"Toggling" Masks via MIDI?

andymcbain
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"Toggling" Masks via MIDI?

Post by andymcbain »

Hi all! First post - and hope it makes sense.

I'm controlling DMXIS via Ableton - with different scenes set up to select banks and patches. I have 2 MIDI channels, with MIDI sequences controlling bank and patch changes. I have some masks in there to control various settings on my scanners - but I want to add some more without having to mess around with the existing MIDI sequences.

I was hoping to add a couple more MIDI channels in - to trigger some new masks (I want to use some new gobos for my next event). So say I draw in a MIDI note for 16 bars to change my gobos temporarily - how can I "deactivate" the mask without adding a MIDI note at the end of that 16 bar period on the other MIDI channels to switch the patch back to it's original state?

Many thanks for your help.

Andy