MIDI CC for individual pads for more intuitive playability

[Bernd]

Hi @2KA , it just so happens that we are currently discussing a similar feature in another thread here in the forum - check it out…

Binding Pad to 8x8 Grid

Using 8x8 controllers (Novation Launchpad, Ableton Push, Akai APC, Synthstorm Deluge, Akai Force…), it could make sense to have an option bind all seven patterns to rows in the grid (instead of using keyswitches). I now realize that I can use the +/- buttons to bind a row on my Launchpad to the active Scaler pattern (with “Active Bind Keys” set to ALL). Neat. To move to another pattern, I need to keyswitch using the major scale pads lower in the grid (the so-called “white keys”, from piano-sty…

My proposed solution is to continuously map all Section C chords directly to 8x8 MIDI controller pads, but via MIDI notes. MIDI CC is not as suitable per @jamieh 's comments. It also takes a lot more work to manually map CCs to 8x8 pads on a MIDI controller, versus just using the default note mapping, when selecting scales (most 8x8 controller software, like Maschine Jam or Ableton Push) already have a capability to setup what scale the pads represent. And in Scaler you can also change the mapping to white+black keys, starting from any key/ocatave on the keyboard.