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I got it via flathub, I also filed an issue here that might be related: https://github.com/flathub/com.rosegardenmusic.rosegarden/issues/24

When I use File >New, the manage midi device section is still empty. So it's not like the import somehow cleared it out, it appears to always just be empty. I wonder if it's some pipewire compatibility problem? Anyway, it would be nice if the instrument mappings would be retained even when pipewire somehow fails to offer a midi output.

And here is how an imported track looks like. It's all just reset to some single synth instrument variant #1, and after exporting it back to midi without changing anything, the result plays in silenence which I assume means all the instrument assignments have gone out the window.

Sorry, I should have attached a screenshot! This is how the midi device dialog looks like. This is the fresh install via flatpak, I never had it installed before on this machine so the settings should all be the defaults.

When no midi device was found, it seems like importing a .midi file and hthen exporting back to .midi will either omit the instrument mapping or the tracks entirely

I'm really sorry if I'm sending this to the wrong location. ETR is awesome! But my keyboard is a reduced size one with awkward arrow keys. Maybe there would be a possibility at some point to add WSAD controls? Since WSAD don't seem to be used for something else important, they could probably be offered at the same time so no UI changes would be needed since it could be done without a toggle. I realize this is a volunteer project so I understand if nobody ever gets around to this, I just thought maybe...

Should playback go to the end, loop back to first measure, play until the loop is reached, and then loop? Yes, this is also what REAPER does for me. (Not sure if it was the default or I changed it, tbh.) And REAPER has an option for jump to loop immediately or not, I think. REAPER is a reasonably popular professional audio workstation. (I bring it up because I don't know the other big ones that well, they might have an option here too.) Not one of the biggest super known ones but sort of an insider...

Sorry I didn't have time to test it yet, got dragged into some things. However, I agree that at least when I proposed it I also thought there should be no unnecessary jumping, because it allows doing a sort of uninterrupted going-with-the-flow live'ish vibe&compose style where you want the beat to not do weird skips. And if you wanted to fast forward, you could still click to jump after all. Whether this is how the majority would find it useful, I don't know. But I'd rather not have the program do...