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MIDI - monitor while playing
27 October, 2007 - 17:51 — hardbop200
Rui,
I've got a problem that I can't figure out how to solve.
Let's say I have a keyboard MIDI controller and want to record a MIDI track. I am using a DSSI synth. I want to be able to hear what I'm playing while I play it. (Hearing the track on playback works fine.) Must I connect my MIDI controller directly to the DSSI synth in order to hear what I'm playing while it happens, or is Qtractor capable of "passing" MIDI data through to the sound source (synth) while recording MIDI data?
Does any of this make sense? :)
Thanks! Josh
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No MIDI-thru still.
This has been already discussed and it just seems is a highly required feature. See there's this No MIDI-thru yet, but will try add that during this week and ready for the next preview-release. Hopefully.
Cheers.
MIDI-thru is in
Spoke too early. Amazing what you can do with a couple of spare hours in a sunny weekend. So, as of todays CVS HEAD (qtractor 0.0.6.743+) the rudimentaries of this long awaited feature is in. Very experimental thought ;)
Just for the records, the change-log says:
kind requests, it applies as a property of duplex-mode MIDI buses;
the new setting is configurable from View/Buses... dialog; when
enabled, implies all incoming MIDI events at the input bus will
pass-through unchanged to the corresponding output bus, as found
useful just for direct monitoring one's performance without the
help of any extra-circumvent or kludgy connections.
Hope it's done in the right way :)
Cheers && enjoy
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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
MIDI-thru button
Spent a few more hours and this new MIDI-thru feature is now also accessible from the respective MIDI input bus mixer strip, on a new tiny button called "thru" :). As of latest CVS HEAD (qtractor 0.0.6.745+) of course.
Bye now
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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
Audio-thru too!
Aha, this weekend saw some consolidation of this pass-thru thing over audio and MIDI buses. That is, audio (pass-)through has been also implemented, now being a common and consistent property of both audio and MIDI buses, provided those are set in duplex mode (input and output).
Enjoy.
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