Chiastic Solo is a Max for Live device that lets you control which track in a group or rack is soloed. It can handle up to 32 chains / tracks.
I had the idea to make this while working on an album project. I had a Live project, with a track in the project for each song on the album. I was at the stage where I was balancing the different songs to make sure they sounded cohesive. I was finding the normal solo controls to be too distracting, and wished for a knob to control which track was soloed, hence the idea for this device.
Download the .amxd file from the latest release or clone this repository, and drag the ChiasticSolo.amxd device into a track in Ableton Live.
- 2024-05-22 v1 - Initial release.
Add this device to the parent track in a group or immediately after an Instrument Rack or Audio Effect Rack device. If you need to move it or if you add subtracks / chains, press the REFRESH button to have it detect the chains again.
Use the Selector knob to control which track or chain is soloed.
Press the Enabled button to toggle the device off to un-solo all tracks.
Ensure you have put the Chiastic Solo device after the rack, then press the Refresh button.
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I'd love it if others extended this device. If you would like to contribute, simply fork this repo, make your changes, and open a pull request and I'll have a look.