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Hi,

for djaying with Live I'm looking for a smart solution to "browse" through all clips I have on a track. I know that Push and APCs can do this, but both units are very big. I'd love to use something smaller and I don't want to touch a mouse while playing.

Is there any possibility to jump from one clip to another via controller?

Thanks,
Marco

Hit ctrl+M and look in the down part of the scene area

chapelier fou wrote:Hit ctrl+M and look in the down part of the scene area

Na, that doesn't help. Sorry I didn't explain properly: I have 2 tracks with loads of clips each. I would want to select the clips individually via controller, not whole scenes.

So if track 1 is playing a clip I want to choose clips on track 2 and vice versa. Same as djaying.

You're looking to select the clips without playing them right?

sonik777 wrote:You're looking to select the clips without playing them right?

Not exactly. I want to be able to choose/play one clip of a track while a clip on the other track is playing. As I don't want to use the mouse I need to be able to browse/skip the clips one by one. But I couldn't find a "play previous/next clip" function (for individual tracks) as it exists for scenes.

Is Keyboard mode an option?

North63 wrote:Is Keyboard mode an option?

You mean selecting tracks via shortcuts? Not really, as it's too many tracks. Perfect would be a simple "previous/next" clip function.

Well there are Follow Actions. Click the L in the clip info section and you'll see the various options.

You could also get a Launchpad for manually launching clips with ease.

sonik777 wrote:Well there are Follow Actions. Click the L in the clip info section and you'll see the various options.
You could also get a Launchpad for manually launching clips with ease.

I need to skip tracks manually (like selecting tracks when djaying), so follow actions won't help here.

Launchpad: Yes, this or Push or APCs could help. I hoped to find a solution without using extra gear

Ok. If you have M4L this is easily coded.
I guess clyphX must do this as well. (what doesn't it do ?)

You'll need to map the up and down button for the scenes, this will highlight the clips you want... Then a button to the play symbol for each track...

It can't be done with a very simple MIDI controller if you don't want to invest much, if budget is an issue look at the Novation LaunchControl...

Cheers
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S4racen wrote:You'll need to map the up and down button for the scenes, this will highlight the clips you want... Then a button to the play symbol for each track...

Aaaah, PERFECT! That's what I was looking for. Thanks a dozen times!

Btw: The scene up/down arrows were mentioned before yet. But I thought that these arrows to start the next/previous scene. Didn't know that it's just a selector. So sorry for disclaiming these tipps!

no worries.