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Hi everyone!

I am currently working on custom pad pages and I would like to set different pad pages on the left and right decks of my controller. I could use it to do an extended keyboard with the pads, or to assign more custom scripts for things not related to the decks such as start recording etc...

Is it possible, and if so, how?

Thanks!
 
Mensajes 2 days ago @ 11:34 am
It is possible to set each deck on a different pad page.
It's also possible to have the same button on a controller call a different page on each deck.
What's not possible though, is to assign different pad pages on the same "slot" for each deck.

Generally speaking, I would use a different approach:
Assuming that you want to put your pads in a state where the left deck has different actions from the right, instead of using different pages on the same "slot" (which is not possible) I would make my custom pad page itself to have different content based on whether it's loaded on left or right deck.

So, I would use scripts like action_deck left ? this : that on the PAD PAGE actions.
This means that it's going to be ONE pad page that simply behaves differently depending on which deck it's used.

PS: You can go crazy with the mapping if you wish and you can even check whether or not your pad page is loaded on one or on both decks before deciding which actions to show/perform on the pads.
The "secret" is to do this on the pad page actions.
 
Many thanks. That's a great solution, never tought about that! And it will be easier to maintain too...

Thanks also for your clear and detailed answer.

Yan
 
It works fine if I use 1 instead of left, thanks.

I wonder why? I assume it's because my FLX4 controller has deck 1 and 2 only? If I had a FLX10 with 4 decks but 2 pad banks, it would then be possible to use left and right too?
 
When only using 2 decks then deck 1 = deck left and deck = deck right

But when using 4 deck controllers if you use deck 1 this : that deck 3 will execute "that" not "this"

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EDIT: Sorry, yes you need to use numbers at the moment for both 2 or 4 deck controllers.
Actually for 4 deck controllers you need to write something like: deck 1 ? this : deck 3 ? this : that

However from the NEXT build, you will be able to use deck left this : that and thus write simpler and shorter scripts.
 
OK, great!