Reactions that change midi cc/note
hi there, im hoping you could help me out with something. i want to set up some drum pads on my controller so that when i switch the script into a different mode, those drum pads would be interpreted by ableton as a different note.
i set up the 64 pads that i currently have and set them to the appropriate channel and cc, and then i made another 64 “virtual” pads in the controller manager and gave them different cc’s.
i don’t currently have the reactions set so the only engage on a certain mode yet, im currently experimenting to see how i can the cc change to work in general. I may not even set it to be on a separate mode if i can set it up the reaction’s condition so it only switches the cc if a toggle button is pressed.
i did a couple different tries
Listen:
1. Incoming Pad
2.Toggle Button
Condition
1.Toggle button == Input 127
2.Incoming Pad == Input
Reactions: i tried different ones for each of those two combinations because i wanted to see if anything would work
1:Incoming Pad=Outgoing Pad (didn’t work)
2.Outgoing Pad () Input
Incoming Pad()Input 0 – Didn’t work and incoming pad signal still came through
any tips?
Hi, I’m a bit late to the party here – sorry! – but I was wondering if you could explain something to me. When you say that the “incoming pad signal still came through” are you saying that even though you’ve registered your pads as CSS controls, their original midi notes or CC values are also still being sent through to Ableton? If so, I’d be interested to know how, as I’d like to do that with some of the buttons on my keyboard.
Hi again, I’ve found a way to do what I needed to do with CSS and MIDI CCs, which might be of interest to you, although I’m not sure how well my specific approach would scale up to tackle your problem! Here’s my other thread for ref:
https://remotify.io/community/question/midiuser-mode
I think you could use the Max device I mentioned in my other thread referenced above to do what you’re looking to do:
1) Reserve tracks 1-4 for your 4 different drum racks / instruments / external instruments with their own midi channels;
2) add the max device, twice (since there are 8 parameters per device), to each track.
2) create a CSS surface with 64 pads;
3) define a reaction for each pad that converts that pad’s input note/CC data into a parameter value to send on to one or other of the two max devices on a specific track.
That’s assuming your
The only thing is that drum pads are the thing you’re most likely to notice any kind of latency with, so they might not feel quite immediate enough after going through python, max etc before getting to your instruments!
@RFJ I have a feeling though that you might be able to do what you’re aiming to do within a single ableton track, using the chain selector, and key splits, I’m not familiar enough with using them to be sure.
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