Mapping Faders to specific Tracks Via track name
Hello,
Apologies if this has been asked already but I couldn’t find the answer in the forums. I’m wondering if someone could help me figure out the right reaction recipe for the following situation:
I’d like the 8 faders on my APC40 to be mapped to 8 bus tracks regardless of their track# in the session. My impression from the remotify videos is that this should be possible with reactions and exact track names (i.e have Fader 1 control “DRUM BUS” Fader 2 Control “BASS BUS” etc…) but I can’t seem to figure out a workable reaction recipe. Can anybody help me or point me to the appropriate documentation?
Thanks so much!
Caleb
Hey its quite easy to do this, you just need to use a Reaction and modifier.
I’ve just published a guide here with an example script:
https://community.remotify.io/knowledge/how-to-map-to-a-track-by-name/
Thanks so much John! This is a really helpful guide.
A note for future readers, the script John posted in the link above works but you have to move the named tracks around (at least one of them) for a the Fader (or whatever you’ve mapped) to catch the named track. Immediately upon initialization the fader defaults to the first track in a set but it works correctly once you move the named track’s position (DRUM BUS in the example) and it continues to work even after you’ve added other tracks or moved the named track around.
Hi I get my first track working based on track name “Kick” (as in the image below) but the other Action Blocks which I use to set modifier 2,3 etc will not work.
Track 2, 3 etc knobs are all linked to the Kick channel. In other words knob 2.1, 2.2 etc maps only to the channel 1 (Kick) functions. I have set the correct modifiers per mapping:
My script is attached. I followed the instruction of changing the order or the tracks in Ableton so the script wil run and set the modifiers.
HOW DO I GET THE MAPPING FOR CHANNEL 2 TO 8 NOT MAPPING TO CHANNEL 1 FUNCTION BUT TO THE CORRECT CHANNEL FUNCTIONS?
My goal is as this overview, if someone can tell me how to select the track mapping works it would be nice also 
Hi Bart,
it sounds like the other modifiers aren’t being set to the correct track numbers. in the tutorial linked earlier in this thread, have you followed the details in the section – Map to multiple tracks by name
Hi JohnC, I have followed all the instructions of the tutorial. I duplicated the action block for Kick and changed the name to Snare Drum for M2 modifier, Clap for M3 Modifier, Closed Hihat for M4 modifier etc. Then I used the track modifiers as shown in the image above.
And in each Volume mapping did you set the correct modifier?
If you want to export the script and controller templates and email them over, i’ll take a look.
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The Reaction only updates when the script is initialised and when tracks are added/moved/deleted.
if you also want the Reaction to update when you rename a track, add a Track > Name listener for each track you want to listen for changes on (make sure to set the correct track number in the Path Menu for each listener).
It’s not currently possible to add this for all tracks with 1 listener.