Hello everybody, this is the topic for testing regarding the upcoming 1.5 release series.
Before anything else, thank you very much for your testing, bug reports and general feedback!
The 1.5 series focuses mainly on global tempo/sync and settings panel, so that’s what needs most testing.
The auto-update system is ready for users in the testers group, just get the automatic update as usual.
If you need to roll back, grab the latest stable release file from http://wiki.moddevices.com/wiki/Releases and follow the instructions on the top of that page.
Here’s the changelog so far:
NEW implemented global tempo & sync:
plugins receive time position from host
speed, beatsPerBar and beatsPerMinute control ports are automatically set to their appropriate values
playing, beats per bar and beats per minute can be addressed to any controller
before i get into it, just want to check about getting tempo from the outside world. when you say… [quote=“falkTX, post:1, topic:1372”]
sync with ableton link is implemented
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…please clarify what, exactly, that means. i see, in some ableton documentation, “Activating Sync for a MIDI Output allows Live to send MIDI Clock signals.” …so are you actually talking about reading standard MIDI Clock that’s coming in the MIDI input on the MOD? or is this some other protocol?
i’ve built an arduino-based master clock which sends both MIDI Clock and analog trigger sync, which i was hoping to use to control the MOD and other devices simultaneously.
I don’t know about slaving the MOD to external clock, but generating MTC or MIDI-Clock on the MOD is already possible via plugins “MIDI TImecode” and “MIDI Clock” (currently still filed in unstable in the store).
First of all: Congrats to another fine alpha version. Since you asked for feedback on the settings screen:
I would move the “system information” to a separate branch instead of having them next to the settings (avoid cluttering the screens by showing the same information)
the system information could also include the status of USB devices (lsusb in a table)
… and about Control Chain devices
for new (and forgetful) users, tooltips would be helpful: what does Jack Manager do? Is it the same as the remove Mix Server? … and why are neither of these under Audio Server?
But yeah, probably splitting hairs… looks already excellent.
[quote=“eggsperde, post:11, topic:1372”]the system information could also include the status of USB devices (lsusb in a table)
… and about Control Chain devices[/quote]
Sounds useful. something that shows all connected devices. hmm…
[quote=“eggsperde, post:11, topic:1372”]for new (and forgetful) users, tooltips would be helpful: what does Jack Manager do? Is it the same as the remove Mix Server? … and why are neither of these under Audio Server?
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If you don’t know what these are, better leave them unchecked.
Maybe I should move them to Advanced. Then Boot & restore can come to the basic tab.
as i play with global BPM here, i’m noticing that it would be super-useful to have a TAP option to set the tempo… maybe a third choice for the sync mode, with an assignable button (similar to Bollie Delay).
thanks to all… MOD just keeps getting better!
oh, also: wondering if there’s a list anywhere of plugins which can currently use global BPM.
You’re right, of course, if one does not understand one should not enable/disable settings in the options. But still, it would be good to explain them… make people interested in experimenting with their hardware.
any plans?..
Since you asked for feedback on the settings screen:
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