Device name conditional
Hello, I wondered if there is a way to program a conditional IF if the selected device is named as specific string before applying everything underneath? I have programmed Max 4 Live before and each device has a “system name” (usually similar to their display name, and is unchanged if user renamed it or not)
Example use case : A tailor-made device responsive control! Currently in a selected track and selected device, then I have to use “number” to refer to a parameter. Each device has its own parameters linearly assigned from number 1 onwards. And as a result for example, each device has its Dry/Wet parameter on a different number. If I could put an IF on outer level, then I could make Compressor’s Dry/Wet on the same knob as Drum Buss’s Dry/Wet. Of course I have to go and add IF exhaustively on every Live’s built-in devices and maybe some of my VSTs but I would gladly do so.
Please see the attached image. I made it in Max 4 Live before finding out about Remotify. When I click on a specific device, the light would match the device’s layout more intuitively. (So the Dry/Wet often lands on the bottom right corner, but not this one) I would love to remake this entirely in Remotify because I would like to utilize built-in effects more.
Hi,
Although this isn’t currently possible with CSS, we are / will be working on improvements to the Reactions mapping type and will investigate the possibilities of controlling device parameters based on names rather than parameter numbers.
@John C. While you can probably not make any guarantees or give specific dates, can you give a sense of how high on the development priority list the the “binding by Device name/type” feature is?
I have three device racks that I use consistently in all of my Ableton templates (recording/producing/performing). Depending on the template I’m using, they are in a different order in the device chain. One of them is basically a channel strip to replace the Console 1, so it is almost always the last in the chain.
I just purchased a custom Yaeltex controller and am evaluating tools to set it up the way I want. I’m very interested in CSS, as it looks more robust and user-friendly than other tools on the market. But this one feature is important to my design. Any info to hope me gauge likelihood of that feature in the relatively-near future would be appreciated.
This should be possible to do in the impending update to Reactions – its still a little while off but hoping for a release by the middle of the year. Its a huge update hence the long time line.
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