How do I implement red box paging?
I’d like to create a script that allows me to page through scenes 8 at a time in session mode using the existing red box for the Launchpad. The reason is because Ableton is slow and tedious when scrolling through scenes one at a time. For projects that have over 200+ scenes, this isn’t practical during a live performance. Jumping 8 scenes at a time would be a game-changer! I do not wish to overwrite the existing Launchpad behaviour, since I’ve been able to leverage that to good effect. As a compromise, I’m willing to map two buttons on my Launch Control XL to perform the paging (up: 9/104, down: 9/105). The CC values for the Launchpad up and down buttons are 1/91 and 1/92, respectively.
I’ve watched several video tutorials, browsed the forum, and played with Python and ChatGPT to get something working, but alas, no dice. What do I need to do to get this working?
In the session box navigation mapping (with Navigation type set to scroll)
Controller Input > Control Override (custom) > Number of steps
Number of steps sets how many (tracks/scenes) to move by with each button press
(For sanity)
In upcoming versions greater than CSS2.9…
The navigation section will have a new field called ‘Move by’ for defining number of tracks/scenes to move by.
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