Free version limitations

[asnor]

I see there is a track limit in the free version, but is there also a rack limit?

[muzycian]

Nope, only a track limit.

[GermanFafian]

Nope, only a track limit.

Which, if properly used, is no limitation at all

[muzycian]

Nope, only a track limit.

Which, if properly used, is no limitation at all

How do you mean?

[Bonteburg]

You can easily pile up a lot of parts on one track - makes going through them difficult but works! It's still a limitation but not a crippling one.

[GermanFafian]

You can easily pile up a lot of parts on one track - makes going through them difficult but works! It's still a limitation but not a crippling one.

I didn't want to point at it directly but that's it
I still think it is worth buyint the full version as I did. I already have a song done in my scarce free time. Now I have to record guitars for it and try the audio handling.

[muzycian]

Oh, sure, of course you can move tracks on top of each other.

But if you work more intensively with MU.LAB, you'll certainly appreciate the unlimited number of tracks!

The good thing about the fact that the free version can play as many parts as you want is that the free version can play back any session made with the unlimited version

Because in such case all tracks below the 8th track are spread on the first 8 tracks, i.e. track 9,17,25... also come onto track 1, track 10,18,26,... on track 2, etc...

[asnor]

Good to know that.

Thanks

[asnor]

I'm just evaluating Mu.Lab now, but I'm sure if I get more into it, I'd go crazy trying to work with too many clips stacked on top of each other. It's cool that you could do it though.

Btw, if I were to use this feature, for something like stacking automation on top of audio, is there a way to cycle through stacked clips so that I could save space keeping the automation and the audio it is serving all on the same track, but still get to the individual clips easily for editing?

Thanks

[muzycian]

I'm just evaluating Mu.Lab now, but I'm sure if I get more into it, I'd go crazy trying to work with too many clips stacked on top of each other. It's cool that you could do it though.

Btw, if I were to use this feature, for something like stacking automation on top of audio, is there a way to cycle through stacked clips so that I could save space keeping the automation and the audio it is serving all on the same track, but still get to the individual clips easily for editing?

Thanks

The solution then is: Get your MU.LAB Unlimited!

Then you'll have plenty of track space to organize your tracks

And although it's probable that "Folder Tracks" will be implemented at some point in the future, this won't make a difference for the editing power in the Free version, because the total maximum number of tracks will be the same.

[pquenin]

The good thing about the fact that the free version can play as many parts as you want is that the free version can play back any session made with the unlimited version

Are you sure ? I have tried to open a session made by Dave Weeze (in his "clone" tutorial), and Mulab free have refused to open it.
But perhaps there's another reason...

[muzycian]

I'm sorry, i've been confusing versions!

The actual MU.LAB Free 1.1 cannot yet do this.

But it's already implemented in the next version!

[asnor]

I'm not trying to avoid buying the unlimited version. I'd just like to be able to tab through stacked clips. It would save on screen space.

By the way, I liked being able to open ML press record and start recording midi from my keyboard, without needing to configure the track input etc. I had been thinking about the possibility of an "intelligent" host that could perform basic engineering tasks automatically, so that I could just focus on the music and let the computer worry about capturing it and organizing it in a project. So, this feature in ML seems to be a nice step in that direction.

One question; is there a way to automatically set the file name instead of entering it after I stop recording each time? I like the way it does that, but I can see situations where I won't want to stop to label a track before I start recording another (when I'm across the room and can't easily reach the KB, or see the monitor), so it would be nice if it could do it automatically.

Also, I've only tried recording midi to this point, but let's say I want to record multiple tracks at once. Will ML just figure out what inputs I want to record on and route them to tracks on it's own, or do I need to do some configuration?

Thanks

[muzycian]

One question; is there a way to automatically set the file name instead of entering it after I stop recording each time? I like the way it does that, but I can see situations where I won't want to stop to label a track before I start recording another (when I'm across the room and can't easily reach the KB, or see the monitor), so it would be nice if it could do it automatically.

Well, when you record an audio file, MU.LAB does auto-name it to YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.wav or .aiff, where the YYYY... stands for current date and time of course.

When you stop recording, MU.LAB asks you for a 'real' name, but if you just hit enter/return/ok without inputting a new name, that default name is preserved.

In the next version, the popup will say "<auto-name>" so it makes it more clear that if you just enter/return/ok, it will be auto named

Also, I've only tried recording midi to this point, but let's say I want to record multiple tracks at once. Will ML just figure out what inputs I want to record on and route them to tracks on it's own, or do I need to do some configuration?

Currently, MU.LAB can only record mono or stereo. This can be defined by right-clicking the record button which will popup the Recording Options dialog.

Freshly recorded audio always goes to a new track.

[asnor]

ok, got it. Thanks!