Hello, everybody! I want to record the performance from a multi-channel MIDI device with SysEx messages using Rosegarden, but the current situation doesn't seem to be very elegant.
First, only Track 1 of Rosegarden is armed for recording by default, with the recording filter set to "Channel=All". If I record directly from this state, then everything from every channel will be squeezed into Track 1. A better way is to arm 16 tracks for recording, with recording filters of each track set to the corresponding channel. However, the procedure is really bothersome: you have to click on a track, click on the "Channel" dropbox, and select the appropriate channel; after that, you have to press R and DOWN repeatedly to arm all 16 tracks. I didn't find a quick way to arm (or solo or mute) multiple tracks at the same time. There is an option to (un)mute all tracks, but I would like to have something like Shift+Select to arm/solo/mute specific tracks. Second, if I record 16 channels to 16 separate tracks, then all SysEx messages will be thrown away, because they do not belong to any channel. My current solution is to add a 17th track with "Channel=All" and delete all channel messages after recording, so that SysEx messages will be separated. However, I would like to record SysEx messages to a specified track (e.g. Track 1) directly. Third, it is not easy to add a 17th track. You have to create a new (dummy) device for the recording process to work. Otherwise, the arm status of tracks with identical devices and instrument numbers will be mutually exclusive. That is to say, you can't arm Track 17 and (e.g.) Track 1 at the same time. In summary, I find the current situation of multi-track recording with SysEx messages to be really painful. Do you have any suggestions? And here is another little problem: when recording, Rosegarden will "smartly" add lots of distractions such as beams and slurs to the event list. The only relevant option I found is "When recording MIDI, split-and-tie long notes at barlines" at "Preferences → Notation → Layout". Is there an option to completely turn off everything not defined in the MIDI specification? Huanyu Liu _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
