Free Melnyk X-Touch Color Bridge — 18-Color Displays, Auto-Follow & SEND Improvements | Studio One / Fender Studio Pro

[Yuriy Melnyk]

Hi everyone!

I've recently released Melnyk X-Touch Color Bridge v1.0.0, a free custom device script for the Behringer X-Touch, designed for Studio One 7 and Fender Studio Pro 8.

The main feature is 18-color scribble strip support, allowing the X-Touch displays to reflect track colors much more accurately than the standard 7-color palette, including proper red, orange, and intermediate shades.

The project also includes:

• Automatic track color and name synchronization
• Support for Main and Extender configurations
• Improved banking and navigation LED behavior
• Customizable F1–F8 buttons
• Integration with track visibility and Placement Groups
• Standard MCU functionality, including faders, encoders, transport, mute and solo

Watch the demo:

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Free download and installation guide:
https://yuriy-melnyk.itch.io/melnyk-x-touch-color-bridge

Compatibility and testing

• DAWs: Studio One 7 / Fender Studio Pro 8
• OS: Windows tested; macOS not yet verified
• Hardware: Behringer X-Touch, firmware 1.25
• A physical X-Touch Extender has not yet been independently tested
• Status: v1.0.0 public release
• Price: Free download, optional donations
• License: Free to use; redistribution and modification are subject to the included license

I'd really appreciate feedback from other X-Touch owners, especially anyone using a physical Extender or macOS.

If you encounter any issues, please let me know your DAW version, operating system, and X-Touch firmware version.

I'll use this thread for updates, bug reports, and future releases.

Thanks for checking it out!

Yuriy Melnyk

 

[Yuriy Melnyk]

UPDATE: Melnyk X-Touch Color Bridge v1.0.1 Released!

Hi everyone!

I've just released v1.0.1 of Melnyk X-Touch Color Bridge, with several new features and improvements.

What's new:

• Improved Studio One compatibility — updated integration and fixes.
• NEW: Switchable Auto-Follow! In GLOBAL VIEW, selecting a track in the DAW automatically scrolls the X-Touch bank to bring it into view. Hold the SCRUB button for approximately one second to toggle Auto-Follow ON/OFF. The SCRUB LED indicates its status. A short press still performs Go to Left Locator.
• Improved SEND mode — the two-character assignment display now shows S1, S2, S3, etc., and empty SEND pages are automatically skipped.
• NEW: Smart SEND Display — the upper LCD row shows the FX bus name, while the lower row shows the source track name. Rotating an encoder temporarily displays the send level, then automatically restores the track name after 900 ms.
• Improved Main + Extender integration, including SEND synchronization.

Great news about compatibility!

Thanks to independent testing by a user with a genuine X-Touch Main + Extender setup, I can confirm that the color displays and Auto-Follow work in:

• Fender Studio Pro 8
• Studio One 7
• Studio One 6! (preliminary compatibility confirmation)

Some advanced Extender SEND functions are still being evaluated, so feedback is welcome.

Download v1.0.1 (FREE):

https://yuriy-melnyk.itch.io/melnyk-x-touch-color-bridge

Updating: Close your DAW, back up the existing driver folders, and replace the Main and Extender folders inside <span>Devices/Independent</span> with those included in the new archive. The updated installation guide is included.

Thanks to everyone who's shown interest in this project, and especially to those helping with hardware testing!

Yuriy Melnyk