Switch between session and arrangement with Push or MIDI

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MatuX
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Switch between session and arrangement with Push or MIDI

Post by MatuX » Sun Apr 16, 2017 10:11 am

Hey guys,

I've been trying to find info about this to no avail.

I've a Push 2, I just want to switch between session and arrangement without having to pull the keyboard to press tab or use the trackpad to hit the arrangement/session selectors.

Thanks

MatuX
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Re: Switch between session and arrangement with Push or MIDI

Post by MatuX » Tue Apr 18, 2017 4:06 am

Ok, I grew tired of waiting for an answer and I did a MidiPipe with an AppleScript that sends a "Tab" keystroke to Live if you press the "Master" button on the Push.

Originally, I wanted to do something more complex with the Session button like, switch Session/Assignment if Push isn't on "Note" mode, or use Layout to do the switch but only if Push was on Session mode.

I've an Arduino One and I might end up turning that into a MIDI controller.

Until then, ¯\_(?)_/¯.

You can download my midi pipe from:
https://cl.ly/1t2p3E3S2M2C

Notes:
* I only gave this one hour and had never used MidiPipe or done an Apple Script before. Use at your own risk.
* You need to open that with MidiPipe.
* Push's Master button still does it's thing, I didn't find a way to "disable" it neither from the Push itself nor hacking via a pipe.
* The script is configurable and it has comments on things not obvious.
* You can change the code to read from whatever midi channel, cc and value you want.

Bdumaguina
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Location: Manila, Philippines

Re: Switch between session and arrangement with Push or MIDI

Post by Bdumaguina » Tue Apr 18, 2017 5:22 pm

I'm not sure but I think this M4L device does the trick. It's not free though.
http://www.maxforlive.com/library/devic ... rrangemode

sharkytowers
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Re: Switch between session and arrangement with Push or MIDI

Post by sharkytowers » Sun Jan 27, 2019 5:27 pm

Is this really not possible to switch these views with only the Push 2? If that's the case it is a MAJOR oversight. Am I missing something?

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