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Hi. Just wondering how to free up a used dynamic channel in a device instance, so I can use it to select another dynamic sound on that channel. I don't want to add more channels.
The above probably will only make sense to Synfire developers!
Grateful for your help on this.
So., 05.05.2019 - 14:34 Permalink
can you make from a dynamic channel a fixed channel in the 16 sounds dynamic template ?
What left over for dynamic channels after assigning some fixed sounds channels, can be used for assigning (automatically) dynamic sounds.
On this way you could replace the GM sounds for other ones what you like
Mo., 06.05.2019 - 17:35 Permalink
Dynamic channels not currently used by any song/arrangement/sketch or global instrument will be released and re-used automatically. That's the whole point of dynamic channels, actually.
If you run out of channels, there are songs/arrangements/sketches currently active and in front that occupy all available channels.
Check out the Sound Allocation Monitor (File menu of Audio & MIDI Setup window)
Mi., 08.05.2019 - 19:32 Permalink
Ah. So devices are always global and not instanced when a new instrument is loaded and the device is assigned to it.
My use case is different komplete kontrol instruments all using the same device description. In the device loaded against that instrument I then need to select from sounds that are saved within that device description.
the channel count is just one in the device.
Do., 09.05.2019 - 07:59 Permalink
Devices are instantiated per rack module (global or not). You can assign the same device to a number of rack modules and Synfire will use a copy for each that operates independently.
So if you have a device "Synth" with 1 channel and use it on 5 rack modules, you can have up to 5 instruments using the sounds of that "Synth" on each module.
So., 12.05.2019 - 19:48 Permalink
Hi Andre
I figured out what the bug is. If I select an item within a sub-folder within the library list on the left, then even if I select a library item in another subfolder, if it it will take the device within the active arrangement and use up its dynamic channels.
So it's because the library uses the same device instance as the active arrangement if it so assigned - can we have it so that the library uses its own instance of devices as well?
Thanks, Ruchir.
Mo., 13.05.2019 - 10:50 Permalink
If it's the same MIDI port, another device won't change much, because you can only select a single sound at a time on any physical MIDI channel. For true independence, the library would need to maintain a rack and load another instance of that plugin (and do so everytime you click on a new phrase). Not viable.
Single-channel synths do have very limited capacity for dynamic allocation.
Sa., 08.06.2019 - 21:13 Permalink
I think this is a linked issue - when copying a container from one arrangement to another arrangement, if the same device type exists on the target arrangement, then Synfire gets confused when it gets asked to 'create' the associated instrument on the target arrangement.
Correction: Synfire only copied over one device if there are multiple instances of the device in the source arrangement.
So., 09.06.2019 - 14:59 Permalink
Synfire only copied over one device if there are multiple instances of the device in the source arrangement
That's the intended behavior. Devices are re-usable since 1.8.1. Only one device is needed, even if used by multiple rack modules.
Are all the required rack modules copied to the target arrangement?
Mo., 01.07.2019 - 20:37 Permalink
If the same device definition is used for several instruments, then when arrangement is drag copied over, only the first instrument that uses it has its sound selection for that device is copied over correctly. All other instruments in the arrangement are assumed to have that sound selection even if they haven’t. So it seems like a bug?
Sa., 09.11.2019 - 20:23 Permalink
Hi. I think you tried to fix the bug in the latest update, but it's actually made the situation worse unfortunately.
Now, if I have two tracks set to the same dynamic device on the same channel, then I can't change the instrument on either. I have to remove the second track (or reallocate it to a different device), before I can chang the instrument on the first track.