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Two questionable defaults

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 8:21 pm
by Johan Söderberg
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I´d appreciate when I open a new blank LXConsole document if it asked me whether Id like it to be patched 1 to 1.
Today every channel in a new LXConsole-document is unpatched.
I think it would be more natural if the default setting was a 1:1 patch.
But a polite question maybe could be a compromise.

2. The default device ID in for LXConsole as "MidiDevice" is device number "1"
In Qlab the default DeviceID for any Midi Show control message is "0".
I wonder why this differs?
It's not a big issue but it's remarkable.
To someone like me using Qlab and LXConsole in almost everything I do on a stage it's pretty annoying. It´s one of those things that some of my solutions occassionally need support on when they´ve left home and gone on the road.
I guess there might be different attitudes and approaches explaining this difference. So, if anyone ever is to change this default value; will it be Qlab or LXConsole - What do you mr. Admin think is the most sensible answer?

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:58 pm
by admin
The latest build (5821) has new documents patch 1 to 1 by default.

There is a preference in the MIDI/OSC tab that allows you to select the device ID for the MIDI Show Control in and out connections.

This is not document specific (like other preferences) and once you set it, LXConsole will respond to MSC messages addressed to that device ID and/or will send MSC using the out device ID. The IDs should not be the same!