M4L Performance Pack by Iftah - The Video Manual

[Tarekith]

Posting this here so people can see what this really awesome new group of M4L devices can do in Live 12:

https://youtu.be/SnqCJmkxZ_s

Coming soon for Live 12!

[oddeo]

I've watched the video and have spent some time with the Performer device and am hoping to confirm if the following is possible...

Has anyone figured out if there is a way to have Performer's controls dynamically change based on the device that's currently selected? In other words, how rack macros are commonly controlled using control scripts.

[David.L]

Hello everyone,
I often encounter issues with midi mapping controls to Performer.
Do any of you experience this type of problem?
thx

[oddeo]

"Red Session Box" syle clip launching with Performance Pack.

Performer is pretty straightforward for mapping knobs, faders, and switches from a custom controller. This is great for filling the current gap of P3S not being able to load custom control scripts. However, I've not figured out if there is a way to navigate or launch clips with any of the Iftah devices, other than the standard 1:1 mapping. Are there any option with his devices, or any other for that matter, that enables "session box" controls, or similar, for launching clips from a custom controller?

[S4racen]

You'd need to write a control surface script, there's option out there from Remotify (Premium but great) or Yaeltex (Free but a little more work involved)

Cheers
D

[oddeo]

Thanks for the thoughts, Dan. I have Control Surface Studio for my Yaeltex controller, which works well when there is a laptop in the equation. My intention for the message above was in hopes to try to find a workaround for the Push 3 Standalone, since it doesn’t accept custom scripts yet. At least not that I know of. The Performance device is a workaround up to a certain point, just not when it comes to clip launching. I looked through your store to see if I could find anything there too. I think the answer is that I need to wait until Ableton enables custom scripts for standalone. But if anybody knows otherwise, do share.

[S4racen]

If you're talking about triggering the clips that are in the Push's Ring Focus Box from an external controller you aren't going to be able to as the Control Components to work out where the Ring Focus Box is located are not available like they were previously with Live 11 and the Push2, this makes any MaxforLive workaround impossible.

Cheers
D

[oddeo]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. That will save me a decent amount of time poking around on the Internet looking for a solution. Much appreciated, as always!

[Davnak]

I've been having the following issue and curious if other people have been experiencing the same thing and/or if there is something I'm missing that is causing this.

I'll spend some time and create a layout in Performer, add some knobs, buttons, etc. I'll map a few parameters in my live session, all of which are in the same track as the Performer device (Main track). I'll tweak a few of the curves, and some control ranges. I get it all working perfectly and smoothly, and I love it. However... When I save and then re-load my Live session, it all breaks. Some of the controls work, others have their ranges inverted, reset, changed to 0-50 or 50-100, others have curves changed to default or they steal the curves from a different control, and some just straight up don't do anything. It is also random which control breaks and the way it breaks each time I re-load the session.

I've tried re-installing the performance pack, I've tried creating super simple Performer setups with like 4 one-to-one controls, I've tried putting all the devices being controlled and Performer inside a rack together and it still seems to break any time I reload a session.

As it stand I can't really use Performer at all because it's just broken for me and I've been really hype about integrating it into my live performances.

I'm running a 14-inch MBP M3 Pro Sonoma 14.4.1, Ableton Live 12.0.2