Change color of clip buttons on APC40

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Changinable
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Change color of clip buttons on APC40

Post by Changinable » Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:15 pm

I would like to change the color of the “not playing clips” to white or something similar. Which MIDI note messages do I have to transform – and which velocity value should it be?

Is it possible to do this in some kind of config file or do I have to use Midi Pipe or Bome’s to translate it in real-time?

Thanks for your help

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Re: Change color of clip buttons on APC40

Post by hrmnk » Sun Jul 19, 2009 2:42 pm

there are no rgb leds in the apc so the only possible colors are red, green and orange

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Re: Change color of clip buttons on APC40

Post by Changinable » Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:31 pm

hrmnk wrote:there are no rgb leds in the apc so the only possible colors are red, green and orange
Thanks for your info, but how can I change these?

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Re: Change color of clip buttons on APC40

Post by Mint Invader » Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:42 pm

Void the warranty. if your good you could just pop off the hood... but I dont really know.
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Re: Change color of clip buttons on APC40

Post by EddieJ » Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:06 am

There are only two LEDs- a red and a green. Both lit makes amber, therefore both LEDs are lit when a clip is present but not playing. If you want to mess with that, go nuts. You'd likely have to unsolder and replace all the LEDs.

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Re: Change color of clip buttons on APC40

Post by deepdirtydub » Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:10 pm

EddieJ wrote:There are only two LEDs- a red and a green. Both lit makes amber, therefore both LEDs are lit when a clip is present but not playing. If you want to mess with that, go nuts. You'd likely have to unsolder and replace all the LEDs.
This is true but both LEDs are housed together. I think you need to change what messages are being sent to them. M4L (whenever we get our hands on it) and Bome's seem to be the tools for that.

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Re: Change color of clip buttons on APC40

Post by m:o » Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:16 pm

deepdirtydub wrote:
EddieJ wrote:There are only two LEDs- a red and a green. Both lit makes amber, therefore both LEDs are lit when a clip is present but not playing. If you want to mess with that, go nuts. You'd likely have to unsolder and replace all the LEDs.
I think you need to change what messages are being sent to them...
no, if you want a different color - change the Led's. no "soft" way for that.

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Re: Change color of clip buttons on APC40

Post by deepdirtydub » Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:28 pm

m:o wrote:
deepdirtydub wrote:
EddieJ wrote:There are only two LEDs- a red and a green. Both lit makes amber, therefore both LEDs are lit when a clip is present but not playing. If you want to mess with that, go nuts. You'd likely have to unsolder and replace all the LEDs.
I think you need to change what messages are being sent to them...
no, if you want a different color - change the Led's. no "soft" way for that.
For colours outside of Red Orange and Green Yes. Why won't Bome's change the default colours for you?

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Re: Change color of clip buttons on APC40

Post by Richard Ellis » Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:38 pm

deepdirtydub wrote:For colours outside of Red Orange and Green Yes. Why won't Bome's change the default colours for you?
Because the LEDs are fixed colours and real. You cannot change the physical nature of something through software - at least as far as these LEDs go.

You'll have to change them manually.

Has anyone opened up the APC-40 yet to examine?

Any pics available?
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Re: Change color of clip buttons on APC40

Post by Ed J » Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:42 pm

Richard Ellis wrote:deepdirtydub wrote:
For colours outside of Red Orange and Green Yes. Why won't Bome's change the default colours for you?


Because the LEDs are fixed colours and real. You cannot change the physical nature of something through software - at least as far as these LEDs go.
Ahem. I think he meant changing from green is playing etc. other colours *that are afforded by the given hardware*.

You can do pretty much anything with Bomes, as seen in the nativeKontrol patches.
Some stuff, and some other stuff. Honest.
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Re: Change color of clip buttons on APC40

Post by 4.33 » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:11 pm

best. thread. ever. :lol:

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Re: Change color of clip buttons on APC40

Post by S4racen » Sun Aug 02, 2009 10:57 pm

Without doubt, loooking forward to the mod!

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Re: Change color of clip buttons on APC40

Post by dstroud » Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:46 am

If you're looking to change the colors because of difficulty distinguishing between the default LEDs, check out http://idisk.mac.com/dstroud-Public/LiveAPC40

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Re: Change color of clip buttons on APC40

Post by cacti » Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:35 am

what is apcbuddy?

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Re: Change color of clip buttons on APC40

Post by zalo » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:52 am

cacti wrote:what is apcbuddy?
i assume its something like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuinqB9z3JI

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