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#Step sequencer ableton midi controller setup full

The pads can change the lighting color when they receive different velocity values in the MIDI messages.

16 pads / buttons with lighting – In this tutorial.

To properly map the step sequencer, make sure your controller has these functions: Minimum Requirements for your MIDI Controller If you have a controller that supports several layers of messages, or a controller with a large pad/button matrix (perhaps a Midi Fighter 64?), it’s totally possible. This is due to the limitations of the Controller Manager you’d need to manage three different modifier conditions at the same time, and Traktor only allows two.

Limitations of Pad ControllersĪn important thing to remember: with a common 4×4 pad matrix controller it’s not possible to create a single step sequencer mapping that can control more than one specific deck. It’s essential to control the lightning of your MIDI controller, because it will serve to recreate the “moving light” effect on the pads or buttons. The value of this modifier changes automatically to show the position of the step sequencer in the pattern. I suspect this control was specifically created for the F1 display.Ībout the new Sequencer Current Step modifier: This new modifier appears in the drop-down menu of the two optional modifier conditions. This control has 16 different lighting states, so the only effective way of using it is with a display that can show numbers. It’s intended to give visual feedback of the step that is currently playing. Current Step (control): This control only appears in the “Add Out” drop-down menu.These controls also handle the lighting of the buttons or pads assigned to them. Enable Step (1-16): These are the 16 controls (all are equal) that activate / deactivate the sample trigger in each step of the pattern.This way, when you activate the sequencer for the first time, you also set the pattern length of every slot to 16 steps. I use this control by assigning it to the same physical button for the Sequencer On control, and setting the interaction mode to a direct value of 16. Usually the “standard” pattern length for a step sequencer is 16 steps. Pattern Length : By default the pattern length is 8 steps for each slot, but with this control it can be set to a minimum of 1 and a max of 16. You can also set different pattern lengths for each slot.Increasing the value of the Selected Sample one unit means you’ll go down one cell in the slot. Decreasing one unit means you go up one cell. Every button push / encoder step will move the triggered cell forward or backwards. The best way of using this control is ( again) by assigning it to a pair of buttons or a rotary encoder. If you select an empty cell, nothing will sound until you switch to a cell loaded with a sample. Selected Sample: Despite the name, this control really selects the cell to which the control is assigned.

#Step sequencer ableton midi controller setup full

This means it takes 13 button pushes or encoder steps to go from zero to full swing level. The swing level is managed by Traktor using values from 0 to 80, those values are shown in the Kontrol F1 display (0.0 to 0.80 in the Controller Manager).If you assign this control to an encoder or a pair of buttons, every button push, or step of the encoder, will increase or decrease the swing amount in approximately 6.2 units.

You can assign this control to two buttons (one for increasing and the other one for decreasing) or to a fader, knob, or rotary encoder.

Swing Amount: Sets the swing level of the sequencer.

Keep in mind that even with the sequencer turned off, if the Play control of the Remix Deck is turned on, the sequencer is running in the background and the current step is constantly changing. The best way to use it is by assigning it to a button on your controller and setting the interaction mode as “Toggle”, so that each push of the button will turn on and off the sequencer.

Sequencer On: This control activates and deactivates the step sequencer.

Here’s what each new control can do, and the smartest way to use them: The one exception is the “Current Step” control – that one only appears in the “Add Out” menu. Almost every new control is under the “Add In” / “Add Out” drop-down menus, inside the Remix Deck/Step Sequencer submenu. When the step sequencer was added to Traktor, NI also introduced six new assignable MIDI controls and a new (and essential for this tutorial) modifier in the Controller Manager. We’ll skip over basic explanations of certain basic procedures, like how to start a new MIDI map with a generic controller, using the Learn function, and assigning MIDI ports to the map. Writer’s Note: this tutorial is recommended for people with a basic knowledge of Traktor MIDI mapping procedures.