Re: Import a MIDI file

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

On Tue, 29 May 2007, Stefan Westerfeld wrote:

>   Hi!
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 12:54:52AM +0200, Tim Janik wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 May 2007, W.Boeke wrote:
> > > I imported a MIDI file and got all the channels listed correctly
> > > in the beast window. I then mapped each channel to an existing
> > > synthesizer, however then the show stopped. What can I do further?
> >
> > hm, testing it out it seems you still need to assign the tracks
> > to at least the Master mixer bus for playback.
> >
> > beast also has a script that is meant to be usable for this, however
> > it currently doesn't work for me.
> > Stefan, does Tools/Song/Assign-Tracks-... work for you? it doesn't
> > seem to work after a MIDI file import or a new project with a single
> > unconnected track here. can you reproduce that or do you need a bug
> > report about it?

> It works the way I designed it, that is, it only reassigns those tracks
> that are connected to master, and no other bus. It does this because:

> So: just the midi import needs to be fixed, the script does the right
> thing.

i don't agree with that statement. granted, the midi import needs to be
fixed, but there are other ways to end up with an unconnected track.
in such a case, the script name is simply misleading when it says
"assign tracks to individual mixer busses". it should either be renamed
(according to your description, to: "assign _connected_ tracks to
individual mixer busses", but that triggers the question of where an
*unconnected* script variant is) or be fixed to reconnected
disconnected tracks as well. i'd say the latter is the obvious choice
and fail to see a good reason for the script to not connect currently
unconnected tracks.

>   Cu... Stefan

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ciaoTJ