Qtractor

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A MIDI/Audio multi-track sequencer

tips regarding MSB/LSB/pgchange

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So luckily, CASIO started releasing modern 16ch multitimbral devices again (cts-500 like cts-1000v).
I bought one, to go on a plugin-haitus, and focus again on simplistic sequencing to one soundmodule.

However, I'm wondering what is the best way to specify MSB/LSB/pgchanges for a midiclip..
Reason: when I change a patch on my CASIO, it automatically emits these values:

questions:

Enhanced AUX Sends

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A track has as much audio channels as its destination bus. The mapping is straight forward, alsways counting from the beginning.

So if there is a track with a multi channel plugin, e.g. drumgizmo, and we use an AUX send to a 2 stereo bus then the first 2 channels are sent to the bus. To send channels 3+4 to the stereo bus we have to use a matrix mixer plugin. To distribute channel 1+2 to a stereo bus, 3+4 to another, 5+6 to another there will be a big mess with many instances of a matrix mixer plugin.

How to Take Advantage of Qtractor's "Hidden" Tricks (draft)

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Note: I'll leave it here for a while in case all you want to add more tricks, because these are the ones I know, and maybe I forgot some.
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There are some small features in Qtractor that aren't well-known or documented.
Let's discover them.

Define the Projects Directory

The Qtractor projects directory (the default location for projects) can be defined in templates.

Before saving the template, go to session properties: File > Properties.

Improved .QTZ Saving

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When we first save a QTZ file, it attempts to save itself inside the "session directory." This is an error.

This happens even if we have QTZ configured as the default format.

.QTZ files should be saved outside the session directory, as opening them creates this directory alongside them.

If we follow the inertia currently imposed by Qtractor, the result is a QTZ file enclosed in a folder that doesn't belong to it, along with recording files that shouldn't exist (since they are now inside .QTZ).

Post Fader pre Out (I know it's a tedious topic that has already been discussed a thousand times)

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Reviewing @rounakagag's excellent help videos, I realized once again how unintuitive it is not to be able to manage the signal from bus faders.

I've thought of a new approach... This isn't a feature request.
In short, once again, I couldn't help but think of a possible solution, and once I've thought of it, why not share it?

As always, I don't know if it's viable or completely absurd from an engineering and usability perspective...

Plugins | Editor for "Favorite Searches" (History)

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I've come up with a simple way to implement functionality equivalent to favorite plugins.

Allows you to edit your search history.

A comma-separated list read from your search history.

It wouldn't change the current behavior. If a new search is performed... it's added to the list as it is now. It simply allows us to edit it and save it in the Qtractor configuration.

It can be done manually in Qtractor.conf, but...