So I built a controller, and have 16 of the buttons mapped to midi keys so I could pound out tunes/beats in Ableton Live Suite 8. Then I decided to have those 16 buttons pull double duty--play a tune, save it to a slot, flip a switch and the buttons turn to sample triggers. So I went ahead and mapped the keys to sample slots, thinking that all I'd have to do is arm a channel to have the keys back, but they still trigger samples when I press them.
Is what I want possible at all from within Ableton?
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