Looper Status Led / Midi Feedback
hey guys, can someone please help me and explain how to generate midi notes corresponding to the state of abletons looper!
i can´t get my head around with reactions 2. cause there is not really an option to select other than decive – state.
the looper device is unfortunately not listed in the devices dropdown menu.
i need to get visual feedback. ideally on rgb leds but as well on simple one colour leds.(maybe with a blinking light option for overdubbing/recording?) or i could spread the functions / status as well on multiple leds.
each one for rec, ovdb, play,stop. but i really need at least some visual feedback for abletons looper…
i would even pay extra for that function!!!!
btw: really like css so far! my setup is pretty crazy big now but it still works like charm!!
thinking back now, the time i saved is nothing compared to what it costs…
anyway, hope someone can help me.. or at least guide me a bit
greetings
edit: just quickly to explain my needs:
4 pads from a roland spd sx are mapped to abletons looper (rec,undo,clear, track mute)
and the roland drumpad has little red leds built in for every pad…. and with these ones i wanna see the looper status
Hi,
Some things to help you:
To send LED feedback you probably need to send MIDI velocity value to your controller (not note)
In reactions you send velocity value using the action:
midi controller > send midi velocity value to input
The looper’s state is available from (i think) device parameter 1
And I think the states are something like: 0 = off, 1 = recording, 2 = playing (or something like that anyway).
You can check that by using this script: https://remotify.io/ableton-midi-script/log-device-parameter-names
You could then create a reaction which does this:
when looper state changes (i.e. device parameter 1 changes)
In an Action…
condition : if parameter 1 value is == 1
Action: send velocity value i.e. 127 to controller input
etc
Hi VZI,
Aww man, I feel your pain 🙁
I’m little swamped at the minute but I’ll add this to the top of my list and hopefully figure out the problem – it sounds like you’re very close (and I’m pretty certain that the listener should be working).
John
Hi VZI,
After investigating, we have found the problem…
The code being generated for device parameter listeners is incorrect – which is why listeners will not work!
While we work on a solution, here’s how you can fix it:
Switch the listener to ‘custom code’ mode and delete the following piece of code: chains[0].
That includes the full stop after it too! 🙂
See the attached screenshot.
Thank you so much VZI, that’s brilliant to hear!!
Would love to see this in action 🙂
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