PadKontrol: question regarding Pads with Live
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PadKontrol: question regarding Pads with Live
can you set the touch pads so that when you hit one it deactivates a previous touch pad? I want to control an array of drumloops in Live with touch pads, so that when I hit a pad it glows red, then when I hit another pad, which will
replace the playing loop, that pad glows red and the other pad deactivates?
this might be automatic through control surface feedback.
thanks.
replace the playing loop, that pad glows red and the other pad deactivates?
this might be automatic through control surface feedback.
thanks.
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I dont know what kind of toutch pads you are using but they probably do nothing more than send midi notes to ableton.
I do this by stacking audio clips (loops) on top of each others in an audio track (session view).
I then map individual notes from my keyboard to each of those audio clips.
Punching a note on the keyboard stops whatever is currently playing since only one clip per track is allowed to play at one time. The wanted audio clip is launched according to quantization and you are groovin again.
Hope this helps.
I do this by stacking audio clips (loops) on top of each others in an audio track (session view).
I then map individual notes from my keyboard to each of those audio clips.
Punching a note on the keyboard stops whatever is currently playing since only one clip per track is allowed to play at one time. The wanted audio clip is launched according to quantization and you are groovin again.
Hope this helps.
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yes you can - toggle mode. the problem is triggering those toggles from the outside. If you could do that... well... let's just say I'd get a couple moreM. Bréqs wrote:You can't get the pads to stay lit as far as I know.
just reading up on this a bit: The PadKONTROL supports native mode... Time for some max-hacking, I think!
mbp 2.66, osx 10.6.8, 8GB ram.
Might be helpful? Check the first message
http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic. ... tefeedback
Depense if when your pad controller receives a note event, do they light up?
Else build yourself a midio128:http://www.ucapps.de/midio128.html
http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic. ... tefeedback
Depense if when your pad controller receives a note event, do they light up?
Else build yourself a midio128:http://www.ucapps.de/midio128.html
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excuse my english. I'll try again:
the pads should give me visual feedback for a on/ off kind of status.
like in toggle mode you press a pad, it illuminates and stays glowing, till you press it again, then it stops glowing. like for example a solo button.
would be very nice. also if it glows as long as a loop plays, and you stop it, it stops glowing... you understand?
the pads should give me visual feedback for a on/ off kind of status.
like in toggle mode you press a pad, it illuminates and stays glowing, till you press it again, then it stops glowing. like for example a solo button.
would be very nice. also if it glows as long as a loop plays, and you stop it, it stops glowing... you understand?
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it does NOT do that? then how do the lights work??shurik wrote:excuse my english. I'll try again:
the pads should give me visual feedback for a on/ off kind of status.
like in toggle mode you press a pad, it illuminates and stays glowing, till you press it again, then it stops glowing. like for example a solo button.
would be very nice. also if it glows as long as a loop plays, and you stop it, it stops glowing... you understand?
When the pads receive a midi note they blink, instead of being lit until they receive the corresponding note off.
Same thing with the pads themselves: even in toggle mode the lights on the pads don't toggle at all. They just.. blink.
Other users are backing this up.
I've posted a message on the Korg forum complaining about this:
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=17337
-please back us up there, so we can have a new firmware version that works for what we need. Even if you're just considering getting the PadKONTROL this is worth figthing for a bit.
Same thing with the pads themselves: even in toggle mode the lights on the pads don't toggle at all. They just.. blink.
Other users are backing this up.
I've posted a message on the Korg forum complaining about this:
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=17337
-please back us up there, so we can have a new firmware version that works for what we need. Even if you're just considering getting the PadKONTROL this is worth figthing for a bit.
mbp 2.66, osx 10.6.8, 8GB ram.
I'm happy that I'm not alone with this. I replyed in the korg forum.
the lights should
1. toggle
2. stay on as long as you press them
3. stay on till you press the pad a second time (this is for live clips in toggle mode, wich means the padkontrol should not be in toggle mode but the lights should....äh- right?)
cheers
the lights should
1. toggle
2. stay on as long as you press them
3. stay on till you press the pad a second time (this is for live clips in toggle mode, wich means the padkontrol should not be in toggle mode but the lights should....äh- right?)
cheers
Good thoughts...shurik wrote:I'm happy that I'm not alone with this. I replyed in the korg forum.
the lights should
1. toggle
2. stay on as long as you press them
3. stay on till you press the pad a second time (this is for live clips in toggle mode, wich means the padkontrol should not be in toggle mode but the lights should....äh- right?)
cheers
The potential to offer actual performance enabling feedback rather than just eye candy is staggering with these pads. It's a shame that Korg didn't think through the capability they had...
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