Ableton as platform for custom remote project?
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 3:18 pm
Hi folks,
We have a little project we're mulling over here.
Basically what we want to do is build something that looks like vintage multitrack remote.
Here's a couple of pictures below by way of explanation.
Of course there's a million DAW remotes available, but they're all cheap-feeling plastic junk......our trick is going to be to build it like a piece of chunky vintage analog gear, metal panel, big solid switches etc.
So we're think about which DAW to try to do this with.
The idea is that at the beginning of your session you would fire up your DAW, link the remote and then basically turn off the computer screen for the rest of the session. Basically an analog tape workflow without the headaches of maintaining an analog (or digital) multitrack.
So my question to you guys is: is Ableton tweakable enough (via Max?) to create something like this? I know one can go a long way with just midi or even OSC, but how about Ableton sending out its meter readings so we could re-create these on our remote? And what happens if buttons get out of sync: for example, your remote buttons show a track arm is "on" but the button is in fact off in Ableton. So i'm thinking some kind of two-way communication is necessary, to keep the states synced.
And if we wanted to include punch in and out controls and timelime scrub, are these things hackable?
Sorry , a lot of questions, any advice would be appreciated!
We have a little project we're mulling over here.
Basically what we want to do is build something that looks like vintage multitrack remote.
Here's a couple of pictures below by way of explanation.
Of course there's a million DAW remotes available, but they're all cheap-feeling plastic junk......our trick is going to be to build it like a piece of chunky vintage analog gear, metal panel, big solid switches etc.
So we're think about which DAW to try to do this with.
The idea is that at the beginning of your session you would fire up your DAW, link the remote and then basically turn off the computer screen for the rest of the session. Basically an analog tape workflow without the headaches of maintaining an analog (or digital) multitrack.
So my question to you guys is: is Ableton tweakable enough (via Max?) to create something like this? I know one can go a long way with just midi or even OSC, but how about Ableton sending out its meter readings so we could re-create these on our remote? And what happens if buttons get out of sync: for example, your remote buttons show a track arm is "on" but the button is in fact off in Ableton. So i'm thinking some kind of two-way communication is necessary, to keep the states synced.
And if we wanted to include punch in and out controls and timelime scrub, are these things hackable?
Sorry , a lot of questions, any advice would be appreciated!