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I know this issue has been discussed, just wondering if anyone has found a decent solution that doesnt require 3rd party software like Bomes...

When using more than one APC, they send the same midi signals and control the same parameters. Iv tediously made a template utilizing midi mapping to ...

Preface: By default in live 9, kit-808 loads up with each sample on an instrument rack w/ independent macros, and autoselect allows bluehand macros to control only the last triggered pad. Awesome!

Iv created a custom preset under "Dropping Samples/On Drum rack".
It solves the problem of having to ...

The result: all instruments where I arrow keyed into the rack automatically blue hand every time I play them
All instruments that I have Not done that for, remain unselected until I arrow in.

Can you elaborate on haw you "arrow in"? Sounds like what i might be doing.
I know what you mean by the ...

Update:

Iv also noticed that if you hit pad 1, then click its rack title bar, then repeat for pads 2-8,
the blue hand WILL autoselect to the pads when played. BUT as soon as you do this for more than pads, or click focus to a different rack or device, it doesn't work anymore.

So here's what iv ...

This is a big issue for me as chopping samples and programming drums are the heart of the workflow for producing hiphop..and both incorporate the drumrack
I have contributed posts to several other threads regarding this issue, but have not gathered the support i imagined.
I KNOW so many live users ...

Does anyone have experience of writing scripts for external gear? Do I need to create a custom python script for the unit or should it work with the text file approach?

The text file approach should work. Did you edit the file to reflect your controller?

I have an MPD32, i made changes to 3 ...

This is quite easy to do with live 8.

Put an instrument rack between the drum rack and the simpler. Set up your macros on this new rack. In live 8 you can assign which track is instant mapped (and you wil see the little Blue Hand) to midi by going into midi map mode and clicking on the rick title ...

This has really got me stuck as well. Im using an MPD32.
I would like use the 8 knobs to on the MPD to adjust 8 parameters (eg. start,end,pitch,vol,attack, ect.) of my drum samples w/o the mouse, only using the controller.

I have a drumrack with a simpler grouped to instrument rack on each pad.
Im ...