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light feedback with SP-555 as a midi controller?

Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:21 pm
by felart
Hi,

If I use the sp-555 as midi controller with ableton live, does it reflect clips status?

For example, if pad 1 of the SP-555 is midi mapped with clip1 in ableton live: if clip1 is triggered via mouse in ableton, does pad1 reflect the status of the clip1 (light on if clip1 is playing and light off when clip1 is stopped in ableton)?

Thanks in advance for your response.

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:25 am
by Dj Frantic
not sure. never tried. but i would imagine it does

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:37 pm
by felart
Thanks for your response.

I'm not sure it does cause the manual says that SP-555 recognize Note on but not note off. I think it's a strange MIDI implementation but I don't have a sp-555 yet to verify!

If SP-555 could have light feeback, we could use it as a monome and it would be very cool!

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:50 am
by Dj Frantic
I should say that u will need to have something recorded to the pad for it to light up. but aside form that it should.

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:43 pm
by PHeMoX
It depends more on the software than the SP-555 actually... the SP just sends midi messages... whether that's one longer signal or several shorter behind eachother, either way it will cause the SP pads to light up. Probably also the case for software programs interpretations of the incoming SP messages.