Xtouch and 12.0.60

[mkok]

Question for Xtouch users. Is there anything in the remote improvements in 12.0.60 that will improve working with the Xtouch? I’ve been thinking of getting one and with the mention of remote improvements wondered if the integration will be better.

[skijumptoes]

Have you checked out the MIDI Remote script that @bjoluc created ?

X-Touch (+Extender) MIDI Remote Script (MCU mode)

Hi folks, this post is to share my brand-new X-Touch MIDI Remote script: It serves as a replacement for the traditional Mackie Control remote device setup while retaining most of the functionality and enhancing it with X-Touch specific features (colored scribble strips etc.). I maintain the script in a GitHub repo where you can read up on and download it. I hope it proofs useful to some of you! If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to open a discussion or an issue over at GitHub…

[bjoluc]

@mkok

Is there anything in the remote improvements in 12.0.60 that will improve working with the Xtouch?

There is one Remote API improvement compared to 12.0.52 that may improve X-Touch+Extender usage, namely

We resolved an issue where the setup of a Mixer Bank Zone involving multiple MIDI remote devices lead to lost parameter assignments.

Other than that, 12.0.60 doesn’t add value to using the X-Touch with the MIDI Remote API. Most of the “legacy” Mackie Control stuff is already doable though, with the biggest drawback being that there is currently no (working) option to respect MixConsole visibility settings.

[mkok]

So if you have hidden channels on the mix console it doesn’t respect that? On the single slider model would that matter?

[bjoluc]

@mkok

So if you have hidden channels on the mix console it doesn’t respect that?

Currently, that’s a yes. There is a comment of @Jochen_Trappe announcing this feature for a future release

@Jochen_Trappe

“.setFollowVisibility()” is a teaser for future updates (aka no impl bug )

but we don’t know when it will arrive.

@mkok

On the single slider model would that matter?

I don’t think it would be a problem in that case. My script doesn’t officially support the X-Touch One though (it is said to mostly work, but I don’t own the unit and cannot test with it). Nevertheless, there are several other user scripts available for the X-Touch One as well.