
M4L FOR ANY MIDI CONTROLLER
Modernize your gear with visual feedback
Always see what you’re controlling
Every mapped knob gets live visual feedback – color, name, value, and range
Focus Behavior
Ableton's MIDI mapping is global. Dynamic Focus makes mappings follow the selected track
Select
Pick a track. Every knob owns a mapping there. Switch track – the whole controller follows
PERSISTENCE
Shape your controls
Arrange controls in your own order, set your own ranges,
and build a rack of big, readable controls
Build controls in context
No jumping to Ableton's mapping panel — everything lives right beside the instrument you're tuning
Refine over time
A slot holds up to nine modulation destinations. Build a layout for drums, another for leads – a palette you reach for every session
Stay in control
Use the controls you already know. Focus on details
OUTCOME
Bring older controllers back to life
Visual feedback and layer control make older controllers feel new again
Knob controllers
Every mapped parameter
has a full-size display
Compact mixers
Turn tiny mixers into readable
control surfaces
Keyboard encoders
Every encoder shows its
target and value
SETUP & SUPPORT
Frequent questions
Add Dynamic Focus Input to a MIDI track. It is the input layer.
Drop Dynamic Focus Slot onto any track.
Map a knob and you're ready
Move it between tracks, save it as a preset, and reuse it whenever you need – or open it in a new Set. Drop it on any track that shares the instrument – the mapping is already there
Yes. Switch DF Input to Relative mode – Push in User mode sends encoder ticks, and DF Input accumulates them into an internal 0-127 counter
Classic Scale Pickup Mode – a control only becomes active once its physical position matches the current on-screen value. See the guide →
Standard CC mapping support is coming soon. if you’d like to be notified when it’s ready
The display takes on the colour of its track – a glance tells you exactly which instrument you're on. You can also show the instrument name front and center for clearer on-stage navigation, or switch to the default Ableton skin in the device settings
Write to support@fadercraft.com — you get an answer within 48 hours
TECH REQUIREMENTS
Will it run for you?
- Ableton
- Live 11 or 12 Suite, or Live with Max for Live
- Controller
- Works with any MIDI controller that sends absolute CC values