Arm Selected Track Key Command?

bluerockgod · Post by **bluerockgod** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:16 am

Hi,

Is there a key command or other way to arm the selected track (without navigating the cursor to the arm button). I am using a Behringer FCB1010 pedal controller, I initially mapped each arm button to a pedal. Trouble was that this took up a lot of pedals. I have now assigned left and right arrows to two pedals using midistroke, so I can select the track, but I can't figure out how to get my third pedal to arm this track for recording?

There has to be a way. Anyone know what it is?

Michael

bluerockgod · Post by **bluerockgod** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:46 pm

any ideas?

bluerockgod · Post by **bluerockgod** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:31 pm

If I got bidule, can it be set up to do this?

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:38 am

i think what a lot of people do is to leave all the tracks armed all the time. then map the clip start buttons below the clip slots, rather than the clip slots themselves (look below when in midi mapping mode)

this way you can play existing clips or record new ones at will. set clip launch mode to 'toggle' and then you can stop them also with the same controller assignment.

bluerockgod · Post by **bluerockgod** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:40 am

Thanks for your response longjohns, you've got me thinking about what is the best way of working. At the moment, I am using the record on scene launch option and just arming the tracks which I want to record. Your approach makes a lot of sense, I will have a play around.

What I want to do is be able to record new clips in different tracks with a minimum of pedals, so i'm thinking pdl 1 = LEFT, pdl 2 = RIGHT, pdl 3 = selected track's clip start button. As far as I can tell there is no command for this clip start button on the selected track and they all have to be mapped to seperate pedals as well, meaning if I am recording 10 tracks then I have to worry about 10 sperate pedals.

I'm thinking maybe, leaving the arm buttons on in all tracks navigating left, right, up and down with four pedals and then mapping the fifth pedal to the "return" key, which will launch the selected slot.

I'm also wondering whether there is a way I can move left and right through the track and map certain features to each selected track by incrementing channel changes. For example pdl 1 = channel down, pdl 2 = channel up. track 1 = channel 1, note 1; Tr 1 clip start = channel 1 note 2, Tr 1 arm button = chnl 1 note 3. Track 2 = channel 2 note 1, tr 2 clip start = ch 2 note 2, tr 2 arm = chnl 2 note 3 and so on...

Hang on, i'm thinking aloud here, bank up and down on my fcb1010 might give me three pedal recording over 10 tracks?

hmmm?

reggiecsf · Post by **reggiecsf** » Sun May 07, 2006 9:19 pm

I'm totally looking for the same exact thing. It shouldn't be hard to navigate left/right, arm current track, or launch current clip with MIDI. Why does it seem to be impossible?

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Sun May 07, 2006 9:21 pm

the only one that's a problem is 'arm selected track' i think. so how about leaving them all armed?

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sun May 07, 2006 9:40 pm

Did you read this thread yet?
http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30237