The good:
- feels solid, while still small.
- long usb cable.
The bad:
- software, been fumbling for 3 hours, still not totally clear when to use what.
- had to restart 2 times already to make the device work again, maybe because im running all applications and just trying things.
Software:
This is how I look at it now after reading the manual, posts on the forum and trying on my own.
- advanced editor:
- standalone: you upload your settings, close the advanced editor and can run your fav DAW and assign stuff.
question, if you want to edit settings here, is it needed to close the DAW, start editor, edit, close editor, start DAW or is there a workaround?
- hosted: you make your settings, keep the editor running and start your DAW.
- basic editor: is this like the standalone or hosted mode? i cant get neither to work.
- keyworx, i can start the program, it says the firmware is out of date.
question: I guess this is deprecated and unsupported since 2001 and all functionality is replaced by the basic and advanced editor?
What I want to do:
My main interest is looping with ableton, via the audio looper and by recording and playing back midi tracks. (i play keys and sing)
What i`ve seen so far is that my best option would be to invest time into the advanced editor.
So, using the advanced editor, i took the keypresses as template, put all on channel 2 so it doesnt interfere with my key playing. On ableton on the clips that i want to record, i put channel 1 input only. Further make sure that input is selected in midi settings. The softstep script is not needed, but you can use it if you want to make use of the transport template.
I assigned 1-5 to scene 1-5.
assigned 6-10 to arm track 1-5.
now i can control a 25 grid, 5 instruments, 5 scenes.
ableton related question: even if i set up arm exclusive (arms only 1 track at a time) with the pedal i still can arm 2 tracks. Is there a way to turn this off?
question: when i want to add multiple assignments to 1 footpedal key. Like: foot on -> B, long trig -> C Dbl Trig -> C#
When i want to do a long trig, it works, it plays a C, but is there a way to prevent B from playing. That it waits and makes 1 choice: either it is long pressed and plays a C or short pressed and plays a B, not both.
question: should i be using somehing else the keys, so instead toggling or CC? the most buttons i use i want to do on and off, but with toggling i have to press a footpedal button 2 times to enable it, then 2 times to disable it.
question: what are good practises / handy options to make the selecting of clips and scenes more dynamically? I`m thinking about using my launchpad (8x8 grid midi) for arming tracks. then using the footpedal navpad up and down for selecting scenes and 1 buttong to playing the selected scene...
Sorry for the long post, just want to learn this baby fast
