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That looks great. Ill have a go with that Chris .

Enjoy your time off @Edward- Z88 You must be sick of David and myself and our midi crusade 😅 If you add a CC option to playbacks or channels do we not still end up with an option that is frustrating as a 3rd party controller may output both CC and note info but we will have to choose which these we decide to use . Now I have Capture duet edition I was planning to write some Macros (I've steered away in the past as they can't be edited ) Do we not already have Midi note control of Macros as soon as they are assigned to a playback?

Hi @Edward- Z88 thanks for your reply. Just to clarify the Zero88 plan would be to globally choose CC or Note control not choose the control method for each playback or channel? I agree with @Davidmk something like the remote switches functionality to allocate control would be great

Hi @Davidmk@Uriahdemon and @Edward- Z88 I've done a bit of work within Lightjams software converting midi CC data to Midi note data. After sorting that out it became clear that I really hadn't understood ZerOS processing of Midi notes. As the velocity information is used to determine the fade up time, as soon as I move a CC fader the FLX playback triggers with a fade up time that relates to the position of the CC fader on the midi controller. Now that I understand this I can work with a pad controller and keep anything that I want flexible control of on page 1 Something like this Beam fixtures intensity controlled by a MFF fader page 1 Beam Colour changes page 4 triggered by Launchpad Beam effects page 4 triggered by Launchpad Beam Effect size controlled by a MFF fader page 1 (I can then make the beam sweep bigger or small during a show) Edward can you tell me how software tracker reference number ZOS-10271 might work. I know I might looking for a very personal vision of how I use my FLX and I'm always open to see how other people might use it but I would want the ability to assign induvial CC's to certain MFF eg some playbacks triggered by midi notes and some controlled by CC's Chris

Hi @Davidmk@Uriahdemon and @Edward- Z88 Looks like you guys are putting a power of work in to this. I agree though my Dymo looked nice all printed out but it is peeling off!

Hi Edward and David, Sorry I'm a couple of days behind on these posts. Thanks for the CC info. I have access to a Novation launchkey that sends CC information from rotary controls so I will see if I can get Lightjams to map CC info to midi note info. I'll get back to you soon. Chris

Hi David, I'm not sure yet but check out Luke Strattons video to see what I'm going for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRlJN1LALFk&t=421s In the lightjams software everything is configurable / programable so I'm sure it will work. I need to get on ebay for an APC 20 or 40. The pads on a 40 are RGB configurable so it might be a nicer result. Chris

Sounds like @Davidmkmethod is simpler as it removes the need for the laptop and additional software. One less thing to fail is always good (Like David my method was also tedious ) My next project is to try using an Akai APC20 and assign faders to parameters to give a bit more flexibility while busking shows Chris

Thanks Edward. Personally I always found your videos very helpful especially the short Christmas ones. We are all very good about asking you guys for manuals/videos/advice so the least I could do was put a bit of effort in. I will edit and add to this as it starts to get some proper action. Chris

I wanted to get this up before the training on the 30th in case anyone had particular interest in midi . The video is too big to upload here so it's now on Youtube https://youtu.be/GQCX_Ww1YbM Over the past couple of months I’ve been chipping away with this FLX midi note project. I had a bit of a boost to get this finished when I saw the LD at a recent Cage the Elephant gig running macros on his Grand MA from a launchpad. I spend a lot of my time busking bands and I like to keep my intensities, speed, variable position and effects on page 1. The aim with this project was have access to 86 playbacks without moving FLX pages, 24 on page 1 of the FLX and 62 via midi pads. Basic set up (Not covered in this post) A midi controller with the addition of a usb to Midi interface (Zero88 recommend MOYT FastLane Interface) will trigger a FLX without additional software but the buttons on the midi controller will not provide any feedback (eg light up) and it will be mapped midi pad 1 to playback 1 or however the midi controller comes set up from the manufacturer (I think A Novation Launchpad comes out of the box with the bottom left pad set to midi note 12 (also known as C0) so it would trigger playback 12) My Set up Software This is required to map the buttons on the Launchpad to any playbacks on a FLX. And to set the colours of the pads and how they react when used with a FLX. I chose to use Lightjams https://www.lightjams.com/ The free version is fully functional and allows you to experiment but hangs for 30 sec every 15 min. There are other software applications that can map midi notes that you may want to look at. Hardware Novation Launchpad MK2 Steinberg UR22 MkII USB Audio Interface with midi ports (any quality USB to midi interface would work but I already owned the Steinberg. Zero88 recommend the MOYT FastLane Interface. Do not use the cheap ones on internet auction sites. They probably won’t work!) An old laptop 1x midi cable 2x usb cables Dymo label printer and a roll of clear printer roll Why did I use this set up? In the event of tech issues I wanted I system that could be ignored and revert to the FLX to control playbacks directly I chose the Novation Launchpad mk2 as the buttons could be programed in RGBW rather than the 4 colours on the launch pad mini mk2 (in this project I only wanted to trigger playbacks eg send a 100% signal however it is possible to control levels on a MFF from a midi controller with midi faders or via the intensity of a tap on a pad) I have programmed the Lightjams software to provide variable static colours to each button. I can group buttons by colour e.g. I have a square of pink buttons which control various attributes of my beams like position, effect, colour strobe (with intensity kept on page 1 of my FLX) Once a pad is pressed to activate a playback it turns bright red to indicate it has been pressed. Through the Lightjams software It is on a toggle setting so once the button is pressed again to take the Playback back to 0 the Launchpad button returns to its basic programed colour. I have attached my Lightjams .ljp file. Feel free to play with it. Lightjams is a lighting control program that works like nothing else I have ever seen. There is no detailed documentation but the French developer is helpful. I got myself totally lost numerous times! I have added a number of virtual sticky notes on the Lightjams control screen to give you some pointers to what you are looking at and where the data comes from. I would have loved to have videoed this in my venue with the lighting rig in full gig mode but we are in lockdown so the video is rather basic but you should be able to see the potential of the set up. Excuse the slightly shaky video work, holding a camera and triggering cues is not the easiest thing. Cheers Chris Launchpad to FLX.ljp

Don't forget if you need a USB to midi link your school may have external sound cards that include USB & midi in the music room. I use an old Steinberg UR22. It's worth a look if you can borrow one for nothing. Chris

Cheers good to know. I was trying to run page 5 upwards via midi. Explains why I was hitting a brick wall. Re-jig required Chris

Thanks Edward, So is that the first 128 playbacks only with no way of pushing the start point up the playback list. Chris

Hi Zero88 team, Hope you are all staying safe in these difficult times. Can you confirm how playbacks are numbered for midi purposes (for info my FLX set to midi channel 1). My understanding is that there are 128 notes in each midi channel, therefore If playback 1 is midi note 1. Does playback 129 get pushed up to Channel 2 midi note 1? Chris

Cheers Kevin, Thanks for that. Chris