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Jan Heirman
Description
This feature request proposes enhancing Loopy Pro's mixer functionality by allowing widgets to control send levels, including those on bus channels, and enabling MIDI mapping for these send knobs. Currently, while MIDI mapping works for some controls, users cannot map the send knobs present on bus channels to widgets or MIDI controllers. Implementing this feature would provide more flexible routing and control options, especially for complex live performance setups.
Problems
  • Limited Widget Control
    : Users cannot assign widgets to control send levels on bus channels, restricting on-screen control customization.
  • MIDI Mapping Restrictions
    : The inability to MIDI map send knobs on bus channels limits external hardware integration and control.
  • Inter-Bus Routing Limitations
    : Without widget or MIDI control over bus-to-bus sends, creating dynamic and responsive routing configurations is challenging.
Proposed Solution
  • Widget Integration
    : Allow widgets (e.g., dials, sliders) to control send levels on all channels, including buses.
  • MIDI Mapping Expansion
    : Enable MIDI mapping for send knobs on bus channels, facilitating external hardware control.
  • Inter-Bus Send Control
    : Provide the ability to control sends from one bus to another via widgets and MIDI, enhancing routing flexibility.
Examples
  1. Live Performance Setup
    : A performer uses a MIDI controller to adjust reverb send levels on a bus channel in real-time, tailoring the effect during a live set.
  2. Dynamic Mixing
    : A user employs on-screen sliders to control delay sends from multiple buses, creating evolving textures in a composition.
  3. Complex Routing
    : In a studio session, a producer sets up inter-bus sends controlled by widgets to experiment with parallel processing chains.
Benefits
  • Enhanced Control
    : Offers users more precise and customizable control over their audio routing configurations.
  • Improved Workflow
    : Streamlines the process of adjusting send levels, both on-screen and via external controllers.
  • Greater Flexibility
    : Facilitates complex routing schemes, accommodating diverse creative and performance needs.
This summary was automatically generated by ChatGPT-4 on 2025-05-17.
Original Post:
widgets controlling send channels + midi compatible send knobs from bus to bus.
After a long search, I have not found a widget that controls the send button to a bus (maybe I am mistaken).
Midi mapping does work though.
Except you can't midi map the send knobs present on bus channels, you can't link these to a widget either.
So widget & send knob interaction and midi mapping the send knobs on busses would be very handy.