Setting primary device - Navigating devices

[BobTheDog]

Hi Guys,

So the following allows me to switch devices in the immediate chain:

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this.primaryDevice.switchToDevice(DeviceType.ANY,ChainLocation.PREVIOUS);
this.primaryDevice.switchToDevice(DeviceType.ANY,ChainLocation.NEXT);

I can also use a cursorDevice to select various parts of the total chain.

How can I set the current selected cursor to be the primary device?

I have noticed in come of the 1.1 beta notes that there is a named "Primary" cursor available somehow, is this what I need to be using? If so how the hell do I get it?

Thanks for any help as I'm banging my head against the wall here.

Cheers

Andy

[moss]

Up to my knowledge that is currently not possible. The problem is that you can not find out "where" the primary or current device is located.
I already suggested some improvements to Bitwig to make such things work. Might be in one of the upcoming updates.

[BobTheDog]

Hi Moss,

Thanks for the info.

The whole PrimaryDevice thing seems pretty disjointed to me.

While I have you maybe you could help me with another issue:

In order to 'change' to the primary device on a new channel I seem to have to use a cursorTrack from host.createCursorTrackSection to select the tracks. In order to get at the Sends for a track I need a trackBank from host.createMainTrackBankSection. I can scroll through these tracks by updating both:

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this.trackBank.scrollTracksUp();
this.cursorTrack.selectPrevious();

But if the user selects a track in the app then my cursor and the trackBank are now offset, how do I keep then synced?

Cheers

Andy

[moss]

If you use a CursorTrack you need to add your observers to its primary device.
If you use a TrackBank you need to register your primary device observers to all of the tracks of the bank!

[BobTheDog]

Nice one Moss, thanks for that.