Control Surface Studio 3 Is Here!
We’re super excited to announce the release of Control Surface Studio 3 today!
This amazing new release brings many new hugely requested features and workflow improvements, all designed to help you to create Ableton MIDI remote scripts even quicker and easier.
Highlights In Control Surface Studio 3:
Go to What’s New In CSS3 for all of the details!
Or watch the video: https://youtu.be/0O5vXrCSEt4?si=IqwtBjZun77k4cFw
Global Mode / Mode 0
This much requested feature brings a global “always active” mode which runs alongside the currently active mode.
Disable & Enable Mappings
Remove mappings from being generated in your script with this new enable/disable option.
New: Velocity ‘Is Between’ options
This is a game changer for velocity sensitive pads/keys/buttons.
Acceleration Settings For Relative Controls
And this is a game changer for relative / endless encoder style inputs which use various MIDI velocity values depending on how fast you turn them.
New Selected Parameter Mapping Type
Click a parameter in Ableton and have instant control over it from your midi controller with this super simple but super powerful mapping type.
Huge Improvements: Mapping Table Filtering
The filtering system in the mappings table has a new assortment of powerful tools enabling you to quickly find the mappings which you want to work on.
Select ‘Mode’ & ‘Controller Input’ In The Mappings Table
Change each mapping’s ‘Controller Input’ and ‘Mode’ directly in the mappings table. No longer do you need to open the edit form each time. A massive time saver!
MIDI Input And MIDI Feedback Now Have Separate Settings
If an input on your midi controller uses different MIDI data to light up its LED than the MIDI it sends when you press/turn it, then this new feature will be for you!
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If You Already Own Control Surface Studio…
Upgrading to CSS3 is available at a small upgrade cost.
There’s a massive amount of work which goes into CSS, upgrading will greatly help us in continuing to develop and improve this much needed software.
To Get Your Discounted Upgrade:
login to your user account on remotify.io
and then go to the Control Surface Studio 3 product page.
(Once logged in, you will be able to purchase at the discounted upgrade price)
We’re happy to hear this, it’s taken a massive amount of work over the last 6+ months 😀
HI John, I must say I had the same reaction as Qsonic when I saw that I need to pay for the upgrade, given that when I purchased CSS it stated that it was a lifelong licence. It did not say that the lifelong access was to CSS2 specifically, but to CSS. I appreciate that a lot of work is needed to maintain and develop the product, but it is equally important to be honest and upfront with the custumers.
Hi Fluxiia, feel free to send us an email and we can discuss this. https://community.remotify.io/contact-us/
I must be honest, I only bought the upgrade when I saw the bugfix for the visible tracks listener. The update instantly fixed all my navigation issues in no time. That fix alone was worth the upgrade costs imo.
Apart from that its a very nice step up from the previous version, so well done!
There’s something that needs to be said regarding your last update:
shame on you for breaking the older version(s) with bugs and then monetising a fix!
until now I was your supported, now I will actively warn everyone about you
you destroyed a promising project with nonsense, looking at version 2.8/2.9 this app is barely usable with the horrible UI and overall user unfriendliness. you wanted to grow your project but you just killed it with all the useless buggy “features” – if you left it like it was some 3-4 years ago, I would’ve (mainly could have) still used
SHAME
ON
YOU😠
The app in its state 3-4 years ago had many bugs which was why we had to rebuild it from scratch and spend months doing so.
We haven’t ‘broken’ anything. Yes we did have to make some hard decisions on needing to remove some things but the app now is much more stable than it was back then and we have introduced so many new and improved features over this time, It’s a shame you can’t see this.
Can I run both CSS2 & CSS3 on the same Mac?
Just want to double check before purchase that I can continue to use CSS2 if needed whilst I learn CSS3.
Yes you can use both but as they both use the same folder on your computer to store all data,
to be safe I would recommend making a backup copy of the Control Surface Studio folder which contains all of the settings/scripts/controller templates.
https://community.remotify.io/knowledge/file-storage-and-resetting-control-surface-studio/
Thanks John.
I took the plunge on CSS3 a few days back. Ta.
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I’d say, everything that bugged mit in the 2er version is addressed. Thank you so much!
Florin