Updating an existing Remote Script
I only signed up last night, but I like the look of your app and the feedback you give your users. After sending this email I am going to go “pro” as it will allow me to “hardwire” the user definable buttons on my MackieMCU into all projects.
I have a MackieMCU and a Push2 hooked up to Ableton. In general the MackieMCU script works well, with two issues:
1. MCU does not “follow” Ableton when Push2 moves the Session box
2. MCU does not move the Session Box when you (using the MCU buttons) move “Fader Bank” or “Select” a track not in the current Session Box. Moving the whole “Fader Bank” by 8 tracks can be done by pressing (left and right) “Bank” or a track at a time “Channel”. Either way pressing these buttons on the Mackie mean you move to tracks which are not “Selected”
……. essentially I want Ableton, Push2 and MCU to always be focusing on the same 8 tracks.
I hope that makes sense.
Questions:
A. Your app does not allow me to amend existing scripts. I understand that would be impossible / difficult for .pyc files but I do have .py files from Julien Bayle’s site http://julienbayle.net/ableton-live-9-midi-remote-scripts/ located here https://github.com/gluon/AbletonLive9_RemoteScripts Is editing existing .py scripts something you are intending to do ?
B. If you are not planning this (or if it isn’t possible) then can I get your app to work by creating a “virtual instrument”….. i.e create a script e.g. “Ians MCU override” put it higher up Ableton’s midi list than the existing Mackie Script with the same midi ports as the MCU ?
The alternative would be to remap the whole of the MackieMCU………. something I really don’t want to do
Thank you
Ian
Thanks John
Not exactly. Ableton, Mackie and Push2 all work completely in sync when it comes to selected track. So selecting a track on one device selects it on all three.
The problem is as follows: Say you have banks 1-8 showing on both Push2 and Mackie. Then select track 9 by clicking in Ableton or pressing the right arrow 8 times on the Push2. All three select still track 9….. so far so good………but whereas the Push2 jumps to track 9 and shows it onscreen, the Mackie remains on bank 1-8. You only know it has selected track 9 if you press the change bank button and shift to tracks 9-16. So as you move around the project, not only do you have to select tracks but you have to make sure Mackie is showing the right bank.
I reprogrammed one of the Mackie scripts so that whenever the track selection changed the Mackie changed banks automatically to show the selected track.
I also restricted the scrub wheel to only working in arrangement view (I have 2 screens) and I stopped “Zoom” and “Scrub” launching clips in session view.
It helps that I have done VB.net, IOS, C#, Python programming in the past, but I wanted to avoid it if possible because I have forgotten so much…… that’s where Remotify should come in useful as I’m after another midi controller, plus I will use it to programme the 16 user buttons on the Mackie.
Ian
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