# What Have I Forgotten on Midi Binding?

**URL:** <https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/what-have-i-forgotten-on-midi-binding/12033>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** AbletonLive\
**Created:** [November 5, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/what-have-i-forgotten-on-midi-binding/12033 "2022-11-05T17:47:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ed66](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/ed66/32/5339_2.png) [@ed66](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/ed66)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/what-have-i-forgotten-on-midi-binding/12033/1 "2022-11-05T17:47:23Z")

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I am trying to bind midi to three patterns to use with Live Sync across three Scaler instances in Ableton Live 11 (Windows 10).

 ![PAD 03](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/d/d80cfbb5ef218b5d6635ccaaeea356c660c91b61.jpeg)

I have set up midi binding on the PAD page

 ![PAD 05](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/f/fd459a5560e75001c9458a0549ccc2f4a504a7bf.jpeg)

but when I return to the MAIN page the I am unable to use the keys C1 to B2 to switch between patterns.

 ![MAIN 01](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/8/870a51ca60a680c8a831ab3b89e95eead61ad8ec.jpeg)

What have I forgotten?

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**Author:** ![TMacD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/tmacd/32/6358_2.png) [@TMacD](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/TMacD)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/what-have-i-forgotten-on-midi-binding/12033/2 "2022-11-05T18:43:01Z")

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Hey Ed  
I don’t use key switches all that often and not sure how Live Synch might change things, but as I remember (and just tested in and out of Live Synch) the green Key Switch keys are shown in pad view only.  
When you switch to Main, they disappear. Also, If you lasso the pattern buttons (in Pad and Main views), you will bind all the patterns and you won’t see the green keys in Pad view.

Maybe there is a setting that changes this behavior but I can’t find it.

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**Author:** ![jamieh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/jamieh/32/1139_2.png) [@jamieh](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/jamieh)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/what-have-i-forgotten-on-midi-binding/12033/3 "2022-11-05T18:45:40Z")

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Works only in Pad view. I don’t really use them since my keyboard is so short so that’s the only way I remember them working.

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**Author:** ![ed66](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/ed66/32/5339_2.png) [@ed66](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/ed66)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/what-have-i-forgotten-on-midi-binding/12033/4 "2022-11-05T18:51:51Z")

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Thanks guys, stupid of me, but maybe as an enhancement key switching could be added to the Main Page?

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**Author:** ![TMacD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/tmacd/32/6358_2.png) [@TMacD](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/TMacD)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/what-have-i-forgotten-on-midi-binding/12033/5 "2022-11-09T13:45:02Z")

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Speaking of key switches, not exactly sure what it would look like, but now with MVO I’m using articulations more than ever. I would love to see some key switching wizardry show up in Scaler. I"m sure there are some creative approaches, just have not found them yet.