Update 6:
Things are much clearer now i've plugged the apc in and learnt how to listen and disable some of it's controls
User Guide
1. Top row of controls are mapped to stop buttons of APC40
2. Left hand rack is the numbered paramter of the device in focus across the first 8 tracks
3. Right Hand rack is control over the choice of the rack number (far right) in this track, up to five racks can be placed before it
4. Boxes in middle, from left....
Left Box.... Mapped to Activate, Cue and Record Arm buttons on APC, oblong toggles are switches, bottom buttons are available when shift is lit
(metronome buttton is shift) different controls per scene as below
Middle box.... Map the Load Button to something (i use the tap tempo button) or add a keystroke to it, do this for every instance of the device so all load
at once
The number box shows the display of the scene that your in control of, this is temporary until i can provide visual feedback to the APC40's scene launch
buttons
Knob below Load button is mapped to the Cue Level Knob and it's function changes per scene with a shifted function for each (detailed below)
Live Slider is as yet unused (details below of development plans)
Right Box... Currrently shows (when shifted) the scene that is in control by name and those available, until the scene launch buttons can be disabled on
their own in standard mode i'm unable to add the extra functionality i'd planned as these are reserved for additional audieffects that complement the
functionality of the rest of the scenes controls
Scene One
Stop Buttons = Display playing status of track and update the lights on the APC40
Activate = Standard Mapping
Cue = Standard Mapping
Rec / Arm = Standard Mapping
Cue Level = Standard Mapping
Scene One Shifted
Stop Buttons = Clip Launch Quantization with update of lights on APC40
Activate = Not yet active, ignore the labels, answers on a postcard for best use
Cue = Standard Mapping
Rec / Arm = Not yet active
Cue Level = Not Yet Active
Scene Two
Stop Buttons = Loop control, turn off set a 1, 2 or 4 bar loop, manually set a loop or halve or double a loop that's been set down to a 1 beat loop
Activate = Not yet Active
Cue = Standard Mapping
Rec / Arm = Not Yet Active
Cue Level = Not Yet Active
Scene Two Shifted
Stop Buttons
1, Follow Action behaviour, play again or play below which kicks in at 1 beat before the end of the clip so works down to 1/4 quantization, this allows you to muck about with loops yet know that your clip will trigger the next clip to play at the right time rather than half way through the loop you were in if you currently use follow actions
2, Entitled Clip as i wanted to have this button bring the focus of the clip into view and then float the patch as a floating window, press again and your back to see the device (some way off doing this)
3,4,5 select the sends that can be punched in below
6,7, 8, Choose Crossfader assign position
Activator / Cue / Rec Arm all act as punches for the sends displayed on the buttons themselves, think of having a ping pong delay that's filtered to fvck but with a large level of feedback for some sonic business... (i'll be working on my sends as a result of this device as i've never given them enough attention
Cue Level = Not yet Active
Scene Three
Stop Clip Buttons = each corresponds to the pro-rated position in the clip, you haver the choice of the buttons representing 1/4 slices capturing two bars or 1/8 slices capturing just one bar. The metronome lights flash across the APC40. The red highlighted button is the slice glitch size, down to 1/64th. Pressing plays the slice at the size chosen, let go and the audio returns to where it would have been like the slip mode of the CDJ900. When holding a slice playing and moving the Cue Level knob the glitch will change in size, when moving between slices but letting go of the first chosen slice will not end the slice your playing (convoluted explanation, best just press the buttons and see ow it plays, then get crazy with the cue level knob)
Scene Three Shifted
Currently only chooses whether you're dealing with a one bar or two bar capture of audio, the cue level however controls the smoothing effect on the slices which can subtly change the effect based on the audio you are slicing
Things to do.....
1,Disable the scene launch buttons in the standard mode so that 5 banks of new controls can be added
2, Reverser that works on the stop all clips button
3, Reset left hand device on master track select and right hand device on shift plus master track select button
4, Navigation of browser with scene number five on the shifted stop buttons
5, Onerownome on scene 3
6, Shift functionality of scene 3, 4... Suggestions please?
7, Disable and take control of Master Volume control giving both knob and fader functiopnality per scene for effects
8, Add functionality in this area so user can dial in reset values for devices avoiding need to dig into patch to locate the message boxes
9, Give visual feedback on the scene launch buttons of which scene is in control
As you can see i've got a fair bit to do but i've also got a fair bit that has yet to be defined so i'm more than grateful if anyone would like to contribute deas to what the controls may be assigned to....
Cheers
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