Multi-Rack view per track
I use an iPad Pro so there is lots of unused space when patching on one track. I would love to be able to have multiple rows of modules to interface with and scroll down through rather than scroll horizontally (which is of course ideal for small screens). This would make it easier to navigate and understand a larger patch and remember where everything is.
Additionally and ideally, like in Multi-rack view, no sequencer on screen so I can just play with rows of modules on a large canvas like with eurorack.
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You know you can re-size the rack view now right?
Long press/hold the blue up arrow (circled) and drag up or down.
I like the idea @wailem to have the modules of one single track wrapped into multiple rows. That would reduce the scrolling required, although it still wouldn't work for really long racks.
What I like to do is either use racks of modules and fold them, or use Misc => Section module around groups of modules so I can fold them whenever I need it. It's quite an efficient workflow, and you can even fold or unfold while connecting modules, routing modulations, assigning morphs etc.
@Intrepolicious Yes this works great in Multi-Rack view. To clarify, I want exactly that except for just one track i.e. expanded into a multi-row view.
One thing that could be nice in a single track multi-row view would be the ability to have more than one auv3 plugin (from the same track) open in-line without having them as floating windows.
@rs2000 That sounds very sensible and I agree that folding and unfolding as needed is probably the fastest way to get around, multi-row or not. I'm going to try to use more folding and less scrolling. Still, I feel silly sometimes using my big iPad and only really poking around on a phone-sized portion of the screen for hours. I feel the sequencer and keys should be totally hideable at all times so I can just focus on the patching. Especially since I have midi gear which moots their functions often.
@wailem We can't hide the Sequencer however we can hide the keys.
Blue arrow pointing downwards right hand side above "TRK" "PAT" "INS" if that helps.
@gravitas thanks I did know that one. I'm coming at it from a little bit of a strange angle as I use a hardware midi sequencer - Rk-008 - so I sort of wish I could just forget about the drambo sequencer completely. Not that the Drambo sequencer isn't fantastic and surely the centerpiece for some but often I just actually like to turn the iPad screen off and use it just for its incredible modular sound generation Dawless style. And a hardware sequencer and some midi controllers actually let's me do that I'm happy to say! But when I do go into the matrix, the closer it presents like just an instrument, the better for me. And yes there's miirack but Drambo is better obviously :)
Depending on how many tracks and modules you need, you could put as many modules as fit on the screen on track 1 mute the output and put the next module on track 2 and connect the input of that to the output of the last module in track 1.
Not related to modular eurorack-building, but giving this some more thought ... I think it could be popular for casual users who mainly use Drambo for hosting and automation. If you could have three rows with in-line AUv3 plugin views for a track then this could serve the typical midiFX -> auPlugin -> auFx, and the 8 tracks would effectively become bookmarks for quickly switching the view between 24 plugins (8 x 3) without having to deal with window resizing and moving. Just a thought. Not top priority :)
Another useful view would be to switch the bottom sequencer window/controls to being a second rack window. This way I could keep the current rack in view and tweak while watching another rack for response (if you like me have more than a few tracks to multi-rack view cannot show me both tracks simultaneously without changing their order). The main page, for example, to monitor a mix or quickly make changes there as I patch.
@tyslothrop1 thats a decent workaround if you’ve got just one instrument going on like Drambo as an Auv3. I’ll remember it
If you’re building one mammoth patch, and since these are normally composed of sections, it makes sense to spread these sections across tracks like @tyslothrop1 said. That way you can have a easy way to display and navigate the whole patch using track view
edit: sorry, that’s what you just said 😅
but it doesn’t have to be just one instrument, just build instruments in track-blocks and use some visual cue for where each starts. Might try this approach myself, to avoid horizontal scrolling.
And there’s always the option of making each of these projects a drambo au inside drambo standalone
or simply use the "Sections" module to minimise the modules.
It makes naivgating complex patches much, much easier.
+1.
I used to minimise racks until I’ve discovered sections. The label is much clearer and you’re not restricted by rack boundaries.