Programming Button Color for MIDI Controller in Luminosus

Hi All,

I recently purchased an APC40 MKII MIDI controller to use in conjunction with my Nomad software for busking and have a few questions when it comes to using Luminosus. Does anyone know how to map color to buttons in the program? I've found the control numbers to set the button color, but can't seem to find . way to do so in the program. This would be super useful for creating groups of looks and palettes to make it easier to remember whats what. I bought a label maker with the tiniest tape I could find and there is still no way I'm getting labels between the buttons. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance to this wonderful community!

0 Eric Dieckman over 5 years ago

Unfortunately, as of now this isn't possible in Luminosus. The only output from Luminosus to the buttons is a NoteOff after you push a button. The only workaround that I have been able to find is to set the colors "ahead of time" using a custom utility I wrote. It works OK, but you have to turn off "Send Feedback" as it will reset the button color, and it isn't dynamic based on things happening in EOS.
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0 Conor McKenzie over 5 years ago in reply to Eric Dieckman

Hi Eric,

Thanks for the response! I really hope this is something they can address as it seems to be pretty critical to busking well. Would you be willing to share your custom utility or this something I should be able to figure out on my own with some time and brain sweat?
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0 Eric Dieckman over 5 years ago in reply to Conor McKenzie

You're welcome to check it out. It is VERY rough. I didn't put a lot of error checking in it, or even decent design. It was done "real quick" to fix my issue, and it does. Basically you select your APC20 (in my case), click the "Ableton Live" button, then and just click on each button to light it up. Those with multiple colors you just keep clicking to change the colors (or to make it blink). To click a button, simple right-click it. Once you're done, you can Export the config to a file, so that you can re-import it next you go to use it.

https://github.com/ewdieckman/apc20utility/releases
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