I've had a Cntrl:r for a while now for DJing and it has bee great but I want to move more into live stuff triggering drums. I've added the Drum Steppr but having a few problems with it.
When I add Drum Steppr to a midi channel, I add a drum rack after. I can add simpler instruments with drum sounds I've prepared into pads 36 (C1) to 51 (D#2) as per the manual. Everything works fine. If I then fill other pads with simpler instruments, and move down or up to those pads, the mapping from simpler to Drum Steppr stops working. For example, the VE Velocity in Drum Steppr is moving ibut nothing is happening to the sound and checking the Simpler instrument shows the corresponding attach dial isn't moving.
Am I missing something really obvious here or am I only able to use pads 36 (C1) to 51 (D#2) and therefore only be able to use 16 sounds per Drum Steppr?
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Hi Makai,
Hi Mike,
Hi Makai,
Unfortunately I have to send this in parts due to some failure in the web page that occurs on my mac (very strange)
I had a similar problem with the webpage failing on my Macbook too. With my original post, I couldn't get back onto the site for several hours.
So if I get it correct the only pad you can control is the pad on the bottom left of the matrix (normally the kick)?
Hi Makai,
Yes, that's correct. The 4 dials at the bottom (Repeat, Groove, Random & RotSize) all work ok. The 8 encoders above them aren't connecting to the drum rack, so visually I can see them moving in the Drum Steppr but they aren't' affecting anything in the drum rack.
There is a beta version of the Steppr's available in my Mod repository here:
Ok, I added the scripts to the scripts folder, selected it in Ableton preferences. Then I added the DrumSteppr in Mod repository but it doesn't work. It loads into Ableton but doesn't work. I can add a drum rack afterwards but nothing is working on the DrumSteppr. I'm able to play the pads/sounds through the Cntrl:r/drum rack but nothing is connecting to the DrumSteppr.
HI Makai,
What Mike said, except for the correct folder is ~/Documents/Max 6/Packages. You can also put it inside Applications/Max 6/Packages. You may need to rename the "Mod-master" folder to "Mod", depending on how you downloaded it.
Ok, followed all that to the letter and it's working great now. Was still having a couple of issues but after changing the folder name from 'Mod-Master' to 'Mod', its all working correctly. I'll give it a good run out tomorrow but looks like it's working as it should now.
Great it is working for you now. I will be online tomorrow so if there is anything that you need me for I will be checking the forum regularly and get back to you.
Thanks for the update, I'll change the readme to say that the folder needs to be renamed.
Hey Amounra,