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This is a big issue for me as chopping samples and programming drums are the heart of the workflow for producing hiphop..and both incorporate the drumrack
I have contributed posts to several other threads regarding this issue, but have not gathered the support i imagined.
I KNOW so many live users must be trying to accomplish this same thing, hopefully we can pool together here ppl.

IN SHORT: Id like the 8 macro knobs on my MPD to control 8 parameters of the sample in the drumrack INDEPENDANTLY.
eg: hitting pad1 plays pad1s sample. Turning knob1 adjusts pad1s pitch AND ONLY pad1s pitch. pressing pad2 plays pad2 and now that same knob 1 should only adjust the pitch of pad2

I have a drum rack loaded. Each pads simpler is grouped to its own instrument racking, giving it independant macros to (control start,end, pitch, attack,ect.) of each sample separately.

I have a custom User Remote Script for my MPD32, which gives the 8 encoder knobs on my controller control over 8 macro knobs of any selected device in live that has blue hand focus.

So by clicking the "device track title" for each instrument rack, it gets blue hand control. And you can actually midi map that command. So here's where im at...

If you midi map it to pad1 on the controller which normaly plays NOTE C3, it successfuilly bring blue hand control to pad1s instrument rack and i can edit the sample, but it no longer plays NOTE C3

Is there any way to allow it to do both? So that when i tap pad 1 it plays the sample AND gives it blue hand control?

Thanks in advance

Update:

Iv also noticed that if you hit pad 1, then click its rack title bar, then repeat for pads 2-8,
the blue hand WILL autoselect to the pads when played. BUT as soon as you do this for more than pads, or click focus to a different rack or device, it doesn't work anymore.

So here's what iv gathered so far for a workaround
Without midi mapping the blue hand:
With autoselect on:

KEYmap any key on your QWERTY keyboard to the drumrack title itself. so that pressing that key gives the blue hand control to the WHOLE drumrack. then pressing the right arrow key on your qwerty KB should move blue hand control to the simpler fo the selected chain(AKA the last played pad if autoselect is on).

I turned one of the the "G-keys" on my QWERTY keyboard to do this in one keystroke.
Now the G key is like an edit button and gives blue hand control to the last pad played

its the best iv got, hope this helps
let me know if youv got a way to eliminate that keystroke.

Live filters out midi notes used in remote control blue handing.. to stop them playing instriuments when you are sending control messages. There is something not clear to me in the logic of your thinking.. what pad would be controlled if two drums play at the same time?. What i do is map some buttons, unused notes etc to the title bars of the simpler racks in question. So i can hit a button use the remote script on those 8 macros, hit another button, mess around with the macros on the latest selected device.