I tried this post on /r/ableton, but perhaps lines is a better fit. I’m an Ableton user and imagining a tactile integration with M4L “Mono sequencer”. I was wondering whether there is a way to achieve it what I describe (even if it means using a different sequencer). I have a Push 2, and am not really a fan of it step sequencing with grids - likewise with the Monome options.
The MIDI controller side of things seems easy - there is the infamous Behringer BCR2000, the X-Touch Mini, and Midi Fighter Twister, Faderfox SC4
I want each knob to represent a step, with the ability to page between different sections of a longer loop. Each knob alters the value of the step (pitch, velocity, repeat, gate length, probability…), depending on what bank the controller is in. LED feedback would be very useful to keep the focus on the controller and not on the screen.
Perhaps for the larger controllers each row of knobs could be a step, and each column could be a different set of values to be tweaked (first row pitch, second row velocity…?) OR it could be used to edit much longer sequences (eg the Twister could progam a 16-step sequence) and again some mechanism to page between banks.
This is sort of approaching the experience of analog sequencers, or perhaps the Cirklon which can use encoders for note values.
Is there anything like that out there? The Twister’s in built sequencer doesn’t seem well-suited for melodies, the Zaquencer and Faderfox is almost there but stores data on the device rather than in the Ableton session (and with a richer sequencing options).
