APC mini MK2 integration and color feedback/setup

[safran5020]

Hi Benjamin,

I am planning on buying an Akai APC mini mk2 for its numerous buttons to trigger actions in Reaper.
I have no intention of using it as a loop/scene selector. I am not a DJ and my goal is to use it as an extension of keyboard shortcuts.

I see you already have a dedicated controller preset for this device which is great.
I am also leaning toward the amazing Stream Deck device. I have watch your video on the integration of it and it is awesome.
The draw back is that I find both the 15/32 buttons versions physically very small and also the price as oppose to the APC mini.
I know they are both two very different beast though :-)

My question is how do you set and control the colors of each buttons on the APC from Realearn. I have searched for a video on configuring this device with Realearn but haven't found any. The only videos fond are for Ableton usage which is not very helpful in this case.

If you can please give me a hint it will help me take a decision on my next purchase.

Thanks again for your amazing work.

[safran5020]

Hi all,

I have decided to purchase the APC mini MK2 which I received yesterday and tested with a few mappings.
Even though I get a feedback from the scene/track (green/red) buttons, the pads' feedback is static yellowish color when pressed. Otherwise, I have no control on the color of each pads. The device doesn't have an editor and ReaLearn doesn't let you pick a color for feedback unless I am missing something.

Does anyone has any experience with the APC mini MK2 in Reaper using ReaLearn ?

As stated in my original post, I'm not using it to trigger loops or notes but to trigger custom action scripts.

@helgoboss is there a way to set rgb colors for each mapping for the pads or otherwise ?

Thanks for any inputs on the subject.

[safran5020]

I did some random testing and got some results but not exactly what I am expecting :

I am on Wondows 10
Input : APC mini mk2
Output : APC mini mk2
In the Controller compartment I selected factory preset APC mini mk2
In the Main compartment I configured a mapping on pad col 1 row 8 and assigned a toggle reascript action :
The action works and return a yellowish feedback on the pad.
I have tried to set a "Pick color", "Pick Background color" in the Glue section under "Numeric feedback with the button "..." but no results.

The only way I can assign a specific pad a color is by modifying the script in the controller compartment in the target section under "script" :

return require("compartment").pad_script(pad id, here I replace "y" by any value between 1 and 0.xx, context)

But then, I loose the on/off feedback from the action. The pad is always light.

I have also read in @helgoboss source code under "helgobox-master\resources\controller-presets\factory\akai\apc-mini-mk2.preset.luau"
that in order for this to work we need to use MIDIOUT2

Unfortunately MIDIOUT2 doesn't work, nothing happens when selected. Even though I see it in the preferences devices in/out it doesn't respond to anything.

Those are my observation so far.

What I am trying to accomplish in the end is to have a color for the off state and another color for the on state.
i.e.: Dark blue OFF / Light blue ON

Thanks for any help.

[safran5020]

Thanks to @7henz on Cockos forum I finally got a descent answer to my question.

https://forum.cockos.com/showpost.php?p=2843312&postcount=4790

Thanks