Redflame Colorizer 🎛🔥

Redflame Colorizer is a minimal and powerful Max for Live device for Ableton Live that automatically assigns colors to your tracks based on instrument types.

🎯 What It Does

When you drop the device into your Live Set, it immediately scans all existing tracks and clips, and applies a color scheme based on their names. For example:

- 🥁 Drums & Percussion → Red
  `kick`, `snare`, `hihat`, `perc-low`, `clap`, `tambourine`, `cowbell`, `rimshot`, `snap`, `sticks`, `kick drum`, `snare drum`, `crash`, `ride`, `ride cymbal`, `crash cymbal`, `maracas`

- 🎸 Plucked Strings → Sand Brown
  `guitar`, `harp`, `acoustic`, `electric guitar`, `nylon`, `slide`

- 🎻 Bowed Strings → Orange
  `violin`, `cello`, `viola`, `strings`, `orchestra`, `solo strings`

- 🎹 Keys & Pianos → Pink-Violet
  `piano`, `ep`, `keys`, `organ`, `clav`, `toy piano`, `synth keys`, `upright piano`, `harpsichord`

- 🌫 Pads & Atmosphere → Pink
  `pad`, `ambient`, `drone`, `background`, `warm pad`, `space pad`

- 🎚 Leads & Synths → Indigo Blue
  `lead`, `synth`, `arp`, `melody`, `mono`, `acid`, `saw`, `square`, `brass lead`

- 🔊 Bass & Sub → Neon Green
  `bass`, `sub`, `808`, `reese`, `bassline`, `electric bass`, `synth bass`, `fm bass`

- 🗣 Vocals → Signal Orange
  `vocal`, `voice`, `vox`, `rap`, `spoken`, `vocoder`, `male`, `female`

- 🎧 FX & Risers → Dark Gray
  `fx`, `sfx`, `riser`, `impact`, `sweep`, `fall`, `laser`, `reverse`, `mod fx`

- 🔔 Bells & Mallets → Magenta
  `bell`, `mallet`, `kalimba`, `music box`, `celesta`

- 🎷 Brass & Winds → Yellow-Green
  `brass`, `sax`, `horn`, `trumpet`, `tuba`, `clarinet`, `pipes`, `whistle`

- 🌍 World Instruments → Pastel Green
  `sitar`, `tabla`, `bongo`, `djembe`, `hang drum`, `balafon`, `oud`

- 🧪 Experimental → Anthracite
  `noise`, `granular`, `morph`, `resample`, `tape`, `vinyl`, `fx bus`, `glitch vox`

Both tracks and clips (in Session View) will be colorized.

✅ How to Use

1. Open your Ableton Live set.
2. Drag the Redflame Colorizer.amxd device into main track.
3. Boom — track names are analyzed and colored automatically.
4. Rename any track — the color will update instantly.

🚀 How to Install

To clone and use this TypeScript-based color mapping logic in your own Max for Live project:

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/djredflame/redflame-colorizer.git

2. Navigate into the project folder:

   cd redflame-colorizer

3. Install dependencies (only needed once):

   npm install

4. Open the project in VS Code or your preferred editor.

5. Edit or extend the colorMap inside colorize.ts to customize track type detection.

6. Open the .amxd Max for Live device with Max and integrate the updated logic if needed.

💡 This repository is structured so that the TypeScript logic can be reused across different devices. You can also extract the mapping logic into your own .amxd project or device patch.

🧠 Why Use This?

• Better visual overview of your session
• Instant recognition of track types
• Save time on manual coloring
• Works with your own naming conventions

💡 Customization

Want to change colors or extend the mappings? Open the colorize.ts file and edit the colorMap dictionary.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
That means you are free to use and adapt the project for personal and educational purposes, but not for commercial use.
For full details, see the LICENSE file.

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