Auto-arm track

[dellboy]

You have a template in Live, that loads at startup, but you don't own Live? That must be frustrating.

I don't own Live standard, I do have the freebee Live lite, so I know about the startup template.

[whyterabbyt]

what modern standards of code would these be?

FWIW, what you're asking for could probably be done, more or less, with a script. The limitation would be that it'd be bound to a key (one key to 'move up one track and arm it' another to 'move down one track and arm it') rather than mouse-based selection.

To do the latter, you'd need an automatic callback of a script on selection of a specific element type; that might be a worthwhile FR.

By "modern code", I mean modern to Tracktion,which Julian coded in version one.

so you dont mean 'code' you mean features. okay.

As for making scripts, I avoid DAWs which ask me to do geeky stuff.

No, you're asking for the 'geeky stuff', Tracktion just has a mechanism for doing it.

[dellboy]

You have a template in Live, that loads at startup, but you don't own Live? That must be frustrating.

Also, I currently have the 30 day demo on my machine because I was thinking of taking advantage of the 25% sale which ended yesterday. I decided not to buy it because I do not like the arrange page. On impulse I instead bought Waveform 9 because it was cheap on sale. I always buy the upgrade because I am a sucker for bargains. I always try it for a few days to make it work for me, but it never seems to fit my way of working.

[dellboy]

No, you're asking for the 'geeky stuff', Tracktion just has a mechanism for doing it.

By "geeky stuff", I mean time wasted reading manuals, writing scripts, editing this and that. I used to do that stuff, I even tried making music on Linux for a while, but now I look for the easy intuitive route. For instance, I never tried Sonar until it went belly up and became free. But since downloading and using it I am amazed at how easy and intuitive it is to use. I have hardly looked at the manual. And the autoarm on that DAW just works without any setting up, just tick the box in options.

[AGreen]

Also, I currently have the 30 day demo on my machine because I was thinking of taking advantage of the 25% sale which ended yesterday. I decided not to buy it because I do not like the arrange page. On impulse I instead bought Waveform 9 because it was cheap on sale. I always buy the upgrade because I am a sucker for bargains. I always try it for a few days to make it work for me, but it never seems to fit my way of working.

Ah well, at least you're being a little more straight with us. You got a bargain with that 50% deal. I still don't understand why you don't just arm all your needed inputs and then and put one controller on each input. Saves pressing keys as you jump from one controller to the other and you can select your takes from each track using the comp editor when you've finished recording. Seems a lot more straightforward to me.

[AGreen]

By "geeky stuff", I mean time wasted reading manuals, writing scripts, editing this and that. I used to do that stuff, I even tried making music on Linux for a while, but now I look for the easy intuitive route. For instance, I never tried Sonar until it went belly up and became free. But since downloading and using it I am amazed at how easy and intuitive it is to use. I have hardly looked at the manual. And the autoarm on that DAW just works without any setting up, just tick the box in options.

Well sonars ok but for content creation it's not a patch on Waveform in my opinion. The routings also very limited compared to what can be done in waveform.

[dellboy]

Well sonars ok but for content creation it's not a patch on Waveform in my opinion. The routings also very limited compared to what can be done in waveform.

I was using Tracktion on version one when Jules implemented the "rack system". My memory of the time was that it was a workaround he quickly cobbled together for some purpose or other. He is a brilliant,very quick, and intelligent developer,and I am sure the "racks" reflect that, but for my purposes it has always been redundant. I have zero need for complex routings, I just want to select a track and have it autoarmed with all my controllers available. This is what Sonar does so cleverly.

[whyterabbyt]

Its a fair enough FR, despite being unnecessarily couched as some magic 'modernisation' that's more important than anything else. Lets just leave it at that.

[spoontechnique]

Every daw has a learning curve. Give it a month.

You can always make a template for this. Or multiple templates.

[dellboy]

Its a fair enough FR, despite being unnecessarily couched as some magic 'modernisation' that's more important than anything else. Lets just leave it at that.

I inquired about this issue 16 months ago, the dev dRowAudio said that it was too hard to implement,but a script might be possible. If my memory serves me right,the inputs were given some modernization attention a few years back. They used to "jiggle", which I quite liked, and I guess Jules did too. Sort of made it worth the effort to pick up the mouse to make them "jiggle",and the latest incarnation seems to have changed the detail around them. (unless its a bug).
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[DCJ]

I'm absolutely loving Waveform. I've never taken to a DAW outside of the mainstream ones the way I have with this one. It's been very inspiring so far. However, I too would love an auto-arm option. I find it cumbersome that if I'm using one keyboard I have re-add the input every time I want to play a synth I've already recorded. I would love for it to default to omni and allow me to select an exclusive controller if I need. Or simply auto-arm the track when I re-select it. This, for me, is one of the few things hampering what is otherwise a super quick, inspiring workflow.

[dellboy]

I'm absolutely loving Waveform. I've never taken to a DAW outside of the mainstream ones the way I have with this one. It's been very inspiring so far. However, I too would love an auto-arm option. I find it cumbersome that if I'm using one keyboard I have re-add the input every time I want to play a synth I've already recorded. I would love for it to default to omni and allow me to select an exclusive controller if I need. Or simply auto-arm the track when I re-select it. This, for me, is one of the few things hampering what is otherwise a super quick, inspiring workflow.

You have nailed what I was trying to say.

Waveform is a great little DAW that would be enhanced even more by a simple addition to its workflow.

Thanks for your support.

[Kelvin92]

I'm absolutely loving Waveform. I've never taken to a DAW outside of the mainstream ones the way I have with this one. It's been very inspiring so far. However, I too would love an auto-arm option. I find it cumbersome that if I'm using one keyboard I have re-add the input every time I want to play a synth I've already recorded. I would love for it to default to omni and allow me to select an exclusive controller if I need. Or simply auto-arm the track when I re-select it. This, for me, is one of the few things hampering what is otherwise a super quick, inspiring workflow.

You have nailed what I was trying to say.

Waveform is a great little DAW that would be enhanced even more by a simple addition to its workflow.



Thanks for your support.

While i not use Waveform, but looking to try the demo, i too think this function would be great. If you have a lot going on And need to adjust or change a sound of your synths, you dont want to click a thousand times. Studio One, FL studio, Live (with Some help of a txt file), Bitwig And probably other daws have this. So why not Waveform?

[terrynoakes]

While I'm not sure if this is what you are after. You can click and drag the input from one track to another with the input/instrument already selected.

[zzz00m]

While I'm not sure if this is what you are after. You can click and drag the input from one track to another with the input/instrument already selected.

That is how I do it.

I cannot disagree that this would be a nice feature, but I can imagine that it would be more complicated than it appears on the surface to implement in Waveform.

The track structure in Waveform does not have defined MIDI tracks or instrument tracks, so all the tracks are the same. The user determines if they want an audio input or a MIDI input for any track's intended use, and then the use of clip types defines the type of objects on the track.

If you clicked on a track to select it, how would the program know which input to auto-arm it with?

The DAWs where I have seen this feature in action use a defined track type for MIDI or instruments. But by comparison, I really do like the flexibility of the universal track in Waveform.