Seq66 MIDI control configuration

[Ghaydn]

Hi there.
I'm a new in seq24'ish things. All I need is a piece of software that can record and loop midi patterns (synced with JACK, of course), as SooperLooper does with audio. And it must be controllable via midi, at least selecting previous/next pattern, recording and muting. They said that seq66 is the best for that, and so I believed...
It turned out that this is much more complicated task than I thought, as seq66 has no "midi learn" or something. (Sidenote to programmers: always add midi learn to your software if it supports midi and has a gui. It is important for live usage.) And the configuration format is not made for humans, even though it's full of comments.
And here I am trying to write something like

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11 "P"           [ 0 0xB0 120 127 127 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Song Record

in the qseq66.ctrl file, but it doesn't seem to work, and I don't understand why. Is this line incorrect? Did I forget to turn something on? Can't tell. At least my midicontroller is connected to the automation port and is definitely sending CC120 when I press the button "record" on it. But nothing is happening on the seq66's face.

So that, I need help setting up these:

1. CC116/117 to select previous/next pattern
2. CC120 to toggle rec selected pattern
3. CC118 to toggle mute selected pattern

Or, alternatively, maybe there is a simpler tool for my task?

[Largos]

That P shortcut maybe doesn't do what you think it does, I am not sure what it does tbh. You are trying to select a loop/pattern and then enable record. You need to enable record

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54 "Sh_F6"       [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Grid Record

then select the pattern(s) you want to record. That said, I can't get a button to set that going but I can get a button to use other items. Also, some of the keyboard shortcuts don't work for me (shift +f1 to shift + f4 don't change the overdub mode). So it could be that the program has things that don't work.

(Edit: I had a rogue square bracket messing things up)

[Ghaydn]

Is it possible to do all that without keyboard&mouse? In live performance, I launch applications with pre-defined commandline and then use only midi controller.

[Largos]

Yes, if you look at this section

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[loop-control]

 0 "1"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 0
 1 "q"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 1
 2 "a"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 2
 3 "z"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 3
 4 "2"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 4
 5 "w"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 5
 6 "s"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 6
 7 "x"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 7
 8 "3"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 8
 9 "e"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 9
10 "d"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 10
11 "c"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 11
12 "4"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 12
13 "r"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 13
14 "f"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 14
15 "v"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 15
16 "5"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 16
17 "t"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 17
18 "g"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 18
19 "b"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 19
20 "6"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 20
21 "y"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 21
22 "h"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 22
23 "n"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 23
24 "7"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 24
25 "u"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 25
26 "j"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 26
27 "m"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 27
28 "8"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 28
29 "i"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 29
30 "k"           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 30
31 ","           [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop 31

These are you buttons for each loop, you can set each one to a different key or button on a midi controller.

You then have the drop down menu which puts which mode it is in. If you are Loop mode, the above buttons toggle each loop between Armed and Muted. If you are in Record mode, the loop buttons toggle what is set to record when you press Play. The shortcuts for those modes are.

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53 "Sh_F5"       [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Grid Loop
54 "Sh_F6"       [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0xbf 107 127 127 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Grid Record
55 "Sh_F7"       [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Grid Copy
56 "Sh_F8"       [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Grid Paste
57 "Sh_F9"       [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Grid Clear
58 "Sh_F10"      [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Grid Delete
59 "Sh_F11"      [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Grid Thru
60 "Sh_F12"      [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Grid Solo
61 "0xe0"        [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Grid Cut
62 "0xe1"        [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Grid Double

The shortcuts for record mode (overdub/overwrite etc) and and Quantize are

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17 "KP_*"        [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Loop Mode
18 "KP_-"        [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] [ 0 0x00   0   0   0 ] # Quan Record