Track volume relative to session box but not including folded tracks
Hi,
I have a midi controller with 8 faders. I want to be able to use those faders to adjust the track volumes for 8 tracks in a session box. I use grouped tracks in Ableton nearly all the time, not to mention drum racks. When I set up a script for track volume that is relative to the session box (which is what I want) I don’t see how I can tell the script to not include folded tracks. So if my first group has four tracks, my first five faders are controlling the volume of the group and then then four internal tracks. But I don’t want to control the volume of the four internal tracks. Just the group. I want to be able to do this for 8 groups.
When I am performing, I have my project set up in batches of 8 groups. I want to use the 8 faders to be able to quickly and easily bring the volume for the 8 groups in the session box, then be able to navigate to the next batch of 8 groups and do the same without touching the tracks that are in each group.
How can I set this up in Control Surface Studio?
” the key is making sure group/folded tracks are not expanded. When this is the case, the track volumes (mapped yo my faders) only control the group track volumes. It works as a move the session box as well. Then if I want to adjust the folded tracks volumes, I just have to expand the group and the faders work for the folder track volumes.”
How does this works when more than one folder track is openend? What is the behavior of the session box then and on wich way are the faders located to the ()group)tracks
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It works as you would expect. In my script, I have the session box to include 8 tracks. So my eight faders will map to track 1 – 8. If say the second track is a group and it is expanded, fader one will control track one, fader two will control the group track, fader three will control the first track within the group and so on.
So it just goes left to right for 8 tracks. If I have two groups unfolded, they become part of those 1-8.
Sorry, it is hard to explain. Basically, keeping the groups closed means the tracks within the group will not be controlled by the fader. But when you unfold a group, then the tracks within can be controlled. But when you close the group again, it goes back to the original option.