Default to "TRK" mode on startup?
Is there a way to map a MIDI event to always trigger a track, regardless of if TRK is selected? Or, is there a way to "lock" it on or make it selected by default upon startup? So that when I reload the project, I don't have to fiddle with the settings, making sure that "TRK is red/selected, before rocking out on my midi drum pads?
I like to use Drambo as a glorified drum machine AUV3 inside Loopy Pro. I like to use various pad controllers to trigger various tracks loaded with samples or self-made instrument racks. I've mapped the pads on my various controllers to the "pads" at the bottom of Drambo, while "TRK" is selected, but often when I load new Loopy Pro projects, with saved instances of Drambo, Drambo defaults to the chromatic scale pad-mode (i.e., TRK is not selected). I have worked around this by mapping extra buttons to "TRK" to get that mode selected before playing, but for my sanity and for playing live, I wondered if there is a better way to do this?
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Can you map to the track selection buttons rather than to pads? Or do you need to be able to use the pads for other purposes with your controllers too?
Thanks @number37. I can map my controller pads to the track selection buttons, but then hitting my drum pads just selects the track rather than triggering it. BUT, if I map to the pads below AND the track select pads at the same time, it seems to work:
The only downside of this workaround is that hitting the track select pad twice in a row brings up the track preset menu, which is silly and obnoxious. Not a big deal because this instance of Drambo is largely hidden during the performance I'm trying to set up, but is there a way to turn that off?
Thanks for the idea! Would still love it if the app could just default to the TRK mode when launched, or have the selected notes/TRK/PAT pad mode be part of a saved AUV3 state or something, but this will work for now.