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could it be a reference to the device?
suppose you have more than one APC,
the 4th number basically directly tells
on which APC the button was pressed. so
first APC Button_Matrix Control returns
'1', second returns '2' and so on.

usually, but not always, properties that can be observed are the ones originated directly inside live, and/or the ones that don't create too much events (unless these are essential events, like with some timing/transport properties). track_offset and scene_offset are properties of the components. th...

davepermen it's right. 3phase you're one lucky guy. I've had a lot of hdd failures over the years, believe me it's only a matter of time. I'll never forget two hardware failures: - vjing the video memory died (laptop where too expensive... used to carry my desktop machine... night ruined!) - djing t...

+1 for PC1600x I've had it since it came out probably a couple of years more than ten not only is built like a tank it also has some serious midi programming features. 8) (...too bad live sucks with sysex) still... I'll see in a few weeks... but I'd probably go for an ipad instead of a lemur :mrgreen:

If you bind the button_matrix values to the actual scene/track offset, what would you do when you don't want to use the button_matrix to control clips but to control something else? It makes sense that the property values returned by the button_matrix are related 'only' to the button_matrix: i.e., a...

sure it's possible to do everything from scratch the idea should be to use control_surface objects like they are some kind of 'library'. If you can program in C/C++ you can manipulate strings by writing a bunch of modules and functions that handle characters, but still you'd better use some string m...

@mersault Your first post has the question "How do you get Max For Live to recognize a non-traditional control surface... ie a joystick?" Your last post has the phrase "its a usb joystick - One thing I CAN do is confirm that MAX recognizes it". So, what's the problem now? If Max/...

Have a look at this thread on cycling74 forums:
http://cycling74.com/forums/topic.php?id=24021

Or just look at the 'hi' object.

it's usb (and usb is serial).
it's not midi.
I wish it was a T1
Have a look at this as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_human_ ... vice_class

it could be nice to access clips in arrangement view... it actually does make some sense that it's not possible, given that the session is usually the part you play with, and the arrangement it's mainly supposed to record the played result. Anyway, even if you cannot access clips in arrangement view...

I've often seen the words potentiometers and encoders used in the same context and/or with the same meaning, but I do not have the kind of technical knowledge to argue... sure that julien and some others know it better. Whatever, what's with all this hate for endless potentiometers... ehm sorry enco...

have you seen the novation zero sl mk2? http://www.novationmusic.com/products/midi_controller/zero_sl_mk_ii you've totally ditched the clip monome/launchpad style launching area? you've put into your APC20 idea: - 9 Endless Encoders - 9 60mm Sliders - 8 track selection buttons, 24 channel strip butt...

I think it's still missing something... As Ben_Binary noted: where are the 4x4 MPC Pads ? :cry: Also. why both touchstrips are horizontal? I'd like at least one vertical! :roll: Oh, and wouldn't you like led feedback near these strips? Same goes for some of the potentiometers... why don't put some o...

I was just looking into java's awt Robot class... is it the same one you used in ring_keyPress? Thanks for uploading both the class and the example amxd I've just tried a couple of shortcuts and it seems to work. It seems very responsive too, anyway I want to find some time to make some more heavy t...

for question 5. I loop on control_surfaces like this: var api = new LiveAPI(this.patcher); ctrlSurfCount = api.getcount("control_surfaces"); for(var c = 0; c < ctrlSurfCount; c++) { api.path = ["control_surfaces", c]; // here you can check/use current control surface properties /...

In this electronic and machine oriented world, sometimes it's easy to forget about man power. thanks for answering the bitter questions. And thanks to 'the' passionate developer. I'm glad that even with something missing the API made it for the initial release, also because it's the only 'officially...