Re. Left mouse button clicks...
- there's no way to lock the blue markers (aka edit-head/tail) but if you ever find yourself in the middle of a mistaken mouse operation, like click-n-dragging anything, you can escape that with uh,... the Escape key. What else? No need for extra clicking or undoing what's not done :)
Re. large external MIDI setup (via an ESI 8x8 interface)...
- qtractor will save all connections that are made from and to its own buses, so that it will get restored next time you load the session. Have in mind that all MIDI in Qtractor is of the so-called ALSA Sequencer interface type and infrastruture, not JACK-MIDI though. However I don't quite follow you on that not pick[ing] up all these connections 'automagically' from JACK's persistent patchbay settings by default. Maybe you can explain in more detail on what you really expected Qtractor to do?
Re. how to direct tracks to specific MIDI outputs...
- that's easy: create a new MIDI output bus (View/Buses...) by selecting an existing MIDI bus, changing its name and mode (Output) and press "Create" button. Repeat as many MIDI outputs you want. Now on each MIDI track properties dialog (Track/Track Properties...) assign it to the target Output bus name. Voilá.
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Re. Left mouse button clicks...
- there's no way to lock the blue markers (aka edit-head/tail) but if you ever find yourself in the middle of a mistaken mouse operation, like click-n-dragging anything, you can escape that with uh,... the Escape key. What else? No need for extra clicking or undoing what's not done :)
Re. large external MIDI setup (via an ESI 8x8 interface)...
- qtractor will save all connections that are made from and to its own buses, so that it will get restored next time you load the session. Have in mind that all MIDI in Qtractor is of the so-called ALSA Sequencer interface type and infrastruture, not JACK-MIDI though. However I don't quite follow you on that not pick[ing] up all these connections 'automagically' from JACK's persistent patchbay settings by default. Maybe you can explain in more detail on what you really expected Qtractor to do?
Re. how to direct tracks to specific MIDI outputs...
- that's easy: create a new MIDI output bus (View/Buses...) by selecting an existing MIDI bus, changing its name and mode (Output) and press "Create" button. Repeat as many MIDI outputs you want. Now on each MIDI track properties dialog (Track/Track Properties...) assign it to the target Output bus name. Voilá.
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