Macro Selection over varying chains [Device 1]
Evening All,
Newbie here and I am trying to achieve something slightly out of my reach.
I am looking to control Marcos in Ableton 11.
In my Live set I have a collection of chains. CSS would say these chains are in device 1.
Clips in the session view have automation data linked to the chain selection tool. When I trigger a clip the automation data automatically selects the desired chain.
What I would like to do with my controller, is control the macros associated with that chain when they are triggers in the session view.
If you have a look at the image provided you can see a small snapshot of what I am talking about.
Device 1 & 2 – I am aware how to control the first row of Macros on here using the Macro Device Parameter Mapping. What I would like to achieve is to control the second group of Macros in Device 1 9 (aptly highlighted “device to control”).
I am aware of the chain targeting option in the device selection menu in CSS but the problem with that is its important that the chain number is constantly changing depending on the clip selection.
I am thinking what I am looking to achieve might be doable with a modifier but I have no idea where to start.
If you have an idea please let me know 🙂
I finally found how to make the device appear in the detail view. It took a few hours of skimming the Ableton API docs because I was looking in the wrong places the whole time.
I was looking for Actions in “Device > Rack” and “Device Chain” most of the time, trying to log the return values of all the options to find something that would point me in the right direction, but the answer lay somewhere else, namely:
“Live Object Model > Song > Select Device”
As “Action Parameter” I then needed to select “Device”.
Using the gray pointy hand, I then had to make sure the “Chain Number” == the “loop_number” (like explained in the first comment).
That’s it.
However, I’ve added this action to the action block similar to that described in comment #1, which means the active device will only appear after turning Knob A (which is the listener in that example). To have the active device pop up directly after it has been activated (for example, the moment you launch a clip that has automation that activates a device), we’ll need another listener. I’m going to try to find that another time. At the moment, I’m glad I know where to look.
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