Change stack's "Power" button behavior...

[sonomute]

For now, it acts almost like mute button, just cutting audio signal right in the moment, and stops midi clock for the stack, only difference from mute, is that when you turn on stack again it will continue to play from step on which it was paused...

I'd like to have ability to stop stack's clock without cutting audio signal...for this we have mute button...

Thanx!

[jim]

The power button shuts of *all* activity in a stack, bypassing all render functions, except for some UI update stuff. You also get power buttons for every module (except stack in & out), so if you want to disable a sequencer, or a specific audio unit, you can do that. Also, if you want independent control over a sequencer, you can change its "run mode" setting to manual. Then you can start and stop it manually, though the master clock must be running...

Cheers,
Jim

[sonomute]

Thank you for the answer, i think i was not enough specific...of course i can do all this in stack view...but what about mixer? i personally don't see ant reason to have two almost identical buttons...why not to use power button for controlling midi and mute button for controlling audio? i want to perform from mixer view live, so, it looks like if i want to turn off one of the stacks nicely, i need to change to another view or make it with fader, which is not always good way, because i probably want to keep levels?

[jim]

Ahh, I see. Well, the 'power' button needs to remain as is -- it serves a very important function of it's own (complete bypass), but I can see a need for a separate MIDI mute. I can think of two options, neither of which may seem ideal, but one of them should be a suitable workaround:

- First, if you have a hardware controller handy, add a NoteProcessor near the end of your stack (after you've used any MIDI internally for an AU), then assign a button to the "Mute All" button. You can also press the AudioFeedbackAssist module into service as an audio muting device, thus getting independent hardware control over audio and MIDI mute.

- You could also route MIDI from the source stack into a new stack, via a MIDI bus. Keep the new stack empty, except for a 'thru' connection from its MIDI Input to its MIDI output. Then you can use the mute button directly on the mixer channel.

Best,
Jim