Ableton Live MIDI Remote Script / Control Surface

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I am not getting the dump to work and the sendmidi neither.

LIBDIR = r'C:/Users/SomeUser/eOne'

# This worked in the very old script
#LOCALDIR = r'E:/Ableton User Lib/User Library/Remote Scripts/ElectraTwo'

# === FAST SYSEX UPLOAD 

# Flag whether to use fast sysex uploading,
# using the (external) sendmidi package
# If True, correctly set the following two constants too  
USE_FAST_SYSEX_UPLOAD = True

# path to the sendmidi command, relative to local library directory (see LIBDIR)
SENDMIDI_CMD = r'./lib/sendmidi.exe'
# full path is C:/Users/SomeUser/eOne/lib/sendmidi.exe
# name of the Electra One port to which to send the SysEx command
E1_CTRL_PORT = 'MIDIOUT3 (Electra Controller)'

2023-01-19T19:20:37.684352: info: RemoteScriptMessage: E1 (debug): - Fast uploading of presets not supported (command not found), reverting to slow method.

2023-01-19T19:21:01.598497: info: RemoteScriptMessage: E1 (debug): – Filter and order parameters
2023-01-19T19:21:01.598551: info: RemoteScriptMessage: E1 (debug): – Construct CC map
2023-01-19T19:21:01.599058: info: RemoteScriptMessage: E1 (debug): – Construct JSON
2023-01-19T19:21:01.601048: info: RemoteScriptMessage: E1 (debug): – dumping device: PluginDevice in C:\Users\SomeUser/dumps/PluginDevice.epr.

Note the home dir part and the rest… Doesn’t make a difference what you set in config.py. Looks the homedir is a variable

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One little thing I noticed. I have a Live set with many audio tracks and each with the channel EQ plugin. When I remove a channel, E1 is updated correctly, but it gets automatically switched to the Channel Eq preset of the previous track. I would kind of expect to stay in the Mixer preset…

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Yeah, I know. This is partially covered by the SWITCH_TO_EFFECT_IMMEDIATELY and APPOINT_ON_TRACK_CHANGE configuration constants, but not ideal yet. (And anyway not guaranteed to work if you have other controllers attached with their own device appointment routine)

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P.S. Will work on your suggestions for an alternative mixer design

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Works fine with more Controller too

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Can anyone confirm they use Sendmidi on windows with the script?

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hehe, I should read manual for my own product. Great, I will take a look at the configuration options.

I have been using that without sendmidi so far. And it works fine for me. I will try to get sendmidi going today.

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170

Hi :slightly_smiling_face:,
thank you @Flyweight for your help but I didn’t succeed with SendMIDI…
I’ll try again later… Never give up :rage:

I especially wanted to see if the data download was faster.
Currently for EQ8 it’s 3-4 seconds it’s already very good but… :innocent:

I noticed that the PRESET REQUEST button does not switch to the device preset. It only switches from preset to mixer for me. is it the same with you?

Otherwise, I briefly had the problem of “fader suddenly jumps back to zero” I reset E1 and everything was OK (I have a video and log if you want). Is it better to post log & bug reports here or on @jhh Github?

Bien cdlt.

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Switching should work both ways indeed. Did you upload the latest version of the mixer preset (Mixer.eproj in the repository) to the correct slot (6th bank 1st slot)?

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I think the sendmidi with the remotescript on windows doesn’t work.
The LIB dir doesn’t work properly neither.
That might be the reason.

I wrote before I have tried all possible path declaration without success.

Whatever I try the script reverts to my homedir,

2023-01-19T19:21:01.601048: info: RemoteScriptMessage: E1 (debug): – dumping device: PluginDevice in C:\Users\SomeUser/dumps/PluginDevice.epr.

And for me also the controls jump back to 0 sometimes. And do not work smooth.

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I am sorry it doesn’t work for you. I will try to get my hands on a windows machine running Ableton to investigate and do tests in the future.

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Hi Jaap, thanks,

I do my best to debug but my python skills are baby level :slight_smile:

Anyhow really appreciate your effort.

Think Martin is trying a windows box as well

Cheers

Tim

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175

I added an alternative mixer design that shows the transport controls on al mixer pages. See Mixer.alt.eproj. To use it, copy config.mixer.alt.py to config.py.

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176

Unfortunately, the Plugin Device does not work since 3-4 updates. it worked perfectly until then. no longer for the last 3-4 Scripts. Plugin device preset is not even created in E1. The latest mixer preset is in the right place (bank6, p1), I didn’t change anything, only the color of the plugin device, and I turned off the “automatic switching”. What could be the reason?

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Hi Jaap !

it’s hard not to be able to help you other than to show you the problems… thank you so much Jaap.

Yes, I checked, it is in bank 6 slot 1.
I tried quickly on the Mixer.alt.eproj and it’s the same.
PRESET REQUEST ne marche pas.
Tried to build a new Vinyl Distortion presets
and modify some existing presets. Now any preset is not uploaded to the E1 slot 2, is empty.

I’m going to reset E1 tonight.

ps: I just saw that @phonaak has a similar problem. business to follow…

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Hi, I just uploaded 3.0.12 firmware to beta.electra.one. It is mostly result of working with @jhh’s remote script on both Mac and Windows. Along with work on the firmware I also proposed a small change to the remote script. I leave it up to @jhh if he incorporates it in his work.

I am currently (3.0.12 + altered remote script) getting a very smooth experience on MacOs and Windows 11. I use it without sendmidi as I did not see much difference in my setup. I can use sendmidi on MacOs without problems. On windows, I was able to configure it but the single-client issue prevents using sendmidi and Ableton in the same time. Ableton acquires the connection and sendmidi cannot transfer then. I am still looking at it though. I am not a Windows power user, so I need to get used to it a bit first…

I will be busy with windows for the rest of the day today, and I will be looking at the value jump issue.

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The last fw with the last Script works fine. :pray:unfortunately, the faster midi communication does not work (?)
I set everything in the config.py file, as it was “shown” in a comment before, but the plugin device is just as “slow”. of course, it still works, and I don’t really use it, but I was curious.

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Just talked to @phonaak. He is on windows too. I just tested sendmidi on MacOS. That works just fine.

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181

It looks and works great. Thank you!

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I made that change (thanks for the suggestion) and pushed it to the repository just now.

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