Xone K2 – Programming an Effects selector Chain

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Hi there!

We would like to create a chain selector for 3 different devices mapped to the top endless encoder on the Xone K2. Rotating the button would scroll through the 3 effects, pushing it would turn them on or off. We would like the led bellow the endless encoder to correspond with the effect being activated.

A Filter (Red light)
A Delay (Amber)
A Verb (Green)

Then, later, we would like to use the lower three knobs in that row to control specific parameters in the selected device. The three knobs would control different parameters depending on the selected device on top.

At this point, we created a group with a filter in chain 1, delay in chain 2 and reverb in chain 3.

We can turn on or off a device with pushing it. But we cannot get it to scroll through to the other devices in chain 2 and 3. We are trying to wrap our heads around what order would be logical, and what parameters in CSS need setting up to do what we want.

– Would this be the proper setup to start within Ableton (using a group with chains)
– Would 1 device in CSS on track 1 be enough, or do we need to create multiple devices there?
– What would be the logical order of contents under device 1 in CSS? We start with on/off followed by a select device, but our rotary snaps back to the group with the 3 devices in Ableton constantly. How do we fix this?

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You will still be able to scroll using the endless encoder. Sending 1 or 127 is pretty standard for these types of inputs (the setting in CSS for these types is called ‘relative’).
I will try and put a solution together for your requirements noted at the top. Displaying the 3 different colours depending on the device will require the use of Reaction mappings and it would need to be combined with some selected device mappings.

What Image_Engine said is a good technique. The ‘Chain Selector’ will help with the ‘switching between 3 devices’ part. Tutorial here:
https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000727359-How-to-switch-ch…

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