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I am using a combination of midi controllers to control my drum sequencer patch, which consists of a 32 slider multislider for each drum part.

Because I don't have 56403860469820 buttons on my midi controller,

I use buttons to switch between parts - eg press pad 1 on my padkontrol, then the 16 buttons on my BCR correspond to the first 16 steps of the bassdrum part (I switch presets on the BCR to go between steps 1-16 or 17-32). Then If i want to sequence the snare, I hit pad 2 on my padkontrol, etc, etc.

Now the problem I have, is the LEDs on the BCR buttons, need to be 'updated' when I change which part I'm controlling - otherwise I get confused.

I've always struggled with data manipulation, can anyone help me here?

I'm guessing basically what I have to do, is when I select a new part, get the multislider object to output all of its values, figure out what CC each value corresponds to, then use ctlout to send this info to the BCR?

I hope I've explained myself clearly enough.

keeping-midi-control-leds-up-to-date

> Now the problem I have, is the LEDs on the BCR buttons, need to be 'updated' when I change which part I'm controlling - otherwise I get confused.

> I'm guessing basically what I have to do, is when I select a new part, get the multislider object to output all of its values, figure out what CC each value corresponds to, then use ctlout to send this info to the BCR?

Just don't forget to avoid loops between [ctlin] and [ctlout] values.

Here is an example that might give you ideas (you will have to change 

gavin Peters wrote:
> Now the problem I have, is the LEDs on the BCR buttons, need to be 'updated' when I change which part I'm controlling - otherwise I get confused.
>
>
> I'm guessing basically what I have to do, is when I select a new part, get the multislider object to output all of its values, figure out what CC each value corresponds to, then use ctlout to send this info to the BCR?
>

Exactly.
Just don't forget to avoid loops between [ctlin] and [ctlout] values.
Here is an example that might give you ideas (you will have to change 
some stuffs according to your needs)

Uh... what do I do with that code to turn it into a max patch?

> I am using a combination of midi controllers to control my drum sequencer patch, which consists of a 32 slider multislider for each drum part.

> Because I don't have 56403860469820 buttons on my midi controller,

> I use buttons to switch between parts - eg press pad 1 on my padkontrol, then the 16 buttons on my BCR correspond to the first 16 steps of the bassdrum part (I switch presets on the BCR to go between steps 1-16 or 17-32). Then If i want to sequence the snare, I hit pad 2 on my padkontrol, etc, etc.

> I've always struggled with data manipulation, can anyone help me here?

> I hope I've explained myself clearly enough.

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