On Nov 22, 2007 11:58 AM, Frank Barknecht fbar@footils.org wrote:
Hallo, I would indeed use abstractions for this. They can be saved with Ctrl-S, which is easier than your subpatch saving, which seems overcomplicated to me. But of course to each his own. ;)
To save all 8 automatically with one button would then involve sending [key] messages to all of them for Ctl-S, no? To have 8 abstractions that reside in the program and save to separate files to be loaded again on cue would take exactly the same amount of work as using 8 subpatches, if I'm not mistaken. Otherwise I guess I could delete the 8 abstractions every time I wanted to work on a different piece, and create 8 more for the new piece. As far as I can tell that requires at least editmode 1, a mouse sweep to select the 8, then sending a backspace key message, then 8 messages to create 8 objects for the new abstractions; and if the abstractions don't already exist, I still have to use textfile to create them.
As it is all I do is type the name of the score and hit load. The 8 subpatches are automatically filled. When I hit save, they are rewritten. If I save a new piece, 8 new files are created in a special folder with the name of the piece + instrument number, and written from the subpatches.
I am experiencing frequent crashes since setting this up, not sure where they come from. MUST be fixed, as I have already lost small bits of work as a result... More later. -Chuckk