i'm currently building a vj application that uses a lot of midi
controllers and midi keys. i have two machines, an old slow powerbook
and a dual g5 on which i develop the project.
my problem is to keep the 'development branches' synchronized: the
midi devices are not accessed via names (port A, IAC Bus1 etc...) and
are 'forgotten' on the powermac when i load the composition
previously developped on the powerbook, even when i plug in the same
midi interface. so if i change a lot of midi stuff, i have to
click through all the midi note/controller elements in my composition...
the composition is tied to the hardware, even if i use the same
hardware controller.
i had one idea: keeping one composition that handles only midi in/
output and which is machine-dependent, acting as a kind of
'interface' to the second composition which is machine-independent
(and really only gets copied over to the other machine) whereas the
'connection' between the two comps is done via copy + paste (i open
the second, machine-independent composition, and copy the patch with
the controllers into it... i'm sure it would work, but then i had to
do all the cabling stuff...)
to sum it up: either i step through all midi note/controller elements
and change the device setting, or i have this 'interface-acting
composition' that gets pasted in the main development composition,
which i then have to reconnect using lots of cables...
how do you handle such a problem?
i'm fairly new to qc (great tool!) and couldn't find any other solutions
thank you very much for any input
cheers
alex
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