Re: MIDI interference
Paul Davis <[email protected]>
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On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 8:38 AM, David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul Davis <[email protected]> writes: > > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 7:05 AM, David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Paul Davis <[email protected]> writes: > >> > To be honest, our workflow in this area is pretty horrible. In the > >> > future, Ardour will default to "overdubbing MIDI writes into an > >> > existing region", which will clarify what is going on, and allow > >> > correct resolution of note on/off pairings. > >> > >> Maybe "transparency" should work in that manner (or be configurable)? > >> I mean, I have no idea how to merge CC messages usefully, but at > >> least note on/off could likely be combined in smarter ways. > > > > It's a deeply complex problem, and isn't part of the workflow most > > users appear to expect anyway, so we will probably not bother to try > > to improve it. MIDI is just different from audio, and it makes more > > sense to "overdub into a region", where we can use logic we already > > have in place for merging and resolving MIDI data. > > I wasn't suggesting to use different logic, I was proposing that > "transparency" uses the same logic in an ad-hoc manner (which may mean > creating a cached merged region under the hood as an implementation > detail), leaving the original MIDI regions alone for independent > manipulation (which may trigger regeneration of the cached merged region > when it is needed). > I understood what you meant. What you describe, as well as the 3 or 4 other solutions we've considered, all remain deeply complex even if for the user all appears simple and obvious. > > -- > David Kastrup > > _______________________________________________ > Ardour-Users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change your mailing preferences please visit: > http://lists.ardour.org/listinfo.cgi/ardour-users-ardour.org > _______________________________________________ Ardour-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or change your mailing preferences please visit: http://lists.ardour.org/listinfo.cgi/ardour-users-ardour.org