Dummy Clips Setting Chain Selector Problem
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 1:43 pm
I have created two dummy midi clips in a single track. The first selects chain=1 (selecting an instrument in a rack), the second sets chain=2 (selecting a different instrument in same rack).
When I run the clips, they perform as expected. Dummy clip 1 selects instrument 1 and dummy clip 2 selects instrument 2. Magic.
When I go to a blank clip after running dummy clip 1 and record.... instrument 1 is recorded.
When I then stop play back and run dummy clip 2, the second instrument is live and playable, BUT when i start recording on yet another blank clip, the initial second or two I hear instrument 2, but then instrument 1 is the selected instrument and the entire clip ends up recording instrument 1.
I am trying to set up a system where a scene full of dummy clips selects the various instruments for that song. At the end of the song, I delete all non-dummy clips and run another scene that changes the instrument selection for all tracks, then I can start looping with the new instruments selected.
Can't even seem to get this to work on one track. Help appreciated as always.
UPDATE: I switched the two instruments around and determined that launching a new clip in record mode ALWAYS defaults to whatever instrument is in position 1. It's almost as if the record clip function in a blank clip in Ableton automatically reselects the chain without any influence from the user.
When I run the clips, they perform as expected. Dummy clip 1 selects instrument 1 and dummy clip 2 selects instrument 2. Magic.
When I go to a blank clip after running dummy clip 1 and record.... instrument 1 is recorded.
When I then stop play back and run dummy clip 2, the second instrument is live and playable, BUT when i start recording on yet another blank clip, the initial second or two I hear instrument 2, but then instrument 1 is the selected instrument and the entire clip ends up recording instrument 1.
I am trying to set up a system where a scene full of dummy clips selects the various instruments for that song. At the end of the song, I delete all non-dummy clips and run another scene that changes the instrument selection for all tracks, then I can start looping with the new instruments selected.
Can't even seem to get this to work on one track. Help appreciated as always.
UPDATE: I switched the two instruments around and determined that launching a new clip in record mode ALWAYS defaults to whatever instrument is in position 1. It's almost as if the record clip function in a blank clip in Ableton automatically reselects the chain without any influence from the user.