Controlling DP transport from Arturia MIDI controller?

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cgs
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Controlling DP transport from Arturia MIDI controller?

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I've been trying to solve this for a number of hours, I'm sure I'm missing something obvious. I haven't used DP much over the past couple years, recently upgraded to DP8 and have been going through the tutorials in the Getting Started guide.

In a nutshell, I'm trying to use my Arturia MIDI controller's transport controls (play/stop/record/etc.) to control DP's transport controls. This is apparently possible. I configured the controller to send MMC from the controls (according to mappings I found online), and in DP's MIDI Monitor window I can see that DP is getting MIDI messages of type 'CO'. I've been through the DP User Guide (sections on MMC and Control Surfaces - which I don't think apply here), but cannot for the life of me get this to work.

I've been able to find little to no info online or in Arturia's forums (which are a black hole). Has anyone has had success doing something like this (I'm using an Arturia "The Laboratory" 49-key controller btw)?
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Re: Controlling DP transport from Arturia MIDI controller?

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I had some initial problems using the Keylab 61 transport to run DP's transport. After a while I realized some keys on my Arturia send out one MIDI message when you press a key, and then a different message when you release it. I could see it happening in the MIDI Monitor app. Once I took that into account I was able to get it to work.
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Re: Controlling DP transport from Arturia MIDI controller?

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Thanks bayswater - that information + reviewing Chapter 8/Commands + James' Axiom/DP tutorial got me up and running! Thanks again.
Mac Pro1.1 8-Core 2.66 GHz, 8 GB RAM, OS 10.6.8, DP 8.06, Arturia Laboratory, Yamaha i88x (long live mLAN), Korg OASYS-PCI (long live OASYS-PCI), lots of old Ensoniq gear (long live Ensoniq)

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