Thanks for the reply HCMarkus. There are so many things I've yet to uncover and learn about DP, so I'll follow up on the info you imparted.HCMarkus wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:36 pm Thanks for taking the time to review Alias Tracks, vapoureyes. I must say that it doesn't sound like anything that can't very quickly be accomplished in DP by duplicating a MIDI (data) Track and applying MIDI plugins, rendering MIDI FX, looping or editing.
It is important to keep in mind the point Baywater accented: In DP, VI and MIDI Tracks are not necessarily one and the same and, as such, it is a simple matter to have more than one MIDI Track address a single or multiple VIs simultaneously.
Until fairly recently, DP VI and MIDI Tracks were always separate; the VI Track would host the Virtual Instrument that was addressed by one or more separate and distinct MIDI Tracks. MOTU added the Combo VI/MIDI Track option a few iterations back, but it remains possible to have more than a single MIDI Track address a VI. (By grouping MIDI Devices, it is also possible to have any MIDI Track address multiple VI Tracks.)
So, by Duplicating a MIDI-only track, one is accomplishing essentially the same thing as the Alias Track.
When working with notation, I could see how an Alias might in some situations be preferred; when the Source Track is edited, changes would be reflected in the Alias Track. In DP this would be easy to overcome by dragging the Source MIDI data into the track (with desired MIDI Plugins enabled) being used as the source for notation.
Again, thanks for the info vapoureyes. Have a great one!
Fortunately DP has a clean uncluttered interface and best of all, and probably the most significantly important feature for me are Chunks and Songs. Most other DAWs are locked into a mostly linear concept as far as arrangements are concerned. DP breaks away from that "prison" and allows the most flexibility I've seen in terms of arrangement features.
Until giving DP a try, I was seriously considering firing up my old Atari STe just so I could use the great arrange features Notator also has. I may however even try syncing them both up with SMPTE or MTC - I'll first see how things go with DP alone.