How to display Ableton track colors on MIDI controller pads?
Hi,
Great to see 2.6 out of beta, thanks for keeping up the development!
Now with the new reactions working, is it possible to send the color of the track in Ableton to a controller RGB pad? I mean, pick up the color from Ableton, not write down manually a matching velocity value.
What I want to do is lay out all the tracks on my controller pads with their colors and then hit the pad to select the track. It is MUCH easier to select the right track when I can see the color. Counting tracks to find the right one from a bunch of identically colored ones is not really useful.
If it is possible now, I’d really appreciate some direction on how to do it… I’ve tried finding the functionality myself, but failed :-/
Cheers!
Of course! here is a slightly updated version, I just segmented out the blues into 3 categories. (regular, light, and dark). This was helpful for me to keep my color mapping reactions organized for all the Launchpad Mini Mk3 LED colors (velocities) I am using in my script.
For what it’s worth in this thread, I also attached an example script that elaborates on the included script from John’s tutorial post above. The only difference in my attached script is that it will convert all 69 possible Ableton colors into 13 specific MIDI velocities (colors to send to the controller). This way, the controller LEDs will become the general color of the Ableton track color – no matter which of the 69 color options are selected in Ableton.
I know that this potential is mentioned in the tutorial but I just wanted to share the leg work for anyone who stumbles into this thread. Peace ya’ll!
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