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Start next clip via midi controller?

Post by Scherer » Wed Apr 06, 2016 8:08 am

Hi,

for djaying with Live I'm looking for a smart solution to "browse" through all clips I have on a track. I know that Push and APCs can do this, but both units are very big. I'd love to use something smaller and I don't want to touch a mouse while playing.

Is there any possibility to jump from one clip to another via controller?

Thanks,
Marco

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Re: Start next clip via midi controller?

Post by chapelier fou » Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:24 am

Hit ctrl+M and look in the down part of the scene area
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Re: Start next clip via midi controller?

Post by Scherer » Wed Apr 06, 2016 1:52 pm

chapelier fou wrote:Hit ctrl+M and look in the down part of the scene area
Na, that doesn't help. Sorry I didn't explain properly: I have 2 tracks with loads of clips each. I would want to select the clips individually via controller, not whole scenes.

So if track 1 is playing a clip I want to choose clips on track 2 and vice versa. Same as djaying.

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Re: Start next clip via midi controller?

Post by sonik777 » Wed Apr 06, 2016 2:17 pm

You're looking to select the clips without playing them right?

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Post by Scherer » Wed Apr 06, 2016 2:22 pm

sonik777 wrote:You're looking to select the clips without playing them right?
Not exactly. I want to be able to choose/play one clip of a track while a clip on the other track is playing. As I don't want to use the mouse I need to be able to browse/skip the clips one by one. But I couldn't find a "play previous/next clip" function (for individual tracks) as it exists for scenes.

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Re: Start next clip via midi controller?

Post by North63 » Wed Apr 06, 2016 3:36 pm

Is Keyboard mode an option?

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Post by Scherer » Wed Apr 06, 2016 3:53 pm

North63 wrote:Is Keyboard mode an option?
You mean selecting tracks via shortcuts? Not really, as it's too many tracks. Perfect would be a simple "previous/next" clip function.

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Re: Start next clip via midi controller?

Post by sonik777 » Wed Apr 06, 2016 3:58 pm

Well there are Follow Actions. Click the L in the clip info section and you'll see the various options.

You could also get a Launchpad for manually launching clips with ease.

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Post by Scherer » Wed Apr 06, 2016 4:02 pm

sonik777 wrote:Well there are Follow Actions. Click the L in the clip info section and you'll see the various options.
You could also get a Launchpad for manually launching clips with ease.
I need to skip tracks manually (like selecting tracks when djaying), so follow actions won't help here.

Launchpad: Yes, this or Push or APCs could help. I hoped to find a solution without using extra gear :)

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Re: Start next clip via midi controller?

Post by chapelier fou » Wed Apr 06, 2016 4:18 pm

Ok. If you have M4L this is easily coded.
I guess clyphX must do this as well. (what doesn't it do ?)
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Re: Start next clip via midi controller?

Post by S4racen » Wed Apr 06, 2016 6:17 pm

You'll need to map the up and down button for the scenes, this will highlight the clips you want... Then a button to the play symbol for each track...

It can't be done with a very simple MIDI controller if you don't want to invest much, if budget is an issue look at the Novation LaunchControl...

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Re: Start next clip via midi controller?

Post by Scherer » Wed Apr 06, 2016 6:26 pm

S4racen wrote:You'll need to map the up and down button for the scenes, this will highlight the clips you want... Then a button to the play symbol for each track...
Aaaah, PERFECT! That's what I was looking for. Thanks a dozen times!

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Re: Start next clip via midi controller?

Post by Scherer » Wed Apr 06, 2016 7:40 pm

Btw: The scene up/down arrows were mentioned before yet. But I thought that these arrows to start the next/previous scene. Didn't know that it's just a selector. So sorry for disclaiming these tipps!

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Re: Start next clip via midi controller?

Post by chapelier fou » Wed Apr 06, 2016 8:52 pm

no worries.
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