As the name 'Mobile Hybrid Rig' implies, everything involved connects two systems or has two uses. My Korg KP3 FX becomes a midi controller when you press shift+8. When you shift it into this mode, it will interact with an Ableton Midi Remote Script. In this case, a modifies version of Hanz's script, which is a hacked/modified version of the APC40 Script.
The Arturia Spark Drum Machine Controller does the same thing when you press all 3 fx buttons at the same time. It becomes a midi controller and I use it to control one Track in live, 16 scenes long (down). This way I can use the Spark to create patterns in production mode, that I record or drag into clip slots in Ableton, then I switch to midi mode and launch these clips (launchpad style) live while I play my synth and glitch everything with KP3, launching trippy samples to thicken the mix.
My process was this:
I loaded Hanz's script into the Ableton MIDI Remote Scripts folder. Started Ableton and picked the new script from the Midi Control surface list. I believe you can load five different scripts. Ableton translated the script and created a new python file. After installing python 3.something, I loaded the script python file into a text editor and I then modified the script to Specify what size red box, and then modified the python file called 'Midi' to specify which midi control and note values controlled what parameters. Its Much like creating a midi Control chart for Ableton (similar in concept to the midi chart that comes with every synth or drum machine). Then I edited the control cc#'s and notes on the Spark Midi Controller to match the the values I entered into the python script and BAM, you got instant 'Red Box' control of Ableton with any controller. Find Hanz's tutorial on blogspot.com for more. This is how I gain extra control of Ableton without Ableton controllers. I use the new Novation Nocturn as an automap Mixer/vsti/Ableton controller, and my other controllers for launching clips and creating clips on the fly. The KP3 screen also becomes 8 faders in midi mode, I use these to control hidden parameters on my synth. So it's hooked to my computer via usb at all times (thru an installed hub), and midi out into the interface which is hooked to the synth and everything else( at all times). The script I use for my Nocturn is a modified one as well, you can find it on their forum, and on the Ableton forum, I can't seem to remember who created it, but the Nocturn is useless without it, and it takes some time to master, but it is a Swiss Army Knife for Ableton. It is an excellently made script. Especially with some other controllers for clip launching and additional control.
[10.08.13 edit] I no longer have the Spark, but if I did I would now program it's MIDI output to utilize the Selected Track Control Script.
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