BeatStep_Q v2.0

❗layer-switch buttons & encoder assignments for the "sequencer" layer have changed❗

• chan now activates the sequencer-layer (pressing chan again initializes a MIDI sequence)
• shift + chan activates mix-layer
• double-tapping shift now permanently activates the shift-layer
• ... and check the assignments-image for changes in the "sequencer" layer!

new

• encoder 8 & 16 now work the same in ALL layers
  (now you can always use them to select tracks/scenes or scroll drumracks if shift is pressed)
• changing layers now automatically switches Ableton-views:
  • control, browser: show DeviceChain
  • sequencer: show MIDI Clip
  • mix : hide Details-Tab

🚀 major updates to the usability of the MIDI note editor (sequencer): Multi-Touch Editing!

• tap a button to mute / unmute the corresponding note
• >> touch and hold << one or more buttons + turn the transpose-encoder
  to change the assigned property of the corresponding notes
  • set the "assigned property" (e.g. pitch, velocity, duration, . . . ) via encoder 1-6
  • set loop start/end and position via encoder 9-13
• if no button is pressed, the transpose-encoder now changes the "assigned property" for ALL notes
  • similarly encoder 15 now sets the "assigned property" of all notes inside the loop
• ... finally you can also use shift + encoder 1-16 to set the "assigned property" of notes 1-16 directly

fixes

• deletion of return-tracks now works as expected (control)
• "load item on new track" no longer creates unnecessary return-tracks (browser)
• fix error for duplication of clips in the last scene (shift)
• fix buttons not set to "note-mode" if no layer is active and shift is pressed (shift)
• properly check start < end condition before setting loop (sequencer)
• important status-bar messages now remain visible until the layer is deactivated
• indicate empty group-slots as "magenta" (and "blue" if clips are present inside the group) (launch)
• better color-indication of the activated layers

BeatStep_Q v1.8.1

a minor bugfix-release

fixes

• device-controls now working properly if no-layer is active
• Ableton-view is now correctly switched to "MIDI-clip view" if the sequencer-layer is activated on an existing clip

BeatStep_Q v1.8

New

QBrowser - a info-bar browser for Ableton Live!
Check the assignments image for details on the new layer!

• use shift + recall to activate it

BeatStep_Q v1.7.1

a minor bugfix release to fix an issue with the device-controls

fixes

• device-controls are now properly deactivated for launch-layer and sequencer
• MIDI sequence-tempo info message now properly parsed and displayed
  • clips that do not follow the naming-convention will use the last assigned tempo

BeatStep_Q v1.7

New

There is now an awesome MIDI sequence editor for Ableton 11
Check the assignments image for details on the new layer!

• double-tap shift to activate it

fixes

• re-formatting of code with "black" code-style
• some minor fixes

BeatStep_Q v1.6.1

just a minor bugfix release

fixes

• proper deactivation of device_controls for encoders 1-4 & 9-12

BeatStep_Q v1.6

new

a new one-track mode for the clip-launch layer has been added. It is activated by pressing shift + store

instead of controling 2 clip-slots of 7 tracks, the one-track mode controls 14 clip-slots of the currently selected track

• aside of that it works completely similar to the ordinary clip-launch layer
  • slots with a clip are colored blue, triggered slots are colored magenta and playing slots are colored red
  • tap a slot to trigger (or if playing stop) it
  • use stop to switch between re-trigger and stop-clips behaviour
• a printable overlay-design has been added

BeatStep_Q v1.5.2

new

• button 6 in the control-layer now acts as a switch for the launch-quantization
  • tap the button multiple times to toggle through the quantizaztion-intervals
  • shift + button 6 will turn launch-quantization off

fixes

• ensure that encoder cc's are set properly non initialization
• fix light response if track-groups are expanded manually while the *mix-layer is active
• note-transpose now correctly reaches the "highest" note

BeatStep_Q v1.5.1

minor bugfix release to make the script compatible with Ableton 11

fixes

• fix relative imports for pyhton3
• fix time.clock() depreciation (it's now time.process_time()
• fix master-track issue for mix layer

BeatStep_Q v1.5

changes

• pad-rows in the "mix-layer" (former "track-control") have been switched to better fit to the Ableton UI

  the top row now is for "mute/solo" and the bottom row for "arm/fold"

• the rows for the light indicators in "shift-layer" have been switched to better fit to the Ableton UI

  top row now indicates the selected track (and it's type) and the bottom row indicates if the track is armed

• all encoder assignments of the "launch-layer" now work similar to the "mix-layer"

  this provides a better user experience for live mixing since it allows controling volume, pan, send-A and send-B of each track while the clip-launch layer is active

assignment images have been updated accordingly.

new

• button 15 in the "control-layer" now acts as a switch for the pad-velocity curve

  the button light indicates the currently activated status:
  blue for linear, magenta for logarithmic, red for exponential and off for always max. velocity

fixes

• track selection now works as expected also if the master-track has been selected