Monome_64-Style Drum Sequencer Matrix Mode w/ Buttons for Drum Cell Focus Navigation & Drum Grid Selector.

Imagine a 64 step sequencer for a single drum cell note, ex: C2. You could program a whole 64 step sequence on this page. Press function button to navigate 1 step up to C2# or down to B1. You press a shift button and you can select the exact drum pad you wish to sequence from the 4x4 drum grid. While you continue to hold this Shift button the Drum CELL Focus Navigation Buttons become the Drum GRID Navigation Buttons.

It’s be a treat for drum sequencing!

ok, here's the thing: the Beatstep (not the Beatstep PRO) has a beastly problem - the encoders, of which there are a ton, they're meant for one thing and one thing only, to step through tiny values. So each little click is one half step, because they're meant for setting the internal sequencer. Well, this makes this unit almost completely useless as a generic MIDI controller because you can do a complete revolution of the knob and only make it through an octave and a half. That means you're scrolling for days if you map it to any normal control like a pan or a volume.

As a result, the market is full of these once $150 controllers which are now like $50 because no one wants them. This unit needs some Stray to help give it new life, some kind of interpolation script to assist with knob accelleration, and do something cool with the pads. It's a really nicely built unit, metal and high quality encoders and pads, it was just very poorly implemented. I would totally ship you my unit to use to build a script that'll redeem the life of this guy.

Using Arsenal APM, Changing Encoder Modes with Shift, or at least having the option to, would help a ton with workflow (essentially reversing the Shift and regular state of the Encoder Accessory Buttons in APM)

While it's nice to always have a visual representation of what mode you're in, having to hold down Shift to use the in-Mode Encoder Accessory Button functions is a little frustrating. I have the EABs in Clip Mode set up for some basic transport functions through ClyphX, including Session Record, which in conjunction with a note-based mode would create a really powerful workflow for laying down clips, except I have to hold down Shift to access the ClyphX actions, which also switches the Matrix to the Note Mode's settings page and thus precludes me from playing notes.

In general, it feels like once you're in a mode it would be nice not to have to use Shift to access the in-Mode EAB functions (switching between Encoder/fader functions in Mix mode comes to mind as well).

Arsenal seems to run on a few controllers that have encoders/faders that send absolute values (APCs, nanoKontrol, SL, etc.), although the script has the capacity to control parameters on a more relative basis. In the case of the APC mini, which I use, there are only absolute faders.

It would be awesome if there were an option to enable relative tracking for absolute controls. Combined with a momentary "Mute" button/button combination for those controls, it would be possible to use them just like endless encoders!

For the momentary "Mute" function, Shift could be used (thought it already modifies the encoder function in some modes) or perhaps the Encoder Accessory Button used to select the encoder mode?

Structurally it seems like it would be fairly straightforward to implement, and it would be a huuuge help to those of us using controllers with relative outputs. For what it's worth there seems to be a video from Bome on the subject. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCvxPZawJyE

Thank you for all that you do man, this stuff is absolutely game-changing.

While in device Mode using Arsenal on the NLC for example there are 2 red buttons that select which bank will be in focus, 1 green button that defines if the device in focus is on or off and the last 2 yellow buttons that work as device left and right.

I was wondering... Would it be possible to make all 8 buttons correspond to each bank.

In Arsenal for example I have all encoder modes which includes all devices so in my LC the banks move in rows of 16.
Although it is cool with the Native NLC to move devices left or right and select if the device is On or Off, this can also be done from Clyphx Pro without the use of Arsenal, so I was thinking that if this option was possible I could make a better use of the Buttons on the LC.

So to not mess with the current way that Arsenal works while in device mode I was thinking if from the options TXT there could be a way to change how the buttons work.

Or another approach which I just now thought about and maybe it would be even cooler was an interface like the "ClyphX Pro for Push" but for all Arsenal powered midi controllers.

This of course would apply to any powered Arsenal Midi Controller that has buttons.

Phew! Hard to condense into a concise title, so let me clearify: by default, pressing up/down or left/right in Matrix Session modes will move the Session frame one track/scene at a time, whereas holding shift while pressing the same buttons will move the frame in banks of eight. In the Options.txt file for the script in question, adding the line "GRID_NAV_BY_PAGE=TRUE" will make the frame move in banks of eight by default.

I'd like to have the shift button consistently "invert" the functionality that is (or isn't) specified in the Options file, so that if you have GRID_NAV_BY_PAGE set to TRUE, holding shift should make the U/D/L/R buttons move ONE scene/track at a time.