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| Name | Version: | Keyboard Monitor 1.2.1 |
| Author: | OCH |
| Device Type: | MIDI Effect |
| Description: | Keyboard Monitor by Side Brain & OCH Utility Max device designed to enhance the teaching and learning experience for keyboard and MIDI instrument players. Features: - Dynamic Sizing up to 88 keys - Pop Up Window - Individual Note Labeling - Chord Detector - Scale Visualizer - Live 12 Key Awareness - Mod Wheel, Pitch Bend and Sustain Pedal Visualizers - Ableton PUSH Control (+Hidden Chord Detector) Changelog: 1.2.1 - fix sync of root note change from big keyboard to small - several visual layout fixes and improvement 1.2 - added 0 Keys Mode (Chord Detector Only) - added Push banks (incl secret chord visualizer on PUSH compatible with PUSH 3 standalone) - added Keep Chord button to disable chord display auto fade-out - added scale notes highlighter on all octaves - added keyboard size and zoom is now saved with live set - added Sustain Pedal, Pitch Bend, and Mod Wheel display on small racked keyboard (49-key size and above) - added menu to choose display of Sharps (#), Flats (b), or Both (@) - fixed text dynamic color to be backward compatible with live 11 - fixed scale root note menu not displaying sharps - fixed new incompatibility with M2TM tools - changed keyboard keys to ignore mouse clicks - other internal fixes and cleanup - minor visual updates 1.1.3 - clean Ableton Live undo history - make chord detector safe-scoped (won’t break while using M2TM devices and other custom JS M4L) - several minimal visual fixes 1.1.2 - fix label colors to be compatible with Live 12 and 11's dark themes 1.1.1 - compatible with Live 11 with bundle Max - several chord detector improvements 1.1.0 - New chord detection algorithm - New 88 keys keyboard size - New Big Keyboard Zoom Controls 1.0.1 - Fixed octave displacement on big keyboard - Fixed misalignments of Oct arrows on both small and big keyboard - Fixed dynamic colors of separators, sustain pedal, and key awareness toggle - Added sustain pedal to small keyboard - Moved version number on small keyboard to credits logo reveal text area 1.0.0 - Official Release |
Details
| Live Version Used: | 12.1.11 |
| Max Version Used: | 9.0.6 |
| Date Added: | May 21 2025 12:02:05 |
| Date Last Updated: | No Updates |
| Downloads: | 0 |
| Website: | https://sidebrain.net/keyboard-monitor/ |
| ⓘ License: | Commercial |
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Also, the saving of settings does not work for the octave number, so I still cannot make a default preset tailor made for my controller.
For instance, if I use a 61 keys keyboard, with the default Oct at 3, the upper half of the displayed keyboard will go 2 octaves higher than my actual setting of "no octave change" on the hardware keyboard, so I find it quite impractical in a default/template quick use.
Again, let me know if can help.
For instance, if I use a 61 keys keyboard, with the default Oct at 3, the upper half of the displayed keyboard will go 2 octaves higher than my actual setting of "no octave change" on the hardware keyboard, so I find it quite impractical in a default/template quick use.
Again, let me know if can help.
Posted on May 21 2025 by leifiju |
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hi @leifiju
"it seems to quickly open then close a secondary window (less than half a second)."
Yes, that is true, because it turns out you can't restore the save the zoom setting without having opened the window once. It puzzled me greatly because the same is not true for the keyboard size (which involves window resizing).... I will have to think if there is another way to go about this or if we will have to just not save zoom setting with live set :/
"As I work in full screen mode (...) it instantly takes me out to the main desktop, (...) And as Keyboard Monitor is on all my MIDI tracks, templates and default (...)"
Thank you for sharing this. I am really sorry we didn't catch this, and how much it disturbs your workflow. We are happy to know you're using it as your set template like us. I guess we both just don't use live full screen that often. Imma raise this issue on our backlog.
"Also, the saving of settings does not work for the octave number,"
What? Oh well... that'll be reviewed and fixed in v1.2.2.
Thanks for the quick and detailed feedback, that's very helpful.
OCH
P.S. and for everyone else reading... we are still waiting for Ableton to fix the bug in live 12 that makes key arrows jump twice at every click when a m4l with a popup window is open (this is true for ANY m4l device that has a popup window, not just keyboard monitor)
"it seems to quickly open then close a secondary window (less than half a second)."
Yes, that is true, because it turns out you can't restore the save the zoom setting without having opened the window once. It puzzled me greatly because the same is not true for the keyboard size (which involves window resizing).... I will have to think if there is another way to go about this or if we will have to just not save zoom setting with live set :/
"As I work in full screen mode (...) it instantly takes me out to the main desktop, (...) And as Keyboard Monitor is on all my MIDI tracks, templates and default (...)"
Thank you for sharing this. I am really sorry we didn't catch this, and how much it disturbs your workflow. We are happy to know you're using it as your set template like us. I guess we both just don't use live full screen that often. Imma raise this issue on our backlog.
"Also, the saving of settings does not work for the octave number,"
What? Oh well... that'll be reviewed and fixed in v1.2.2.
Thanks for the quick and detailed feedback, that's very helpful.
OCH
P.S. and for everyone else reading... we are still waiting for Ableton to fix the bug in live 12 that makes key arrows jump twice at every click when a m4l with a popup window is open (this is true for ANY m4l device that has a popup window, not just keyboard monitor)
Posted on May 21 2025 by OCH |
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Thanks for this great update !
It adresses all the little drawbacks I had with the device.
However I want to point out a new bug : when the device put upon a track, it seems to quickly open then close a secondary window (less than half a second).
As I work in full screen mode (macOs Sequoia), it instantly takes me out to the main desktop, and I have to manually go back to Live.
And as Keyboard Monitor is on all my MIDI tracks, templates and default midi track, it's too inconvenient for me to work with and I will have to switch back to 1.1.3 until this is corrected.
Let me know if I can help in any way to describe or record the behaviour I'm encountering.
Cheers