Nektar pacer script and template
Hello, I am pleased to share with you a script for the Nektar Pacer that I am quite satisfied with. I hope it can be useful to others.
This script is intended for those who have a Nektar Pacer and work in session view on Ableton. In essence, with this script on your Pacer, you can select and arm the track you want, and from 1 to 5 (when arming one track, the others are disarmed), you can navigate from bottom to top on the scenes with your 1×5 session box..
You’ll be able to start rec/overdub on the selected clip, stop or resume playback of the selected clip, and finally, delete the selected clip. I include a little manual detailing all of this and the template.
I want to mention that there are two buttons that I unfortunately couldn’t program. The very first button at the top left seems to be disabled; I can’t do anything with it. The encoder only works with double clicks, which is not ideal, but it’s a shame since it could have been very useful.
If anyone finds a solution for programming these buttons, I would be happy to modify my script.
See you later!
One option to increase the amount of buttons you can work with is to create one momentary button that cycles to a different mode when you hold it down. For example:
I would use button 1 on the Nektar Pacer (left-most button on the bottom row) as the momentary mode-change button, because then I can hold with my left foot and manage the other buttons with my right foot (but that’s up to preference). You’ll have 2 times 9 buttons to play with.
Mode 1, the default mode, has all the buttons needed for recording (e.g. 5 track buttons + a record, play, stop and clear button).
Mode 2 can have buttons like scene_up and scene_down, metronome, tap tempo, mute, solo, device toggle, undo, …
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