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Record enable in MIDI Editor

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:56 pm
by SMS
Hey, Folks-

Really Happy w/ DP lately... super stable for me.

Is there a way to have DP automatically Record Enable the 'active' track in the MIDI editor? Seems logical that you'd want to be playing through to the instrument you're editing. No key command for this, either....

Re: Record enable in MIDI Editor

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:12 am
by stubbsonic
There is a little record enable button on the upper left of the MIDI Editor window. Also, on my system, using the up/down arrows changes which track is record enabled, and the record enabled track is shown as bold lettering in the track list.

Hope that helps a little.

Re: Record enable in MIDI Editor

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:47 am
by SMS
Yes, I’m aware, thanks

Re: Record enable in MIDI Editor

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:40 am
by mikehalloran
It defaults to Record whenever I add an instrument track. Other than that, have to toggle it manually as far as I know.

Re: Record enable in MIDI Editor

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:26 am
by SMS
Yeah… It seems so unlikely to me that you would want to be recording or patch through to a different track than the one you’re editing it’s difficult for me to understand why this feature isn’t there…. We just need a preference for “record enable follows active track in MIDI editor”. Obviously, being in multi record would be problematic

Re: Record enable in MIDI Editor

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:10 pm
by stubbsonic
SMS wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:26 am Yeah… It seems so unlikely to me that you would want to be recording or patch through to a different track than the one you’re editing
Very often, I'm looking at a different track while I'm recording so I can see (for example) when to come in.
SMS wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:26 am it’s difficult for me to understand why this feature isn’t there…. We just need a preference for “record enable follows active track in MIDI editor”. Obviously, being in multi record would be problematic
It is a fair point, but I would justify the current functionality as "you must deliberately choose which track is in record-- because you would not want to unintentionally erase a track."

I would prefer that MOTU add a COMMAND that says "record enable up-front track in MIDI Edit" -- essentially the same as clicking the record enable from the upper left.