Its been fascinating to watch this automation ramping subject take hold. On the one hand, I am happy to see this issue get the attention and NEW understanding from some...that it deserves. On the other hand, I did not mean to see this whole thread “hijacked". James is indeed a benevolent and patient man at times...Big Love...However, the fact that this has been debated so much has been an organic manifestation that will hopefully provide insight to MOTU and others as to the general feeling many members have about this. And that in itself is valuable. Freedom is open communication, and any “fear” that free communication will result in a loss of new users shows something “else” is wrong. No software company should feel a need to hide its issues or user debates.
A couple clarifications:
* MIDI does NOT suffer from ramping. MIDI is fine. Bravo.
* The issue of audio being connected to automation is not a pert of this ramping issue. Yes, if one were to grab a soundbite, and expect its automation to move WITH the soundbites, then such connectivity could be an issue. But I am not asking for such.
* There are other automation features that I cannot live without in DP, and love love love, such as snap shot. Fantastic stuff. There is so much “mixing” potential to DP ruined by this ramping, because the other features are frigging FANTASTIC>
* I will repeatedly re state the simplicity of my request to avoid deeply technical “arguments”, sending us all down rabbit holes. Getting too technical results in the misguided idea that what I am asking for is “yet another “feature” request”. Wrong. It is a nuts and bolts level song building requirement.
To be simple and clear---Us users need to be able to ACCURATELY paste sections of a song around, without anything prior to, or subsequent to the paste being effected in any way whatsoever. Ive seen magic D, (whose done more for DP than I ever will and deserves our utmost respect), speak of how DP mixing works great for him. I’ve seen others say many other things. Again, I see NO logical argument possible to my point...... A user should be able to paste sections of a song around and 1) get a perfect duplicate mix in the pasted section. 2) Not have anything else effected by the paste. This is REAL a world requirement. I see no possible argument against such a simple request.
More specifically----If one pastes chorus 1 into chorus 2, one should have 1) An exact duplicate of the mix from chorus 1, IN chorus 2) and 2) Nothing in verse 2 prior to chor 2 should change, and nothing following chor 2 should change. This is pre school requirements. Share your crayons level stuff.
I appreciate the attention this issue has received, even if it has angered some thinking the thread has been “hijacked” Still hoping hoping hoping And if MOTU fixes this issue, you’re gonna see me writing the biggest thank you letter in the history of the “aggravated chipmunks” society...
Perfect! Or as Linda Blaire said in The Exorcist: Make it stop, mother, make it stop!
