aha! cool i wasn't clear if it just integrates with official akai apc40 or if other hardware can use the same protocols/ communication methods. Obviously i will have to wait and see!Robert Henke wrote:Hi intelljel, you seem to overlook one very exciting point here: The MAX integration will allow users to access Live with far more elegane and ease than how it ever was possible via the old (inofficial) API. If you want to build your own hardware:
go ahead. the doors are wide wide open now. plus full documentation! Access to Live will become a supported feature and not a secret science...
R.
I had been working on a live controller for a long time and got frustrated working on hacked python scripts.
Also it was becoming to much of a hassle to create an appropriately sized rgb led button matrix. This is mainly due to poor button options and not being able to (easily) manufacture a button solution like on the monome.
No one seemed to get that you should space out the matrix so that the track controls are in line with it like a column!
I have still really been hoping for a simpler solution for creating rgb buttons. I even sent request to Omron for them to create rgb versions of the B3W-9 switches.... slim chances! This is why I was hoping one of the manufactures of midi controllers would see the successes of the monome along with it's pitfalls (too expensive, monochrome, no extra buttons or controls with it)
http://www.omron.com/ecb/products/sw/2/b3w-9.html