A Python controller script for the X-Touch Compact controller and FL Studio 2024
- Ian Walker : Blog and Forum posts
- NicoG60 : MCU protocol Repo
- ImageLine : Scripting docs
- ImageLine : API stubs page
| Control | Function | New Function | Hex/MIDI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flip | Invert Pan/Level | Toggle F5 Playlist | 0x32 |
| Marker | Nothing (Shift?) | Drop Auto Marker | 0x54 |
| Nudge | Edison Audiologger | Jump Between Markers | 0x55 |
| Cycle | Toggle Snap Line/None | Pattern/Song loop mode | 0x56 |
| Master Fader | Main Monitor level | Master Fader | CH8 |
| Bank | Bank Jump (8) | Bank Jump (1) | 0x2E/0x2F |
| Channel | Channel Jump (1) | Marker Jump and Select | 0x30/0x31 |
Flip is useful but Track Select from the X-Touch takes you to mixer with no way to return to playlist, so an F5 toggle is preferred.
Marker drop did nothing (it may have been shift function per the code). Anyway its mapped correctly now.
Nudge opened a new Edison in Autorecord mode each time it pressed, pretty useless to me. Jumping between markers is preferred.
Loop toggles quantize On/Off which isnt helpful with no jog wheel to move clips around.
Master Fader Who uses main monitor out? 🤦♂️ Master mixer mapped, bonus this fader is motorized 🤘
Banking was weird. Jump +8 on first increment then +1 after. Jump back -16 with -1 afterwards 🤦♂️
Now it increments by a bank of 1 and you can crank it to track 8 in a quarter turn.
Channel Select virtually shifts all faders +/- 1 without decent screen feedback. You get lost, quick. Moreso with the original banking method.
Now I use it for marker jumps and it selects. 0x30 for back 0x31 for forward.
Fader touch now works and selects the touched track in the mixer.
Refactor code to remove all non-usable buttons and jog methods DONE
Channel is useless to me as well, will remap to global tempo or swing. Mapped to Marker. DONE
Touch Faders. There are controls defined in the scipt, but only for 3 touch faders...? Will see. DONE
Now that I have available touch faders and 0x55 I will look at more reassignments. I may reinstate Flip Mode.
Dive into the INST pot and see what I can do, it is a powerful control
Cycles thru windows, maybe better than dedicated F5/F6 transport.globalTransport(midi.FPT_NextWindow, int(event.data2 > 0) * 1)
Cycles thru channel tracks transport.globalTransport(midi.FPT_ChannelJog, int(event.data2 > 0) * 1, event.pmeFlags)