🎹 MIDI PADs Controll Centrum

Author: Roman (zorgan) Platform: Renoise 3.x

This tool is designed primarily for MIDI controllers with pads (tested on the Novation Impulse 25) that send CC messages with velocity. It allows for lightning-fast project navigation, simultaneous track and instrument switching, and full mix control (Mute/Solo) without a single mouse click.

The new version introduces a fully reactive GUI engine that mirrors your project state in real-time, along with an integrated assistant for instant mapping.

🚀 Key Features

• Triple-Logic Pads: A single pad handles 3 different actions based on velocity and hold duration.
• Soft Press (Low Velocity): Instantly selects the target track and simultaneously activates the assigned instrument.
• Hard Press (High Velocity): Toggles the track’s Mute / Unmute state.
• Solo Hold Mode: Holding a pad for a defined duration (e.g., 1 second) activates Solo for that track.
• Reactive Visual Feedback: GUI buttons change colors in real-time based on the Renoise state (Active Track = Orange, Solo = Green, Muted = Red).
• Absolute Track Indexing: The algorithm precisely maps pads to absolute track indexes in Renoise, ensuring a 1:1 match with what you see in your project.
• ModWheel Pattern Scroll: Use your modulation wheel as a precision, non-linear pattern scroller.

🧠 Mapping Architecture (Analytical Graph)

The tool divides pads into two groups (Group 1 and Group 2) to control multiple tracks from a single controller. Below is an example of the default calculation if you set First Track Index = 1, First Instr Index = 00, Tracks per Group = 10, and Instr per Group = 8.

[ HARDWARE PADS ]           [ RENOISE TRACKS ]               [ RENOISE INSTRUMENTS ]
================================ GROUP 1 ===========================================
( PAD 1 )   ------------>   [ Track 01 ]          -----------> [ Instr. 00 ]
( PAD 2 )   ------------>   [ Track 02 ]          -----------> [ Instr. 01 ]
  ...                         ...                                ...
( PAD 8 )   ------------>   [ Track 08 ]          -----------> [ Instr. 07 ]

================================ GROUP 2 ===========================================
( PAD 1 )   ------------>   [ Track 11 ] (Offset by 10) -----> [ Instr. 08 ]
( PAD 2 )   ------------>   [ Track 12 ]          -----------> [ Instr. 09 ]
  ...                         ...                                ...
( PAD 8 )   ------------>   [ Track 18 ]          -----------> [ Instr. 15 ]