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I was also looking for a midi looper. Instead I used midi clips to store my loops and built a max for live device to automate some of the mouse clicks needed (and a way to set the tempo to the first loop)

It’s still a work in progress but I’m still working on it
Have a look:
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there is a max for live patch here, maybe that helps?
http://www.maxforlive.com/library/devic ... ve-red-box

Hello!

This patch is for working with a control surface and moving the red box around in session view.

The patch allows you to store 8 preset locations within your set (saved with session file).

You can jump to these with a single click or button (using midi-map).

Enjoy!

Video: with enticing ...

thanks chapelier fou!
good to know about the selection vs triggering too.

this is for a session view looper where you can also progress through a pre-existing song arrangement (yet still loop/improvise at certain parts).

Hello!

The attached patch patch works fine on my laptop (Live 9.1.1, Max 6.1.6, OSX 10.6.8)
But it doesn’t seem to be working on another laptop running Mavericks (same live and max versions).

Would be amazing if someone could please download (whatever system) and see if it works:
http://www ...

this is great!! thanks a lot!

@locojohn

re question 1)
--Actually the midi mapping should work with the main BCL device on an audio track. Maybe try deleting all BCL plugins from your set, then just draggin a new one to an audio clip, then try midi mapping.


re question 2)

actually the BCL midi in should automatically ...

Yes I recommend this to everyone. I just updated a monster patch where I did not follow this rule (because I only learnt it half way through building).

But if you have a monster patch, you can kind of automatically convert all Send/ Receive to have '---' prepended to them.

Save your patch as a ...

As far as i know it is not possible to get the midi data from another track.

Instead you can only intercept it. This would mean you would need a M4L midi device on every single track you want to capture.

Each device would have a Send object with the same name.

You would then have a second M4L ...

Hi RonF

I already have a MIDI Looper visualiser code, see below.
It shows the status of a Looper as a big colourful square (I have this showing on my screen so I can just flick my eyes over and see the status while playing live).

Perhaps you can edit the M4L code so that it sends out midi data ...

Push version will take a while as it's all quite new for me and not much time at the moment.

Presumably Push can be used in MIDI MAP mode(?), therefore you can in theory use the existing device with Push.

You can get 16 pads using the MIDI IN module. You have to set what Midi note should trigger ...

Handy stuff, great work thanks!

I recently got Push.

So let me know if anyone is interested in a Push version.

I think writing comments in the patch was one of the longest things Definitely an extra hour of work.

But, I also did it for myself if I want to re-visit /re-use the code in the future.

Ok, I have now uploaded an extra MIDI device.

Place on a MIDI track and then you can trigger the BeatChopLive audio pads with a MIDI Clip or sequencer of your choosing (instead of midi-map).

MIDI-IN module here:
http://www.maxforlive.com/library/device/1845/beatchoplive-midi-in-module

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