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Overview

Name | Version: arm on select 2.0
Author: danibleep
Device Type: MIDI Effect
Description: MIDI device that arms the track it's on when that track is selected, and un-arms it when another track is selected. Disabling the device prevents arming changes. There are no other controls! It just does its thing.

There are two other methods I know of that do this:

You may have a controller that does this automatically via its Live integration. For example the Push automatically arms instrument tracks when you select them.

There is also the "-EnableArmOnSelect" hidden preference, but I don't want it to happen all the time so I haven't tried that. If you do then that may or may not work for you.

There may be something else that I'm totally missing! Neither of these were quite right for me, so I made this. Maybe you will find it useful too.

I was going to also upload another device which is this but copy and pasted to an audio device, but I can't see how to upload a new device here any more. Not sure what's going on. I realised as I did this that I might have made just that in the first place, because MIDI tracks can take audio devices too, later on in the chain. But then it's a bit ugly, and this is already what it is.

## Change log

v2.0, 4th October 2024

Now also works in MIDI Effect Racks, with thanks to commenter offthesky. (Sorry I didn't fix this sooner – I guess this site doesn't email me about comments.)

Details

Live Version Used: 12.0.25
Max Version Used: 8.6.4
Date Added: Dec 21 2022 21:16:25
Date Last Updated: Oct 04 2024 16:49:22
Downloads: 171
ⓘ License: AttributionNonCommercialShareAlike
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Files

Device File: arm on select.amxd
 


Comments

This is awesome. Yes I use this feature on Push 2, but this is great to have when working mobile. Just add this and save as default midi track and you're all set. Great device. Many thanks for creating it.
Posted on December 23 2022 by DeStef | Report Issue
hi there, this is great! im curious if there's a way to get this to work when this device is inside a rack? currently that breaks it but would love to have a preset rack with this inside it. tia! cheers.
Posted on April 28 2023 by offthesky | Report Issue
solved! replaced the "live.path this_device canonical_parent" with "M4L.api.GetThisCanonicalDevicePath" abstraction, run through a "zl.slice 4" then through a "live.path" object. will try and post the resulting patch at some point :]
Posted on May 03 2023 by offthesky | Report Issue
Hey!!

Thank you for creating this device!

I want to use it on audio track though. Is there a way to unlock that?
Posted on September 13 2024 by olioliday | Report Issue

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