APC40 - Step Sequencer, Note Mode, 2nd Device Control, etc.

[Hanz_Petrov]

Hey all,

For anyone interested, there's a how-to write up on merging the APC20 and APC40 Python scripts, here:
http://remotescripts.blogspot.com/

The end result is Note Mode for the APC40 (plus re-assignable sliders and a few other mods).

Best,

Hanz

Edit: The custom APC40 scripts now include Step Sequencer Mode, Note Mode, 2nd Device Control, EQ Mode, User Modes, etc. Available on the Support Files page at my blog.

[concrete_cow]

Hey all,

For anyone interested, there's a how-to write up on merging the APC20 and APC40 Python scripts, here:
http://remotescripts.blogspot.com/

The end result is Note Mode for the APC40 (plus re-assignable sliders and a few other mods).

Best,

Hanz

God bless you for keeping the APC40 alive and kicking! I'll be using the note map funtion at our gig tonight to control a drum-rack

Starting to think that getting max for live may be overkill for most control purposes

Cheers

[33tetragammon]

many thanks for this Hanz!

i'm going to try it out later(have to go to work first)

best,

Wasili

[maze23a]

Will this one work,when i alrady use Nativkontrol's APC Preset?
Will i hace conflicts when i use it?

[HeadrickProductions]

you just made it worth it for me to be at the ass crack of dawn.....many thanks for all your hard work

Edit: works like a dream so far in 8.1.3

thank so once again for saving me so money...You should put up a donate button on your blog

now if the next apc pads would be touch sensitive I would need only one controller

Your then man

[Tympanic]

is there anyone in here who has an idea how one can toggle the shift button.
That way one could easily and fast step through banks without having to press
shift all the time, which is - in my workflow - quite annoying....

that would be perfect

cheers

Daniel

[concrete_cow]

Can someone please elaborate on how you switch modes? I'm a little concerned that the APC20 method (click master) will screw up my existing mappings... i'm hoping to be able to switch to notes mode via shift+master, so as not to affect my existiing workflow...

Any clarification appreciated as i'm still at work !

[carrieres]

thanks a lot, this is awesome !

[Slightlydelic]

can someone clew me in on what i need to do to use this?

no problem got it working now.

[dna598]

WOW!!!!

thanks so much.

Note mode for apc40 is long overdue, but am i correct in thinking this isnt even the work of ableton? Wow, where are they?

Slightly dissapointed it doesnt move around the whole drum rack note range like the padkontrol does, but hey, its better than NOTHING!

thanks again!

ps. any way of getting it to do that? perhaps scene buttons could be mapped to move up and down the note range?

[S4racen]

WOW!!!!

thanks so much.

Note mode for apc40 is long overdue, but am i correct in thinking this isnt even the work of ableton? Wow, where are they?

Slightly dissapointed it doesnt move around the whole drum rack note range like the padkontrol does, but hey, its better than NOTHING!

thanks again!

ps. any way of getting it to do that? perhaps scene buttons could be mapped to move up and down the note range?

How do you get the padkontrol to move up and down the note range? I can't control which samples are in view without clicking on the box....

Cheers
D

ps sorry for going OT Awesome work again Hanz!!

[Markemark]

Hey Hanz, love the checker board note mode, but instead of those lights could we have led midi feedback like on the launchpad? There hack(video below) doesn't seem to work. And I did try sending the midi to channel 10, no luck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkvq_6Jg6UU

[HeadrickProductions]

I have a question. Is they way you in which you implemented note mode for the apc 40 anymore stable than working with things like boome's or M4L. It would seem so pending that the python code was good (and yours sure seems to be).



Once again offering this for free is a great contribution to the community.


Would like to echo that if you ever feel the need to tweak this it would be unreal if we could scroll up and down within drum rack mode, or while playing a vst it would be great to be able play the full range.

Either way thanks

[dna598]

How do you get the padkontrol to move up and down the note range? I can't control which samples are in view without clicking on the box....

That box is what im talking about, yes.I was comparing the PK because it gives you the full range (by clicking that box). My suggestion for APC40 was for a coupla scene buttons shift the grid range up and down, regardless of the box, while in note mode.

[Hanz_Petrov]

Thanks for the positive feedback guys.

PadKontrol-style control over drum racks is not hard to do - in fact, the LiveAPI provides a method designed specifically for this (known as pad_translation). The problem is that the LiveAPI limits the pad translation grid size to 4 x 4 (or 16 notes max). There also doesn't seem to be a way to map the note range selection box to MIDI (it takes a mouse click).

One work-around is to insert a MIDI pitch effect before the drum rack, and map the transpose amount to a control. This should work equally well for pad translations or for the entire Note Mode grid. On the other hand, modifying the script to use the scene launch buttons for transposing is not a bad idea. I had also considered using the Clip Stop buttons to set note velocity (8 increments across the bottom of the grid), but didn't get around to coding it.

@Markemark: Thanks for the link; LED feedback for the grid is an interesting idea.

@HeadrickProductions: I can't speak for Bome's or M4L, but Python scripts are about as stable as it gets. I try to be rigorous in my testing, but if you do find any bugs, please let me know.

Best,

Hanz