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I'm using multiple controllers and key mappings to trigger specific scenes. Is there a way to make the focus of the APC change accordingly (and automatically)? I suppose I could rely solely on the APC for selecting scenes and/or use the arrow keys, but it would be preferable to have the APC reflect whatever is currently playing regardless of how it was triggered. For example, if I use a foot pedal to change scenes, I don't want to have to scroll in the APC to get to the current location.

I'm curious about the same thing. The footpedal option would be a lot more useful if you didn't have to row the APC 40 via the shift and scene buttons to move over 50 or 100 scenes to catch up with what the footpedal triggered.

not quite atomaticly but you can jump in blocks of 8 horizontaly & verticaly on the APC by holding the shift button then pressing the apropriate clip launch matrix button. it will also display which group of 8 has clips/scenes playing in it so can work realy fast.

True, and it's a useful feature as it goes; but my sets routinely have quite a few clips and scenes - the set I'm working on now will likely end up with 200 - 300 scenes - and holding down "shift" while repeatedly pressing a button to get to the next scene I want to trigger is somewhat of a hassle. I prefer not to work in a rigid order if I can help it, and scrolling around to find the scene I want to trigger, triggering it, then scrolling back to locate the APC's red zone and then hammering away on the buttons to move it to the scene area where I want to work seems a bit unnecessary in a machine/software arrangement that is otherwise so well planned.