Description

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There's now V.2.0 of this device in the library (http://www.maxforlive.com/library/device/1902/multi-stage-clips).

But since it utilizes a very different workflow, I decided to upload both. Each of them may suit your needs better, depending on the circumstances.

+++ATTENTION+++

In my live-set I was looking for a way to launch multiple clips in a row with the same button on a midi-controller.

Here's a set of two m4l devices which allow you to do that:

- Put the clips you want to launch sequently on individual tracks (midi or audio) - on THE SAME scene. Put all these tracks into one group! You can put several sequences of clips one below the other in scenes.

- Put one "multi-stage-clips-slave" device on each track and set the stage (yellow box) for every track individually. This defines the order in which the clips are played.

- Put a "multi-stage-clips-master" on any track you like within the project. One master-device is able to control up to 8 sequences of staged clips. You can use several master-devices to control more than 8 sets. If you want to control more than 8 sequences within one group of tracks, you should give all the slave-devices and master-devices of this group the same ID (blue box). If you want to control two sets of 8 seqences on two seperate group-tracks (e.g. to play two sequences at a time) - just give each set its own ID.

- In the master-device you can define how many stages each sequence has (default = 6).

- Assign your preferred midi-controller-button to launch all clips of a sequence simultaneously (playbutton of the group-track).

- Assigne THE SAME midi-controller-button to the play-button in the master-device. Use the play-button underneath the column which represents the desired sequence and has the right amount of stages.

Now each time, you press the assigned midi-controller-button all the clips of the sequence (the clips on one scene in the group) are triggered. But the slave-devices allows only one track to play and mutes the rest. The next time you press the button, the next track gets soloed... and so on.

CHANGELOG:

1.3

- matrix is now horizontal for more intuitive workflow. yellow bar indicates the set of clips, which is currently playing.

- the timing of the clip-launch-quantization is now selectable

- 2 compatibility modes: MODE 1 for midi-controllers, that also send note-off messages (like switches or keys), MODE 2 for midi controllers, that don't. Try which one's working best for you!

Thanks to the Ableton User Group Hamburg for their feedback!

1.2

- added clip-launch-quantization (pink button). Enables switching of stages quantized on the first beat of each bar.

For feedback and suggestions: johann.niegl@hfmt-hamburg.de

addendum:

- Try putting the clips in "Legato-Mode" (clip-launch-settings). It may suit your taste better.

- I use these devices with an Icon i-Stage controller. To get visual feedback I have to assign the buttons to dummy-clips. It may be the same with other controllers (such as the novation launchpad), but I hadn't have the chance to try it.

- You can reset the master-devices with the reset-button. If you press the button on one device all devices in the project are reset!