Re: [Qtractor-devel] LV2-Yoshimi state save/load

[Holger M. <ho...@ma...>]

On Sat, 2 Apr 2016, Rui Nuno Capela wrote:

> On 04/02/2016 08:08 PM, Will Godfrey wrote:
> > On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 17:43:01 +0100
> > Rui Nuno Capela <rn...@rn...> wrote:
> >
> >> On 04/02/2016 04:46 PM, Will Godfrey wrote:
> >>> Yoshimi's state includes all volume & pan settings, but qtractor somehow
> >>> doesn't seem to restore these. It gets all the instruments in the correct parts
> >>> but with pan at centre and default volume. I don't know how it manages to do
> >>> that! Both Ardour and Muse get this right.
> >>>
> >>
> >> could it be that yoshimi responds to MIDI channel volume (cc#7) and
> >> panning (cc#10) messages ?
> >>
> >> qtractor does override each MIDI track/channel with those controllers
> >> --they're both handled as MIDI track/channels properties for that
> >> matter--upon session setup and anytime later, eventually whenever
> >> MIDI connections changes.
> >
> > This is a real problem. Yoshimi state is a very complete setup and is intended
> > to restore it to *exactly* the condition it was saved at. If you are changing
> > anything at all after the state has been loaded you break Yoshimi's model.
> 
> and why is that a problem at all?

If I understood this feature correctly you can switch it off with
midifilter plugin(s). I tried MapCC and let it change CC7 to CC0. No
volume changes were received by the synth plugin in that track.

So this might be a solution for Will.