Studio One 4 Script "select next Faderbank" (1-8, 9-16, etc.) possible?

[babyblue]

Hi,

in Bitwig the Bitwig Studio Extension "Flexi DrivenByMoss" allows a Midicontroller with 8 Faders and Knobs to control many more Tracks. I assigned my 8 Faders and Knobs of my (old) PCR 500 to Volume and Pan of track 1 - 8. Repeating the command "Select Next Bank Page" the 8 Faders and Knobs are automatically assigned to track 9 - 16, 17 - 24, 25 - 32 and with "Select Previous Bank Page" i can go back, while the selected Bank is focussed.

Is that possible to achieve with a script in Studio One 4?

[daw.one]

Yes, , you'll have to create a custom surface.xml with a Scrollbank element which can be controlled through a scroll button with a pageleft and pageright direction.

If you are familiar with Studio One's surface xml it's quite easy.

For example something like this

For <controls>
Faders

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<Control name="fader[0]" type="fader" options="transmit receive"> <MidiMessage status="#B0" address="#21"/> </Control>
<Control name="fader[1]" type="fader" options="transmit receive"> <MidiMessage status="#B0" address="#22"/> </Control>
<Control name="fader[2]" type="fader" options="transmit receive"> <MidiMessage status="#B0" address="#23"/> </Control>
etc.

Pan

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<Control name="pan[0]" type="fader" options="transmit receive"> <MidiMessage status="#B0" address="#31"/> </Control>
<Control name="pan[1]" type="fader" options="transmit receive"> <MidiMessage status="#B0" address="#32"/> </Control>
<Control name="pan[2]" type="fader" options="transmit receive"> <MidiMessage status="#B0" address="#33"/> </Control>
etc.

Scroll buttons

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<Control name="pageleft" type="trigger" options="receive"> <MidiMessage status="#B0" address="#0E"/> </Control>
<Control name="pageright" type="trigger" options="receive"> <MidiMessage status="#B0" address="#0F"/> </Control>

<Mappings> mapped in a <ScrollBank>

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<DeviceMapping device="MixerConsole">
    <ScrollBank target="RemoteBank" pagesize="8" name="MixerBank">
        <foreach variable="$channel" count="8">
        <!-- Strip items -->
		  <Strip> 
		      <Value  control="fader[$channel]" param="volume"/>
		      <Toggle control="pan[$channel]" param="selected"/>
          </Strip>
        </foreach>
        <!-- Bank Scroll Buttons -->
	    <ScrollButton control="pageleft"  direction="pageleft"/>
        <ScrollButton control="pageright" 	direction="pageright"/>				
    </ScrollBank>
</DeviceMapping>

[babyblue]

Hi daw-one,

thank you very much! I am very much looking forward to it if i succeed, i can't say i am familiar, but ...
As i said, i already have "configured" a "Neues Keyboard.surface.xml. I will backup this one and make a new one with your example.

Is it possible to control the Scrollbank element through 2 buttons (1 for left(down) 1 for right (up) bank? I have only my srollwheel on the mouse.

I assume i have to delete all the control settings in the section "Controls" i have already made?
Where (position) do i have to put your example lines, please?
I mean especially the code of the section <Mappings> mapped in a <ScrollBank>, has it to be placed right after "ControlSurface", before the "Controls" section starts?

[babyblue]

i don't understand why there are no midi channels in your example, like in my xml
"<Control name="controlb0002" title="Spur 1" type="fader" options="receive public">
<MidiMessage status="#B0" channel="0" address="#2"/>
</Control>
<Control name="controlb0102" title="Spur 2" type="fader" options="receive public">
<MidiMessage status="#B0" channel="1" address="#2"/>
</Control>"

[daw.one]

Is it possible to control the Scrollbank element through 2 buttons (1 for left(down) 1 for right (up) bank? I have only my srollwheel on the mouse.

The example is for two MIDI buttons.

I assume i have to delete all the control settings in the section "Controls" i have already made?

Not necessarily, as long as they don't use the same MIDI controllers as the ones used for the faders and pans.

Where (position) do i have to put your example lines, please?
I mean especially the code of the section <Mappings> mapped in a <ScrollBank>, has it to be placed right after "ControlSurface", before the "Controls" section starts?

Within a <Mappings></Mappings> element after <Controls></Controls> before the </ControlSurface> closing tag.

i don't understand why there are no midi channels in your example, like in my xml

In your example MIDI is received from MIDI channel 1 (0) and channel 2 (1). In my example MIDI is received from all channels. But you can also add a channel if you like.

You say you want to use it with a PCR 500, you do realize Studio One does not support pickup or soft take over? So when switching bank and moving a fader will result in a fader jump unless you use a touch strip, motorized fader or endless encoder.

[babyblue]

Hi, i appreciate your helpfulness very much! Yes, jumping faders is a problem but not as big as my personal problem, my inabillity.
I made changes according your example to fader 1-3 (address #21, #22, #23) and buttons (left #14) and next (right #15) but nothing
happens, when i move the three faders or pressing the two buttons left/right

[daw.one]

I made changes according your example to fader 1-3 (address #21, #22, #23) and buttons (left #14) and next (right #15) but nothing
happens, when i move the three faders or pressing the two buttons left/right

You use a <mapping> element. It should be <Mappings>, with an 's'.
Secondly your faders on your edirol are CC 21, 22 and 23 while in the surface file it are CC 33, 34 and 35 (hexadecimal 21, 22, 23). If you want to use CC 21, 22 or 23 you should use address="21" without the # in front or the hexadecimal address="#15" for CC 21. The later is PreSonus's standard.