Maschine mk3 template for Ableton 12

Hi everyone,

are any of you using the Maschine mk3 with Ableton 12?

I recently bought one but can only control the vst with it so far. Controlling some basic Ableton functions with it (play, stop etc.) would of course be the goal, so that I don't have to constantly switch to the keyboard and mouse. I found the Maschine mk3 MIDI Control Templates for Live 12 at Native Instruments and set it up according to the instructions https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/4413367278097-How-to-Install-Maschine-Templates-for-Ableton-Live .

However, I can still only control the vst. Have any of you had similar difficulties and found a solution? Maybe something needs to be set up in NI's controller editor, but the only available template for Ableton is for version Live 9 as far as I can see...

It's been a while since I used Maschine to control Ableton itself. I did actually do a video on setting that up and using it way back though, so maybe it's a similar process. Let me try and dig it out... thinking about it actually though, I think it was for Maschine Jam and not regular Maschine. I'll look all the same...

Video from 12 years ago (Yikes!) HERE

Not sure if it'll still be relevant in Mk3 but some might be useful...

I think the instructions you posted don't mention the fact that you need to use Maschine with Controller Editor in MIDI mode. There's another vid I did with Maschine Studio slightly later on YT that shows that a bit more clearly I think: https://youtu.be/wltm3LhI66Q

Actually I think THIS ONE is the most recent. A mere decade ago!