> Would it make more sense to gather together the following:
>
> 1. The Program checkbox in the Instrument Parameters box
> 2. The Bank checkbox in the Instrument Parameters box
> 3. The Variation checkbox in the Instrument Parameters box
> 4. The "Show Variation list based on" checkbox and droplist in the bank
> editor (Manage MIDI Banks and Program)
>
> ...and transform them into a single droplist in the bank editor called
> "Program Change Mode" with the following options:
>
> 1. No Program Changes (no PC's or BS's will ever be sent)
> 2. Program Changes Only (only PC's will be sent)
> 3. Program Changes and Bank Selects (both BS and PC will be sent)
> 4. Variations by LSB
> 5. Variations by MSB
No strong opinion. The current way did strike me as less than intuitive,
but my GUI intuition isn't always great.
> The only drawback that I can think of is that this would make it
> impossible to have different tracks for the same synth send different
> combinations of PC and/or BS. But that sounds kind of bogus. Does any
> synth really require e.g. PC's only on channel 1 and Bank Selects only
> on channel 2? Maybe some non-synth application, like stage lighting?
Driving multiple synths that need different things.
It might make sense to default to one mode for all MIDI instruments but
let it be overridden per instrument if needed. More complex, though. No
opinion whether it's worth it.
Tom Breton
PS: I've been AWOL, studying some stuff.
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