Assign Multiple Midi Buttons to a Single Command

Feature Requests
1

Hi Leo,

As a user of Ableset and a foot controller with many banks, each providing a unique programmable button in Ableset, there are certain buttons across the banks that I would like to always remain the same, such as Play/Stop, Enable Loop, Escape Loop, etc… But then there are other buttons that I would like to be unique, such as a command to go to a specific time or song.

WIthout repetitvely mapping a huge list of buttons across the many banks to the same commands over and over, I would like to be able to assign more than one button to a single command in one place.

For reference, I am using the Behringer FCB1010. Thanks for considering!

2

Hey @danielbusche, that’s an interesting use case!

As a fairly hacky workaround, you could manually edit the MIDI mappings file to copy the mappings you’d always like to remain the same.

You can find the midi-mappings.json file by opening AbleSet’s status window, clicking the settings icon on the top right, selecting “Show Custom Styles”, and then navigating one folder up.

A mapping might look something like this:

{
  "id": "4UmN1qomrGtBxivudTHw9o",
  "command": {
    "type": "play"
  },
  "channel": 1,
  "note": 1,
  "ccValue": 1
}

When you duplicate this command, make sure that you change the ID to something unique. You can then adjust the mapping values to your liking, and repeat this for every bank you’d like to map.

I’d recommend using a code editor like VS Code or Sublime Text to edit the file.

Let me know if this would simplify the mapping process for your use case.