To toggle your controller between Native and MIDI mode manually, you need to hold down a specific button combination on your controller. Switching to MIDI Mode Manually by Holding Down a Button Combination on your Controller MASCHINE, TRAKTOR KONTROL S4), they will read MIDI event messages (e.g CC48) or simply ON (as in the case of TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 / S2's loop display) to indicate MIDI mode is active. Additionally, if the controller features displays (e.g. When switching to MIDI mode, your controller will indicate MIDI mode is active by lowering the brightness of specific LEDs to a dimmed state. You can switch your controller to / from MIDI mode either manually by pressing a specific button combination or automatically by launching the Controller Editor application. using MASCHINE as MIDI controller in TRAKTOR or REAKTOR). Using your NI controller as a MIDI controller within another NI application (e.g.using the MASCHINE MIDI template in Ableton Live). Using your NI controller as a remote MIDI controller within a 3rd party application that supports MIDI (e.g.Operating your NI controller in MIDI mode is useful in the following scenarios: Note: If your NI controller is not listed in the table below, it cannot be switched to MIDI mode.

However, it is possible to switch most NI controllers to MIDI mode.

Every NI controller uses a 'Native' data transfer protocol which allows for the automatic integration and advanced operation of your controller that would not be possible using the MIDI standard protocol.

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