Relative Macros for Drum Rack

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chrisfreeq
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Relative Macros for Drum Rack

Post by chrisfreeq » Fri Apr 11, 2025 10:43 am

I'm wondering if it's possible to have something like "master" and "follower" macros in a Drum rack.
Setup:
- Drum rack grouped into an instrument rack
- Simpler loaded onto the pads.
- Map, say, the Attack and Decay to Macro 1 and 2, for all the Simplers
- Macro only affects Attack or Decay of the selected drum pad's Simpler, instead of every Simpler in the rack.

Sort of like you would have on a hardware drum machine like Digitakt.
Can it be done, with Max For Live, Clyphx Pro or otherwise?

Cheers,
Chris

chapelier fou
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Re: Relative Macros for Drum Rack

Post by chapelier fou » Fri Apr 11, 2025 12:07 pm

Sounds possible, but in practice, awkward.
The obvious question would be (imo) : what happens to the simpler that you leave when you switch to another ? reset to the default value ? how do you define a default ?
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chrisfreeq
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Re: Relative Macros for Drum Rack

Post by chrisfreeq » Fri Apr 11, 2025 12:36 pm

chapelier fou wrote:
Fri Apr 11, 2025 12:07 pm
Sounds possible, but in practice, awkward.
The obvious question would be (imo) : what happens to the simpler that you leave when you switch to another ? reset to the default value ? how do you define a default ?
Well in my mind, if I've adjusted the Attack for Kick to 51, and move to another pad; Kick's attack would remain at 51.
If the pad I move to has Attack set to 0, the macro would then reflect that, and I can start tweaking the parameters for the selected pad.

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Re: Relative Macros for Drum Rack

Post by chapelier fou » Fri Apr 11, 2025 2:24 pm

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