Feature: Kontrol F1 pads match clip colours

[haszari]

Kontrol F1 pads can show ~16 different colours (plus off/black, white) in Indexed mode (see below).

The goal of this issue is to add support to the Kontrol F1 extension so that the pads show the (closest) clip colour.

For example:

• empty clip: black/off
• idle clip: dim clip colour
• playing clip: bright clip colour
• triggered: green or specific "triggered" colour - e.g. white
• stopping: red or specific "stopping" colour 0 e.g. dim white

A custom colour map could be used in Bitwig to help the on-screen and hardware colours match. Bitwig supports importing a custom colour palette of 27 colours from an image.

The colour could be matched approximately by hue as a fallback.

Native Instruments Controller Editor manual - Indexed mode colours & midi values

Colour x MIDI value	Dim	Dim Flash	Bright	Flash
Black	0	1	2	3
Red	4	5	6	7
Orange	8	9	10	11
Light Orange	12	13	14	15
Warm Yellow	16	17	18	19
Yellow	20	21	22	23
Lime	24	25	26	27
Green	28	29	30	31
Mint	32	33	34	35
Cyan	36	37	38	39
Turquoise	40	41	42	43
Blue	44	45	46	47
Plum	48	49	50	51
Violet	52	53	54	55
Purple	56	57	58	59
Magenta	60	61	62	63
Fuchsia	64	65	66	67
White	68	69	70	71

Note – I can't get Flash modes working on my Kontrol F1 hardware. If I could then this would be good for starting/stopping.

[haszari]

A custom colour map could be used in Bitwig to help the on-screen and hardware colours match. Bitwig supports importing a custom colour palette of 27 colours from an image.

Here's a palette image for Kontrol F1:

If you use colours from the top row they will match the hardware, if you set the pads in indexed mode.

For reference, this is a screenshot of all the F1 pad colours (from Native Instruments Controller Editor). I used this (eyedropper/colour picker tool!) to make the palette image.

[haszari]

Implemented:

• Add/f1 pad colours #3