qtractor

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Qtractor - A MIDI/Audio multi-track sequencer

clips added to a template don't stick during startup.

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I've set up a template with the intention of using it as the start point for most projects. It includes a mixer setup with auxes and a impulse reverb.
So far so good, although the signal chain with the Master at the top of the chain, instead of the end had me scratching my head for a while. (I simply ignored the Master buss altogether, and created a new "master" at the end. Problem solved, I hope.)

Anyway, I've added a short one bar clip to the start of each track, and they contain initial data like CC settings and so on.

Qtractor Debian build fails from git

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OS: AVLinux (AVL-MXDE) 23.1 with p[ipewire installed by default.

The error message when running dpkg-buildpackage:

dpkg-shlibdeps: error: no dependency information found for /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pipewire-0.3/jack/libjack.so.0 (used by debian/qtractor/usr/bin/qtractor)
Hint: check if the library actually comes from a package.

dh_shlibdeps: error: dpkg-shlibdeps -Tdebian/qtractor.substvars debian/qtractor/usr/lib/qtractor/qtractor_plugin_scan debian/qtractor/usr/bin/qtractor returned exit code 255

More than one ghost track (Feature Rquest)

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In the musical process of inputting midi for complex chords, counterpoint, fugue, and so on, it would be immensely useful to see more than one ghost track at a time.

If we could select, say, 3, or 4, it would give the user a quick and more complete picture of which notes he or she put where, and result in quicker workflow. (imho)

Something like:

Hold the CTRL key down when opening the ghost track popup window, to hold it open, then selecting/ticking a number of tracks, before releasing the CTRL key, closing the window, and continuing on.

Alex.

Utility: Plugins in Qtractor Session

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If you want to share a session, you must inform the recipient which plugins are running on it. Many times, that recipient is your future self.
It is unpleasant to open a session and see that installed plugins are missing.

Collecting session plugins by hand is tedious.

If what you want to share is a template (.qtt), you must also specify those plugins that are disabled. However, in the case of projects, shutdowns can be ignored.

For this I have developed a small html5 application. I'm including it as an attachment in case you find it useful.

Unwanted connections

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Every time I open one of my qtractor projects, the first thing I need to do is to disconnect "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo" from qtractor's Master/in.

I can't find any way within qtractor to remove this automatic connection, and I remember Carl Irwin mentioning in one of his video tutorials that qtractor always makes this connection whether the user wants it or not.