Newbie, first script isn’t working

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Just starting with CSS and not having any luck

I’m using a MFT and want to control volume and mute for channels. I’ve followed the directions closely and also tried to create a script using the web version, but Ableton 11 isn’t recognizing the input.

When I load my live project, it says the control surface is active. But nothing works.

I reset my MFT to factory default. I’m just using the first scene or whatever they call it, whre all the encoders are purple.

BTW, I do see this in the CSS log after I try to run things..

One other strange thing – there’s no way to select Button 1 to add a mute. It’s missing from the list of controllers. I don’t think I’ve used it elsewhere.

Hopefully this is a minor thing. I’ve got a bunch of controllers I want to use and am hoping remotify was a good investment.

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Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/Applications/Ableton Live 11 Suite.app/Contents/App-Resources/MIDI Remote Scripts/test/__init__.py”, line 4, in create_instance
return test(c_instance)
TypeError
:
‘module’ object is not callable
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/Applications/Ableton Live 11 Suite.app/Contents/App-Resources/MIDI Remote Scripts/test/__init__.py”, line 4, in create_instance
return test(c_instance)
TypeError
:
‘module’ object is not callable
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/Applications/Ableton Live 11 Suite.app/Contents/App-Resources/MIDI Remote Scripts/test/__init__.py”, line 4, in create_instance
return test(c_instance)
TypeError
:
‘module’ object is not callable
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/Applications/Ableton Live 11 Suite.app/Contents/App-Resources/MIDI Remote Scripts/test/__init__.py”, line 4, in create_instance
return test(c_instance)
TypeError
:
‘module’ object is not callable
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/Applications/Ableton Live 11 Suite.app/Contents/App-Resources/MIDI Remote Scripts/test/__init__.py”, line 4, in create_instance
return test(c_instance)
TypeError
:
‘module’ object is not callable
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/Applications/Ableton Live 11 Suite.app/Contents/App-Resources/MIDI Remote Scripts/test/__init__.py”, line 4, in create_instance
return test(c_instance)
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Sorry I forgot to answer this question: “I’ve installed a bunch of maxlive devices I’m not using. Can I just ignore these errors or are they an obstacle i need to solve first?”
Yes you can ignore this error, it won’t affect your script. Its unfortunate that this is being output as a scripting error as it is confusing. Hopefully Ableton sort this out at some point.

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OK – after a lot of messing around, this seems to have worked. And I think the issue is the Template that was first installed was corrupted (or I somehow corrupted it).

At the top of this thread I mentioned that Button 1 was missing from the list of controllers. Maybe that was just a symptom, but when I deleted the template and imported it, button 1 existed, and I was basically able to rebuild my script from scratch and it worked on the first try. So thank you!!

I got sidetracked trying to get it to work with Live 10, which I never uninstalled, but that didn’t work either.

Anyway, it looks like I have a lot of work ahead of me to get all the functions in place and get the feedback colors the way I want them.

So can I basically have one script program all 4 Banks of the MFT?

Also, can the CSS scripts be tied to a specific Set or can they only be configured for an entire Live session?

Thanks again!

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I have been testing it some more, and yes button 1 does seem to be missing from the options, so this looks like a symptom off the problem
(deleting the bundled controller templates and importing them again does seem to fix it however).
I will note this down for us to take a look at.

So can I basically have one script program all 4 Banks of the MFT?
Yes that’s correct.

Also, can the CSS scripts be tied to a specific Set or can they only be configured for an entire Live session?
I’m not sure what you mean by a specific set, but they work across all sessions which you load into Live (no need to remap each time).

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Thx – I mean can I create one script for one “song” where maybe I’m controlling volumes and mutes. And can I create a different one for a different song where I’m controlling launching samples? Otherwise I’ll have to plan out a mega script for everything I want to do.

When I was doing this all using Reaper, the MFT mappings were stored in the songs and song templates. This was useful because I could change them around, and more importantly, when I went to an older song, it loaded the older mappings.

Thx

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Its not possible to make song specific mappings, instead could you use a different mode for each song?
Each mode can contain just the mappings that you need at that time, and you can switch between modes using a ‘mode selector’ mapping type (so when you change songs, change the mode also?).
More details on modes in this video: https://youtu.be/_gtgD9eExTo

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