[Ardour-Users] MIDI interference

[David Kastrup]

Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> writes:

> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 2:22 PM, m.eik michalke <m at reaktanz.de> wrote:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> i've now had at least two different projects where recording multiple MIDI
>> takes on top of each other in one MIDI track made ardour play totally
>> chaotic
>> stuff. it sounded as if it was trying to play all takes it once on one
>> channel, leading to an arhythmic, machine gun-style on/off staccato of
>> notes.
>> i suppose that's not intended, it should only play the top region.
>>
>
> MIDI regions are by default transparent, because that's what more people
> expect.
>
> To be honest, our workflow in this area is pretty horrible. In the future,
> Ardour will default to "overdubbing MIDI writes into an existing region",
> which will clarify what is going on, and allow correct resolution of note
> on/off pairings.

Maybe "transparency" should work in that manner (or be configurable)?
I mean, I have no idea how to merge CC messages usefully, but at least
note on/off could likely be combined in smarter ways.

-- 
David Kastrup