Specific Device Chain Control
Hi there,
I’m new to CSS and mainly bought it because I had the hope it would solve a problem for me concerning specific device control.
Right now, I’m trying to set up a control surface that allows me to control the eight macros of an selected instrument rack (via chain selector) within an instrument rack. Please see the exampled device chain attached to this post.
I already made it to control all eight macros of all instrument racks within the instrument rack at the same time. Please see the screenshot of the script manager in CSS. However, as I’m using this method as a VST preset selector, I only want to change the macros of the currently selected instrument rack.
What I thought could work, is to set up a ‘mode’ for every instrument rack in the chain selector which is then switched via a ‘mode selector’. I tried this, but the only controls available for the mode selection are PGM (program change messages) which are not supported in CSS.
Another option I read about is to use the ‘select device’ function to keep an focus on the currently chain selected device. Unfortunately, I’m not sure how to do this. This thread goes in a similiar direction concerning drum racks:
https://remotify.io/community/question/drum-rack-question
Hope that somebody could help me out on this. Thanks in advance.
So I managed to work this out however I have another issue to tackle.
First, in case anyone else is interested, the solution I found…
I have 4 chains on the track (all wavetable presets) each with their own unique 8 macros(i.e. using variations will not work). In Live I have set up clip actions to select the chain I want to use depending on which clip I am playing and turn off the other chains I am not using. In CSS I had to add a device parameter for each chain (see Working Chain image). Each of these has the exact same settings for Track, Parameter & Controller input
Device 1, Chain 1
Device 1, Chain 2
Device 1, Chain 3
Device 1, Chain 4
With a Selected Device Number as 1 for all
So This begs the question as to why is there an option to add multiple device chains in the device parameter menu. When setup that way Live outputs an error saying the parameter does not exist. (seen in Does Not Work image) But that’s getting in the weeds…
My problem now is this. How do I reset the macro values on each chain to their default values when I switch to a different chain? As an example I am playing a clip assigned to chain 1 and I make changes to macro 1. This results in changes to macro 1 on all chains even though they are not active. When I switch to a clip assigned to chain 2 I need the macro values I have changed to return to their default settings.
Sign up
User registration is currently not allowed.