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[pljones]

but to let me un-mute it without breaking the solo (that is, if I then toggle solo on/off, remember how I'd last had the send). Is that going too far?

The send itself doesn't have a mute, but it's about the receiving rack, which you indeed can un-mute if you want, but it's not that this is tracked in the solo-operation.

"It" being the target of the send, rather than the send. And it is, indeed, remembering whether I'd chosen to have the target muted that I was after.


Another question: can there folders and subfolders in the MuSynth patch browser?

[muzycian]

but to let me un-mute it without breaking the solo (that is, if I then toggle solo on/off, remember how I'd last had the send). Is that going too far?

The send itself doesn't have a mute, but it's about the receiving rack, which you indeed can un-mute if you want, but it's not that this is tracked in the solo-operation.

"It" being the target of the send, rather than the send. And it is, indeed, remembering whether I'd chosen to have the target muted that I was after.

Euh, i'm not sure if i understood/understand you fully.

As we preferred: When doing a Solo Rack, also the sends (i.e. their target racks) are muted.

But you can right-click the send, and choose "Select Send Target", and then eventually unmute that target rack.

Note that this unmute is not "memorized" somewhere.

Public Beta B is on its way out, so please see how it's done there.

Another question: can there folders and subfolders in the MuSynth patch browser?

Currently not.

Regarding eventual later expansion:

I understand that grouping into folders could be a way of organizing similar sounds, e.g. "Basses", "Pads", ...

But i'm not yet convinced if foldering is the best way, because i often find a single sound to match multiple groups.

So i'm thinking more about a Tagging system where you can put (multiple) tags on the sound like Pad+Dark or Bass+Aggressive+FM.

Then using a rich search function you could filter out the patches you want.

But that's future talk...

First need to work out the docs and tutorials now.

[pljones]

Note that this unmute is not "memorized" somewhere.

And that's the bit I think would be a neat feature. Definitely not required but very neat...

So i'm thinking more about a Tagging system where you can put (multiple) tags on the sound like Pad+Dark or Bass+Aggressive+FM.

Then using a rich search function you could filter out the patches you want.

Yep, that sounds a good approach.

[muzycian]

Note that this unmute is not "memorized" somewhere.

And that's the bit I think would be a neat feature. Definitely not required but very neat...

Yes, but it can work counter-productive too: imagine you do a solo, then start unmuting things, and suddenly there you go with another musical drive, jamming around

Now if the solo system is memorizing things, you still need to do the unsolo, or at least do something to reset the solo system.

My point is: the current solo system is very simple and straightforward, both from the technical side as from the user side, and personally i like that.

Of course, if a majority of users would request a tweak regarding this, i'm open.

But at this point, i think it's (musically) very ok like it is, imho.

Hope you can agree.

[pljones]

This one's very "personal work flow", I agree. And there's definitely nothing wrong with not remembering it.