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hi first of all great job with ccs!!
so my question is if is possible to arm a track when is selected and unarm it when u select another?
i am using a rotary encoder to navigate between tracks.
hope is possible, if not would be nice to be able in the future.
greetings from chile!
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Hi there,
In response to this we have added a piece of code to make this possible.
Currently it will need to be done via a 'Reaction' mapping and you will need to tweak a line of code directly inside your script.
Here are the steps:
1 On the mode, Add a 'Reactions' mapping containing 1 Reaction
2 Open the reaction mapping settings form, for the 'Listener' select your rotary encoder which navigates between tracks.
3 In 'Reactions' select 'view' and then paste this into the input box next to it:
_arm_follow_track_selection
Set the next option as (), and leave the next 2 as input and empty.
4 install your script
5 Open the script .py file located in your MIDI Remote Script folder
6 Search for this line:
self.song().view_arm_follow_track_selection()
and replace it with this
self._arm_follow_track_selection()
7 open Ableton Live and the assigned script will now auto arm the selected track and auto remove arm from all others.
Sorry it is a little bit long winded. We will try to optimise this asap.
I have attached my test script which has this working, you can import it and copy the reaction mapping into your script.
thnx a lot!! will vive it a try and let u know how it goes.
one other question, is it possible to change midi notes from buttons? i made a midi controller with 6 arcade buttons and would like to have different banks for them so i can change between scales to play with.
so i take that as a no heheh :) would really like to able to do this, i am building custom midi controllers and cant figure out a nice way to have different banks for of note buttons.
Hi, I've been investigating this but unfortunately don't have a working solution yet. If I find one I'll let you know here.
ok thnx a lot!!, still loving the software.
Hi. I'm wanting to do a similar action with my akai ewi 4000s wind controller with live. i have 2 buttons on the side of the ewi that send midi cc numbers. i would like to hit the 1st button for a previous track+arm and the second button for a next track+arm so i can quickly select the next instrument in my track list and be able to play it upon selection. I use Reason 11 and just bought live a week ago. In reason this was a simple midi learn situation. then just click up and down a list of instruments with the 2 ewi 4000s momentary buttons and the track would automatically change+armed itself for instant use when selected. i just want that in ableton. if i understand your checklist then i need to buy the control surface studio to achieve this. right? i really only would like to do only this but in time id like to also setup my KMI softstep 2 midi foot controller to control more aspects of live too to help me loop from my feet. but, any instructions on how to do this would be appreciated. thanks for your time and i hope i posted in the right spot. :)
im using...
windows 10
live 10 suite
akai ewi 4000s midi wind controller connected via midi wireless system called midibeam by panda audio
motu 624 audio interface
If you just want the track to arm on selection this is a feature that Ableton already features. This video shows you how to do it. (I am in no way associated with this video).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ8pe7I3C-M
completley forgot about this. thnx!!
Hey John,
This work around is okay, however it doesn't function exactly how I would like. It does un arm any track when navigating tracks with the script. But it does not un arm other tracks when I select a track with my mouse and/or computer keyboard and then arm the track via my CSS script. It would be great if there was a work around for this, as I really like to use my script and my mouse/keyboard together. Especially with big sessions when it too cumbersome to click or scroll to select a track. In addition Ableton doesn't scroll tracks with the "selected track" in the arrange view, which is primarily why I have to depend on scrolling and selecting with my mouse as opposed to using a script.
Thanks
Hey john,
Is there a way to do that in reaction v2?
Tried to import your script but it doesn't let me copy that because it's made with V1
Thanks,
Mauro.
Yes its super simple with Reactions v2, I've attached the script.
One important note, the action of arming the selected track is an update to the UI, so the listener can't also be a UI event (ableton blocks UI to UI functionality - not us). Unfortunately this means that clicking the tracks with your mouse will not work.
So, the best thing to do is attach the action to all buttons or knobs which also select tracks in your script, like an add-on. So add all of these buttons/knobs as listeners in the reaction.
This works great, thanks :)