Select multiple cells in drum racks

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gp23
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Select multiple cells in drum racks

Post by gp23 » Wed Feb 08, 2012 12:57 pm

It would be useful to be able to select more than one cell in a drum rack, with altered parameters on devices within being replicated on selected siblings. I know there is 'copy value to siblings' but of course this affects all cells, and that's not always appropriate. Perhaps a 'copy value to selected siblings' option?

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Re: Select multiple cells in drum racks

Post by regretfullySaid » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:49 pm

+1 Made that request a couple times myself:p

Surely if you're able to select other parts in Ableton and have all the changes reflected on everything selected, it should work everywhere in the program.
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Re: Select multiple cells in drum racks

Post by gp23 » Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:33 am

Any sign of such a feature in 9?

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Re: Select multiple cells in drum racks

Post by gp23 » Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:34 pm

I guess not.

It's the little workflow improvements such as this that would really make me consider upgrading. See also - ability to select non-contiguous objects in the Arrangement view.

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Re: Select multiple cells in drum racks

Post by re:dream » Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:07 pm

There is a map to siblings function, but it is hidden in options.txt

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=189574

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=178731

http://www.abletonop.com/2012/04/huge-a ... g-mapping/

I have not tried it - will try this weekend when I have a bit of time...

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Re: Select multiple cells in drum racks

Post by gp23 » Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:39 pm

Yes, that's for mapping macros though.

What I'm talking about is being able to independently select multiple cells in a drum rack. Currently, you are only able to select one at a time. Though I can see that there would be a problem in terms of which cell's contents are displayed when more than one cell is selected.

I suppose I could 'nest' drum racks into groups via an instrument rack. That might work.

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