Qtractor

Description

A MIDI/Audio multi-track sequencer

Strange behavior of MIDI changing plugins

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To try different snare sounds I load different samples into drumkv1in a MIDI track and place midi chromatic transpose from x42 midifilter plugin suite before it. That works fine. So I can choose the snare sound when transposing the MIDI data.

But I noticed that drumkv1 makes no sound if midi chromatic transpose is placed after drumkv1 (which happens when inserting it) and activeted. When I deactivate it then drumkv1 gets the unchanged MIDI data.

Why can midi chromatic transpose have any effect on the MIDI data of drumkv1 when its position is AFTER drumkv1? Is this a bug?

Modification How-to 13

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https://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/How%20To%20-%2013%20Make%20Succ…

Seeing that the topic of audio interconnections remains confusing, I've expanded the How-to a bit.

I've shown how to "render a final master" and ways to create virtual devices that bridge connections.
I've even shown how to make these virtual devices permanent so you can save the connections in Qtractor templates.

[Feature Request] Add a straight line draw tool in the clip editor.

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Rui, this FR is for a straight line draw tool in the midi/clip editor, to be used in CC lanes. The user selects a start point with the mouse then, with the mouse button still held down, "draws" to an end point. When the mouse button is released, a line of events appear between the two points.

We currently have three drawing edit options, OFF/ON/Draw. If you want to maintain those three, then i respectfully suggest adding the option of a modifier to the Draw tool. The user would then press something like CTRL or SHIFT, and hold that key down while operating the mouse.

Feature Request: Toggle between Select Mode/Automation and Select Mode/Clip

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Greetings,

These are the only two modes I currently use in my workflow. I bind Select Mode/Automation to a and Select Mode/Clip to Shift-a. This is perfectly fine but I do fumble from time to time in my attempt to select a clip when I forget I'm in Automation mode. Again, not a show stopper. That said, here's the feature request.

Program Change

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Hi Rui, Having spent time setting the patch (program change) for the tracks that I am using. I find every time I copy or edit a clip or create a new clip, Qtractor will write the Program Change info into the start of the new clip midi file. This feature will break any future changes I make to the Track properties. This becomes annoying when a clip ends and opens another clip on the same track. Is there a global way to tell Qtractor to ignore the file Program Change info and use the setting of the Track -> Patch properties or can Qtractor not write program changes to the midi file ?

AUX for fx management

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Hi everyone,
I apologise, but I am unable to understand how aux buses work:
once I have created the buses, added effects and connected the tracks to the aux buses, how do I reconnect the aux output to the main master output? I tried using routing (connecting the aux outputs to the master inputs), but something is not working.
In other words, how do I merge the master and the various aux buses together during the final rendering if the routing I described above doesn't work?
Thank you very much, have a nice day.

shortcuts not functioning in the clip editor

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Not sure if this is just an error on my part, but here goes.

I open a clip editor, and go to shortcuts. I then assign short cuts to step note forward, and step note back. When i try to use these shortcuts, i get two results. 1. The note doesn't move, but just sounds (when using the step note forward shortcut). 2. When i attempt to use the step not back shortcut, the red playback cursor jumps to bar 28080, or close to it. As enthusiastic as I am at the idea of writing symphony after symphony, i'm not sure I could get to that number of bars in my lifetime.

Questions.

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I've been going through the shortcuts list, in an attempt to further streamline my workflow.

I can't find options for the following, so far;

  1. Can I resize the midi editor window to specific dimensions and save that as a default?

[Feature Request] The ability to create folders for multiple tracks.

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Ok, another simple (sounding) FR.

I ask for the ability to create folders to contain multiple tracks.

Initial workflow suggestion:

The user creates an empty folder by clicking on a new "Add Folder" function (or a shortcut, woohoo), in the track menu, and names it. (Example, 1st-violins). A window opens that contains all the tracks in the project, with a tickbox alongside each listing. The user ticks the tracks he or she wants, and closes the window with an OK button. The tracks are now contained in the folder, so for our example, the folder contains;