Is it possible to set effects on/off as momentary not toggle

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Re: Is it possible to set effects on/off as momentary not toggle

Post by hacktheplanet » Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:08 pm

cacti wrote:??

anyone know how? thanks.
So. Uh, what controller are you using? :D
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Re: Is it possible to set effects on/off as momentary not toggle

Post by The Leveller » Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:51 pm

I like my MPK25 buddied with my apc40/20 combo for exactly this reason. It has four assignable momentary buttons.

An easy solution, I accept perhaps not the cheapest...but there we go.

Used to have an old uc33e which could also be easily changed to momentary button config.

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Re: Is it possible to set effects on/off as momentary not toggle

Post by S4racen » Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:07 pm

Mister36 wrote:I don't think buying Max for Live and then paying for an extra device/application is really a fair or particularly viable workaround for functionality that seems to me to be so fundamental.
Agreed, given the number of discussions about this and looping I'm sure it'll get implemented in a future version of live, that'll be at the cost of an upgrade though so you pays your money and makes your choice as they say... The cheapest solutions out there include charlie roberts work or bomes for example...

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Re: Is it possible to set effects on/off as momentary not toggle

Post by Mister36 » Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:18 pm

It's true. We do pays our monies and makes our choices. And I would actually love to be able to do what I said wasn't a viable workaround really. As a student, I, like I'm sure a lot of people, don't have the spare cash to throw at such things.

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Re: Is it possible to set effects on/off as momentary not toggle

Post by fx23 » Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:07 am

i understand you feel buy for MFL+ device just to custom some midi hw is expensive.
of course a native solution would be cool. .
by waiting, if you have tiny clues about midi, i really advice you to check usine free vst, you can patch and transform any midi hw behaviours to math your wanted setup. you can build it relatively easyly and for free, 0 bucks, really awesome soft for such
custom contrellerism stuff, no equivalent imo.

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Re: Is it possible to set effects on/off as momentary not toggle

Post by Mister36 » Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:25 pm

fx23 wrote:by waiting, if you have tiny clues about midi, i really advice you to check usine free vst, you can patch and transform any midi hw behaviours to math your wanted setup. you can build it relatively easyly and for free, 0 bucks, really awesome soft for such
custom contrellerism stuff, no equivalent imo.
Unfortunately (for this purpose), I am on a Mac.

fx23 wrote:i understand you feel buy for MFL+ device just to custom some midi hw is expensive.
of course a native solution would be cool.
Indeed, a native solution would be best. But I'm not against paying for extra functionality, especially if it's really worth it and a potential "game-changer", it's just that, unfortunately, for me, Max for Live is currently too expensive for me to justify the purchase. Though I don't really expect them to lower the price, despite how it could dramatically increase sales.

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Re: Is it possible to set effects on/off as momentary not toggle

Post by wascal » Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:36 pm

Or you could just press the button twice, quickly.
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Re: Is it possible to set effects on/off as momentary not toggle

Post by longjohns » Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:35 am

destroyFX MIDIgater should work for this

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Re: Is it possible to set effects on/off as momentary not toggle

Post by icedsushi » Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:41 am

I could have swore I was doing this with Live 5 & a Faderfox by selecting a preference after mapping the control, like absolute, bin offset, etc, in there with those choices. Could it be that the functionality was previously there & they removed it?

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Re: Is it possible to set effects on/off as momentary not toggle

Post by mylesjaeger » Tue Aug 03, 2021 1:01 am

Incase anyone is still having this problem, here's a workaround to use in effect chains : I found you can assign your momentary button to a macro knob and assign that knob to what ever effect in your chain.

Hope this helps! :mrgreen:

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