possible to toggle between track view & clip view via mi

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lauschepper
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possible to toggle between track view & clip view via midi!?

Post by lauschepper » Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:43 pm

is it possible to toggle between track view & clip view via midi!?

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Re: possible to toggle between track view & clip view via mi

Post by misteron » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:04 pm

lauschepper wrote:is it possible to toggle between track view & clip view via midi!?
Use a midi translation program such as
Bome's MIDI Translator / MIDI Stroke
to have that midi send a Tab keystrok
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Post by lauschepper » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:38 pm

so which one would you prefer? i hate external "code"^^ just one fucking midi knob / switch, why couldnt they include it, there must be other people djing that sometimes check the waveform/clip view to read the track!?

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Post by lauschepper » Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:50 pm

oke i figured it out with bomes midi translator, and by pressing a midi button (-> shift + tab sequence), track view (instrument /efx) jumps to clip (waveform view) !
but this is only untill i let the button loose, then it pops back into track view!! i couldnt find any answer in the bomes manual! can anyone help me to change the view permanentely? many thanks in advance

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Post by misteron » Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:07 pm

lauschepper wrote:oke i figured it out with bomes midi translator, and by pressing a midi button (-> shift + tab sequence), track view (instrument /efx) jumps to clip (waveform view) !
but this is only untill i let the button loose, then it pops back into track view!! i couldnt find any answer in the bomes manual! can anyone help me to change the view permanentely? many thanks in advance

The reason it does this is because the MIDI button is set to "momentary" style instead of "toggle".
In Bome's, when u "Capture MIDI" (to tell Bome which MIDI signal to translate), you will see two messages appear when u press and release the button.
So when u press the button to "Capture MIDI" pause before releasing it to see which message has appeared in the box.
When you release the button and see the other message appear delete that 2nd message.
Now it will work for you.
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Post by bennid » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:07 pm

you can also put your controller in toggle mode and use midi stroke that is easy to use
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Post by misteron » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:08 am

bennid wrote:you can also put your controller in toggle mode and use midi stroke that is easy to use
Also possible with Bome's in the same way as with MIDI stroke.
Again, simple.
Either will do. I prefer Bome's as it is overall WAY more versatile. So if and when u want to do other translations besides MIDI to keystroke, you can..

Another problem with MIDI stroke is that, as far as I can see, ther is no way to make different presets.
I like to have one set of translators (a preset) for DJ style gigs and a different set for the studio etc etc.

Also Bome's is much easier to program as it allows standard editing shortcuts (ie CTRL+D is duplicate etc) and also BOME's has MIDI capture so u don't need to type in the MIDI messages u want to translate.
Much faster to work with Bome's.
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Re: possible to toggle between track view & clip view via midi!?

Post by maomao » Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:17 am

lauschepper wrote:is it possible to toggle between track view & clip view via midi!?
just assign:
- one button to the track header (it will display the "track view": instruments/FX)
- one button to the pie (it will display the "clip view": waveforms)
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Post by longjohns » Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:26 pm

they may be talking about session / arrange, because of the tab key references..

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Post by maomao » Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:35 pm

longjohns wrote:they may be talking about session / arrange, because of the tab key references..

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oops.. that would make moire sense indeed :-)

I just jumped on this topic, cause I find this type of mapping very useful when DJing
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