Drumgizmo: how to show MIDNAM names?

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#1

Ardour 8.12, DG 0.9.19 with DSRKit
This is a weird issue that occurs at random.

  1. Create a new empty session
  2. Add a MIDI track
  3. Add Drumgizmo (replacing the default mapping)

Sometimes MIDNAMs are shown on the track pianoroll, sometimes don’t. I can’t pinpoint any exact reproduction steps. Is it a DG bug?

#2

in my case the names of the musical instruments in DG appear only if I set the draw or edit mode.
cheers

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#3

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Check your settings. On the Editor preferences you can set the track headers to always show the midi note name.

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Also check if your new track have the Channel 10 selected on track header. Some drums plugins use the channel 10 as the default channel for drums.

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#4

Using official Ardour 8.12, these still disappear and reappear when (G)rab and (D)raw mode are toggled. By selecting the region and hitting G and D , these note names disappear and reappear. I would think that by the name of the setting, this should not happen this way.

@x42 Is this the way it is intended to work ?

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#5

Thanks, that was indeed the case!

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#6

Right, I have it set to “Always” but the names still won’t appear in non-edit modes. That’s why I started this topic in the first place

#7

Some drums plugins use the channel 10 as the default channel for drums.

Not DrumGizmo tho, it works with every channel

#8

I have the impressions that it is how Ardour works:

The Grab mode is the tool to work on the arrangement.
The Edit mode is the tool to edit MIDI and audio.

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