Ableton Forum

As some of you know, I have been focusing on the ability to shift easily between major and harmonic minor on the push, instantly in real time which (understandably) may not be an issue for some.

That said,

One solution might be to set a Launchpad/95 in one track to A harmonic minor, and a Push (or second Launchpad?) in the second track to C major (or A Natural Minor). Maybe two Launchpads could even be used, which would give the left hand the freedom to select the Bdim or E major chord relevant to A Harmonic Minor, while playing in C Major with the right hand, or vice versa, but still using "InKey" for the most part.

Of course, one could switch back and forth between completely different scales and keys with this arrangement.

(I should have tried this with the Push before I returned it...)

I think one would have to run a remote script for each device, both of which would be implemented as a MIDI input device in preferences.....

(The ideal, of course, would be for this functionality to be available via button presses/arrows in a User Mode in Push, with the top two rows available as the Circle of Fifths:)

<-- Eb - Bb - C - G - D - A -->
<-- Gm - Dm - Am - Em - Fm - Bm -->

(Use a fixed pitch font (e.g. Courier) if the above is not aligned)

Has anyone tried this? Does it even make sense?

You do not need any script... just play either one as desired... your track should be the default of 'All In'

I have both my regular midi controller and Push at hand and they both work at the same time without problem. Though it is clumsy to try and use both at the same time.

As for your suggestion, I would not want to play a launchpad and Push on the same track as one has velocity/aftertouch and the other doesn't. In fact I have no interest at all in a launchpad for playing because no velocity/AT is a deal breaker for me.

Maybe I will get a second Push

I would want to keep the same tonic on each, with both playable "InKey" with the right hand; I think your suggestion would be chromatic with the left hand on a conventional keyboard and "InKey" with the right (the Push/Launchpad).

(Say "InKey" A Harmonic Minor with the upper, and "InKey" A natural minor with the lower), with the Launcpads arrayed vertically)

(Velocity sensitivity is not an issue for me, so I am not comparing Push/L95 by that criteria)...

It depends on whether the two Launchpad95's (or Push's) could address the scripts separately...
(I'm pretty sure Launchpad95/Push would work...)

Or am I missing something?

I just discovered an alternative for Launchpad95:

http://fabriziopoce.com/isocontrollers.html

Looks promising, and it has a M4L interface.
I've epurchased it and am reading the manual...