Is this really so hard???

[mikemc]

yes, that is the thing: the drag and drop or some means of mutable interface that could be configured *per set*.

What would be cool is if when you do a 'midi learn' that when you assign the controller, you also assign a label, where the label is then transmitted back to the controller. So, yes, each knob/control has a little backlit LCD cutout that shows the label (limited to some number of chars but not too few) thus assigned. When you load up a set, the appropriate labels are xmitted back to the controller. that would be sweeeet.

[scottorlans]

I think what we're all really seaching for is that true harmony between hardware controller and software. The software is obviously Live. We're waiting on the hardware side. We all just want to put our hands ON Live itself...

Maybe by Live 10 we'll have some kind of mental interface that we can have surgically implanted...

[hoffman2k]

Ok, silly to argure the details. But for me, an onscreen display does nothing. I want to see a readout like right above the channel strip that tells me what it is controlling without having to look at the computer screen at all. And keep in mind that I would chain like three of these units to control 24 channels, so even a 17" laptop screen would not be wide enough to line up the onscreen with the channel strips...

Yeah. lets not go up too much in details.
Personally, i would get one motorized unit instead of 3.
But my plan is to need as less reasons as possible to look at ANYTHING.
Kinda like typing without looking at the keyboard

Thats why i need a configurable screen. So that i can get the info that i want in a blink.
This app would be controllable by MIDI. So you can literally have "status-check" buttons for your Live-set.

I guess we both want different things. Sorry for hijacking the thread

[Moody]

Pay someone to build it for you. That is pretty simple if you ask me.... I just wish I could figure out what I exactly want in a control.