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RecClipColor

by ShelLuser

In Live 9.5 the tracks automatically get a random color (thi...

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Type
Audio Effect
Author
ShelLuser
Version
1.5
License
None
Live version
9.5
Max version
7.0.6
Downloads
383
Updated
2015-11-03

Description

In Live 9.5 the tracks automatically get a random color (this can be turned off) while all the new clips in session view get assigned with the same color as the track they're on.

For me this is a horrendous change and a total deal breaker. I /need/ diversity in my test scores, I also /need/ the people who jam with me to be able to tell me what clip color I should play while testing / playing. While they can look on my screen they can't read the clip names.

This device automatically assigns a random color to any clip which gets fired on an armed track so that we get the previous random color behavior back.

Update 1.5:

I now added a "gradient" option which will instruct the device to assign a color which is darker than the clip above the one you're recording in, thus creating a bit of a color difference. It seems Live's color palette doesn't really allow for this, but it's a solid start.

Comments (7)

  • ShelLuser · November 03 2015
    I'm going to do more testing to see if the color changes can be more smoothened out, perhaps Jitter can also help out with this.
  • bosonHavoc · November 05 2015
    not changing the color when creating clips from note mode on the push 2
  • bosonHavoc · November 05 2015
    o and by the way thank you!
  • bosonHavoc · November 05 2015
    o and by the way thank you!
  • ShelLuser · November 05 2015
    The color will only get assigned if the track is currently selected as well as armed.
  • skymakai · November 10 2015
    Think you could modify this, or make something like it, which would re-color clips based on the audio file's metadata (.mp3 'comments' field, etc.)?
  • ShelLuser · November 10 2015
    Recolor clips based on contents is doubtful because you can't access the information of the source material (such as filename, path, etc.).

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