Novation Launch Control loses connection

[immanent_vj]

[post moved and edited for clarity]

Hi
I'm having an issue (Novation Launch Control). Recently upgraded to OSX El Capitan. Recently upgraded to 5.0.2

I lost my midi controller in the middle of a show last week. In Arena 4/5 previously, this happened occasionally. I just unplugged and re-plugged in my controller. Flashed a few buttons and it picked up again. Ever since the controller lost connection last week, I just cannot get it to come back. Obviously I've rebooted/etc. Midi Monitor says I am definitely firing off midi signals. Arena just fails to see them.

Any ideas?

[Joris]

Have you re-enabled midi input for it in the midi tab of the preferences?

[dRead]

Do you have MIDI in and out enabled in Resolume? I've noticed that my LaunchControl loses connection with MIDI output enabled but with just input enabled I have no problems.

[immanent_vj]

OK - I solved the issue. (and maybe if I read the controller manual, I might have known this)

My controller leaped into an entirely different channel, which meant all of my buttons were no longer mapped. There are two "Templates" on the controller - User and Factory. When you hold down User, buttons 1-8 glow. This is how you choose Midi channel 1-8. The Factory button is set for channel 9.

I noticed when trying to re-map the controller, everything that was previously in channel 1 was now in channel 7. I was sharing my VJ laptop with a friend on my last gig and he was the one that told me the controller was no longer working. He must have somehow set the controller to channel 7 while mixing.

So, problem solved.

TLDR - RTFM