Enable MIDI Control to Switch Between Edit, Canvas, Mixer, Clock, Metronome
under review
ultracello
Description:
Allow users to use MIDI bindings to switch between key interface views and functions, such as the canvas editor, mixer view, clock popup, and metronome – without touching the screen.
Problem:
While many parameters and actions in Loopy Pro can already be controlled via MIDI, switching between views still often requires manual tapping. This disrupts hands-free workflows, especially in live performance situations where timing and fluidity are crucial.
Proposed Solution:
– Provide actions for opening/closing:
• Mixer view
• Clock popup
• Canvas editor
• Sequencer/editor view
– Enable toggling visibility of UI elements and dialogs (e.g., detail views, effect racks, etc.)
– Add keyboard shortcuts or bindings for dialog closing (e.g., "Esc")
– Expose all new view-switching actions for MIDI and QWERTY binding
Benefits:
✅ Enables full hands-free navigation across all major UI modes
✅ Improves speed and fluidity of live setups and template workflows
✅ Simplifies complex controller mappings
✅ Adds parity between Loopy Pro and professional DAWs
✅ Supports MIDI pedals and remote keyboard input more completely
This summary was automatically generated by ChatGPT-4 on May 2, 2025.
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Sawyer Lawson
And to toggle clip mixer view!
Michael Tyson
under review
Mixer toggle in 1.1.18; other view modes not yet
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Klik
Michael Tyson: Yay! Thanks :)
hotswank
Please also add the ‘Clock’ popup window! I’m using my old wireless Magic Keyboard as MIDI-controller and set Keypad 1,2,3,4,5 etc. for ‘Set Master Lenght To X Bars’, / for divide and * for multiply and by adding the ‘Show Clock’ action in order to show me the settings while doing it!
Edit: press once: show popup; press again: close popup (instead of touching the screen, the same applies for closing the `Show Detail For Selected Clip’ etc.) It's very counter intuitive to leave the keyboard or midi controller and go back to the touch screen to close the windows.
Edit2: Using the Magic Keyboard for weeks now and it works like a charm (top tip) and what I really want is a keybind for the CLOSE button in all the dialogs and windows (in my case the ESC key).
ultracello
hotswank: Absolutely, yes, added to topic.
ultracello
Merged in a post:
actions / follow actions / project-wide follow actions: expand/collapse mixer, open/close mixer, open canvas/sequencer/
ultracello
ultracello
Merged in a post:
Action to select different views
Clive Button
I would like to be able to use a midi binding to select 'sequencer' or 'canvas' views so I could use a midi pedal to do this. I often need to switch between the two when playing live.
Clive Button
If an Action was available for selecting any of these it would be easy to create a midi binding to it. I also need to select the sequencer view please.
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Klik
Clive Button:totally agree
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Klik
Yes please!! This would be lovely.
I actually need to open the mic window to refresh my MIDI filter app sometimes. Just for fixing that with my controller would be awesome.
Michael Tyson
planned
ultracello
ultracello
under review
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