Is there a video or online tutorial about supercontrols? I must be missing the obvious.

Question

My application is a simple array of buttons that send out CC messages to enable or disable MIDI devices.  I have two sets of "on" and "off" buttons that work just fine individually.  I want to create a third "panic" button that encompasses both of the "off" buttons to add an "all off" functionality.  I thought I could create a supercontrol that drives both of the "off" buttons but I've spent a few hours on it and can't seem to get it work.  I suppose an alternate way to achieve the effect is to create a button that sends the "off" CC on 2 different MIDI channels, but I'm not sure how I could do that, either.

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Answer 1

As I understand, when you press ALL OFF, you want the two OFF buttons activated.

Setting for the ALL OFF = momentary, send on only, midi on = 127, make the two OFF buttons subcontrols.

If you want the supercontrol to turn off buttons, since there is no send off only, set the on value to 0.

The Masters Class and Demo Layouts (on same page) have some more advanced subcontrol examples: https://mididesigner.com/qa/7955/layout-mdp2-masters-course-tips-and-techniques

Answer 2

As I understand, when you press ALL OFF, you want the two OFF buttons activated.

Setting for the ALL OFF = momentary, send on only, midi on = 127, make the two OFF buttons subcontrols.

If you want the supercontrol to turn off buttons, since there is no send off only, set the on value to 0.

The Masters Class and Demo Layouts (on same page) have some more advanced subcontrol examples: https://mididesigner.com/qa/7955/layout-mdp2-masters-course-tips-and-techniques