Programmable MIDI-Tracks with Automations in Show Page

asked Jul 12, 2021 in Show Page by DerLiebeGott (370 points) 1 flag

It was a bit of a bummer that the last update didn't brought any changes to the missing MIDI options in the show page.

There are Bank changes possible with external Instruments I know, but thats not really doing it. A lot of people use VSTs like DMXIS to control their lights via MIDI Automations. Others need to program virtual instruments to play along with the live played ones.
For example I use a Drum-Sampler with audio cues to guide me through the songs while performing. Right now I have to program the track in another session and export it as audio into the Show Page, now when I want to add another cue or delete a bar I have to redo everything. Would be much simpler if I could just edit the MIDI notes in a piano roll on the fly. Same goes for my click, I dont want to use the standard click I want to program it with different timings and personalized sounds to suit my needs. Or imagine having a keyboard playing in the background while you perform something else. You could use audio of course but now you want to change the key or the sound or the tempo on the fly to suit a different singer or what ever. You have to go to the session re-export everything and so on and so on.

I also use another software to play back our video projection and it is synchronized via MIDI-Notes as well.

There are many more cases where a programmable MIDI-Track would be important. So much so that right now I still use the normal project page for Live Playback although the Show Page seemed to be an absolute game changer for me at first glance but it's not usable as of right now.