Djs & performers - default many controls with ONE button
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:50 pm
hey guys and gals...
here is another mod i have created using Bome's midi translator, aimed primarily at the Live performers / DJ's. Like the pioneer FX emulation. it could be tailored in a million different ways. The idea came when during a performance, you may (and these devices are examples, but it could by ANYTHING!) tweak the hell out of an EQ and a few sends for any given channel. Then at some point, you want to "reset" those to defualt positions. Maybe to play a new track or clip, etc. That can be tedious. So i wanted to hit ONE button and send all those knobs back to their defualt value.
Not too hard using Bome's, (or Control Aid i assume). Then i took it a step further, and then a few more. I really hope some of you find this useful, as i've spent quite some time on it!
here's how this works as is with the .ALS:
4 audio tracks each with 2 sends and an EQ 3.
4 buttons on your controller for selecting tracks 1-4.
1 button on your controller that sets the EQ3 and sends to defualt positions for the selected track.
pretty cool!
Taking it further, assign 5 knobs to send CC's 1 through 5, all on Channel 1. Then, after selecting a track via one of the 4 buttons, those 5 knobs will control the eq3 and sends for the currently selected track! really great if you just don't have a lot of knobs.
I made one button that toggles the actual visual track selection On/ OFF in Live, so if you want all the functions as above, but without selecting the tracks in Live, you can.
Now, to start, you will have to at least open this ALS and look at the assignments. It's all simple and logical.
Assign the right CC's to your midi controller. (it's only a few, so i'll just show you what to do manually.) see below.
Open Bome's and import the presets file provided.
Set up midi properly using midi Yoke if you haven't already.
Open the .ALS.
midi controller assignments.
send 1 - CC1 CH 1
send 2 - CC2 CH 1
EQ L - CC3 CH 1
EQ M - CC4 CH 1
EQ H - CC5 CH 1
Select Track 1 - Note Number 1 CH 1. Set High and Low Values to 127.
Select Track 2 - Note Number 2 CH 1. Set High and Low Values to 127.
Select Track 3 - Note Number 3 CH 1. Set High and Low Values to 127.
Select Track 4 - Note Number 4 CH 1. Set High and Low Values to 127.
Defualt EQ3 and Sends for selected track - Note Number 7 CH 1. I used momentary, but it may work either way.
Switch to turn off visual track selection but keep all this other stuff the same - Note Number 8 CH 1. Toggle, values 0 and 127. This must be this way.
Some aspects of this will be easy to tweak, some more difficult, depending on your skill level of course. But i REALLY hope you guys check it out. It may sound complicated to some, but it's not - I've done all the gruntness for you...
Let me know if i can explain or present anything better
ben
The files:
http://www.benblue.com/ableton/defaulter_control.rar
http://www.bome.com/midi/translator/
http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?http:// ... /myoke.htm
here is another mod i have created using Bome's midi translator, aimed primarily at the Live performers / DJ's. Like the pioneer FX emulation. it could be tailored in a million different ways. The idea came when during a performance, you may (and these devices are examples, but it could by ANYTHING!) tweak the hell out of an EQ and a few sends for any given channel. Then at some point, you want to "reset" those to defualt positions. Maybe to play a new track or clip, etc. That can be tedious. So i wanted to hit ONE button and send all those knobs back to their defualt value.
Not too hard using Bome's, (or Control Aid i assume). Then i took it a step further, and then a few more. I really hope some of you find this useful, as i've spent quite some time on it!
here's how this works as is with the .ALS:
4 audio tracks each with 2 sends and an EQ 3.
4 buttons on your controller for selecting tracks 1-4.
1 button on your controller that sets the EQ3 and sends to defualt positions for the selected track.
pretty cool!
Taking it further, assign 5 knobs to send CC's 1 through 5, all on Channel 1. Then, after selecting a track via one of the 4 buttons, those 5 knobs will control the eq3 and sends for the currently selected track! really great if you just don't have a lot of knobs.
I made one button that toggles the actual visual track selection On/ OFF in Live, so if you want all the functions as above, but without selecting the tracks in Live, you can.
Now, to start, you will have to at least open this ALS and look at the assignments. It's all simple and logical.
Assign the right CC's to your midi controller. (it's only a few, so i'll just show you what to do manually.) see below.
Open Bome's and import the presets file provided.
Set up midi properly using midi Yoke if you haven't already.
Open the .ALS.
midi controller assignments.
send 1 - CC1 CH 1
send 2 - CC2 CH 1
EQ L - CC3 CH 1
EQ M - CC4 CH 1
EQ H - CC5 CH 1
Select Track 1 - Note Number 1 CH 1. Set High and Low Values to 127.
Select Track 2 - Note Number 2 CH 1. Set High and Low Values to 127.
Select Track 3 - Note Number 3 CH 1. Set High and Low Values to 127.
Select Track 4 - Note Number 4 CH 1. Set High and Low Values to 127.
Defualt EQ3 and Sends for selected track - Note Number 7 CH 1. I used momentary, but it may work either way.
Switch to turn off visual track selection but keep all this other stuff the same - Note Number 8 CH 1. Toggle, values 0 and 127. This must be this way.
Some aspects of this will be easy to tweak, some more difficult, depending on your skill level of course. But i REALLY hope you guys check it out. It may sound complicated to some, but it's not - I've done all the gruntness for you...
Let me know if i can explain or present anything better
ben
The files:
http://www.benblue.com/ableton/defaulter_control.rar
http://www.bome.com/midi/translator/
http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?http:// ... /myoke.htm
