Changing VIs / keeping MIDI track connections

stickwolf · Post by **stickwolf** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 8:33 am

Is this just a glitch or is there anything I can do?

When I change a virtual instrument to a different module, any MIDI tracks that were output to the original automatically update to be output to the new one. BUT, they don't actually output to the new one unless I go to the track and manually reselect the new one again.

stickwolf · Post by **stickwolf** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:31 pm

Anybody? Should I just report this as a glitch to MOTU?

kelldammit · Post by **kelldammit** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:35 pm

i think switching VI's behaves roughly the same way even when you're just monitoring (i.e. working out parts, not recording yet)...
though i think all i've had to do to cure that is to switch the MIDI track out of rec, and back to rec again.

i haven't tried it with prerecorded MIDI tracks, but it seems to make sense that there would be a problem there too.

kell

stickwolf · Post by **stickwolf** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:22 pm

Yes, this happens when I'm just fiddling around. I never put the track in record at all. Switching record-enable on and off is just as annoying as choosing the track output again.

It lists the right output, it just apparently doesn't make the virtual connections until an actual action is taken to connect them. It shouldn't have to be that way.

kelldammit · Post by **kelldammit** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 5:57 pm

yeah, exactly....everything looks fine, like it changed without a hitch...but...no sound, etc till you reassign.

kell

richard · Post by **richard** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:23 pm

stickwolf wrote:Anybody? Should I just report this as a glitch to MOTU?

For me, it's a low priority glitch compared to simply improving the code to be more CPU friendly.

One problem implementing this feature would be that some instruments are multi-timbral. If you replaced a VI that previously had a MIDI track using that synth on channel 8, and replace it with a VI that uses only one channel, what is supposed to happen?

stickwolf · Post by **stickwolf** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 8:57 pm

Ok, fair enough. I'll live with it. I guess I would just at least like it to be mentioned as the case in the manual, and not pretend like it should work. But then, I can never expect anything to be perfect. DP rocks, and I'm pretty happy overall.

-Aaron