# Can you program the rubber buttons on the Electra one?

**URL:** <https://forum.electra.one/t/can-you-program-the-rubber-buttons-on-the-electra-one/3267>\
**Category:** General discussion\
**Created:** [September 26, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/can-you-program-the-rubber-buttons-on-the-electra-one/3267 "2024-09-26T14:25:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sean.Good.Vibes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Sean.Good.Vibes](https://forum.electra.one/u/Sean.Good.Vibes)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/can-you-program-the-rubber-buttons-on-the-electra-one/3267/1 "2024-09-26T14:25:43Z")

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Hi everyone!

I have an electra one and I have question. Is it possible to program the rubber buttons on the electra one to send midi cc’s / note on/off? I don’t use the functionality currently assigned to some of the buttons so wondering if I can repurpose them 😃

Thx!

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**Author:** ![Phommed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@Phommed](https://forum.electra.one/u/Phommed)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/can-you-program-the-rubber-buttons-on-the-electra-one/3267/2 "2024-09-26T16:16:24Z")

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Hi,

I asked a similar question recently, here was @martin 's reply:

> [@V3.7 testing](https://forum.electra.one/t/v3-7-testing/3219/10):
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> I have to be careful with this. So far, the button configuration is on the “controller” level, ie. for all presets. I want to prevent situation when each preset would come with different button functions. It would be confusing. The idea of a “shift” key + knob touch to trigger Lua functions is one of the options to make it possible.

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**Author:** ![martin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.electra.one/martin/32/145_2.png) [@martin](https://forum.electra.one/u/martin)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/can-you-program-the-rubber-buttons-on-the-electra-one/3267/3 "2024-09-27T05:25:54Z")

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@Sean.Good.Vibes I listened to your set yesterday while working 😉

I would like to add a bit of info to what @Phommed mentioned. I actually see it as two topics:

1. Allow presets to listen to hardware button / knob actions.
2. Allow users to customize the hadrware buttons for whole device (without regard of what preset is loaded).

For (1), I am almost certain that the first step will be adding support for triggering actions on the “shift” key + knob combos.

For (2), the upcoming beta brings selection of commands that can be assigned to the buttons (page, preset switches, etc). I am also considering that there was a way to trigger Lua functions that would not be associated with any preset (defined on the controller level). These could be used to do the MIDI messaging like you mentioned.

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**Author:** ![Sean.Good.Vibes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Sean.Good.Vibes](https://forum.electra.one/u/Sean.Good.Vibes)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/can-you-program-the-rubber-buttons-on-the-electra-one/3267/4 "2024-09-27T14:12:58Z")

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Ahah thanks for listening!

So yea I’m just imagining using the buttons for fill’s / muting or unmutting sounds

But I think a Shift + press knob function could work as well. I don’t use the knob buttons as is mostly because I don’t want to accidentally press them hahah.

I also thought the buttons would be nice because i could be playing with the knobs tweaking parameters and then quickly press a button. Would feel better than a shift combo I think.