Smarter 'No MIDI Controller' and 'Live performance mode'

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Hi.

v3.0.63 added: Conversely, “No MIDI controller” and “Any MIDI controller” will not take CC inputs from the DAW.

I’d like to suggest that the “No MIDI controller” choice be made “smart” in this sense -

If “No MIDI controller” is selected then all the CC cables connected at the Patchbay become completely inactive (greyed out, invisible, different color, whatever) with whatever UI elements are at the other end taking on their own value independently again.

So, for example, if I have a foot controller connected, and selected, then the buttons on the foot controller may control Chain on/off state, but if I then switch to “No MIDI controller” those links are all (temporarily) broken and I can turn the chains on/off with their own buttons, and also I can save/load patches with the chains on so that they don’t come up silent (and stuck that way until edited) as they do now.

Then, if I go back and select “- that foot controller -”, the cables come back (become active) again, and the foot controller is back in charge.

Have I expressed this clearly?

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Yes, that’s very clear. I like it, but I cant quite estimate the effort to actually implement this.

In terms if implementation, this is quite related to another task that is almost the polar opposite - “live performance mode” - where the whole UI goes numb, except parts that are explicitly cabled up (so that you can accidentally change anything during a gig).

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Ah, very interesting. Clearly related!

I suppose every UI widget would need a flag: Cabled: 0/1
Then there could be two lists: Is_Cabled Not_Cabled
Then you could arrange for widgets on either list, or both lists to be active or not.

Glad I got the suggestion in for simultaneous consideration!

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