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How to Connect Floor Vista to Taz

Updated over a month ago

This guide walks you through connecting your Floor Vista to Taz Pro, Taz Lite, or Taz SP inside Ableton Live. By the end, your Floor Vista will be synced to your session and ready to control cues live.

Watch the walkthrough video below for a full demo:

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Step 1: Load Taz Pro Into Your Set

  1. Drag and drop Taz Pro into your Ableton Live set.

    (Note: This also works with Taz Lite and Taz SP.)

    Add locators in your Live timeline to represent songs:

    * Song One
    * Song Two
    * Song Three

These locators will appear in the mini cue list of Taz.

Step 2: Power On Floor Vista

Connect Floor Vista via USB to turn on the device. You’ll notice Floor Vista boots up and displays a few instructions once connected. Also note the firmware version in the top left corner immediately after booting up. You can visit this page to update your firmware if needed.

Step 3: Configure Ableton Live's Preferences

  1. Open Preferences → Link/Tempo/MIDI tab.

  2. Under Control Surface, leave it unassigned (None).

Under your MIDI ports, configure Floor Vista’s input settings:

  • Track: On

  • Remote: On

Then configure Floor Vista's output settings in Ableton Live:

  • Sync: On (Mac only — sync does not work on PC)

These settings allow you to:

  • Send MIDI data from Floor Vista into Ableton Live

  • Map buttons to controls in Live devices (like Taz)

  • Enable tempo feedback to Floor Vista (on macOS)

Step 4: Set Track Input to Floor Vista

  1. In your Ableton Live set, select the MIDI track where Taz is loaded.

  2. Set the track’s MIDI From to:

    Floor Vista

Once set, you’ll see Floor Vista's display update to mirror your session. Buttons will begin to reflect cue information, and you can begin MIDI-mapping them as needed.

Step 5: Map Buttons and Control the Set

You can now:

  • Map Floor Vista buttons to song cues in Taz

  • Page through your set using the navigation buttons

  • Start/stop cues via the mapped play and stop buttons

Bonus Tip: Reconnect Without Losing Your Place

If your Floor Vista gets disconnected mid-set: Simply plug it back in.

As long as preferences and routing are already set, it will pick up right where you left off. There's no need to reconfigure.
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This built-in reliability ensures minimal disruption during your live performance.

That’s it! You’re now ready to perform using Floor Vista and Taz.

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