Monitoring MIDI tracks

[PauloMitz]

Hello,

I’m using Ardor 6 on Xubuntu 20.04, and I use it to play live with Vst and Lv2 plugins, so my biggest use is with the MIDI controller.
In ardor 5.12 when going to sections> properties> monitoring and deactivating the option “Track input Monitoring automatically follows transport state (auto-input)”, MIDI track monitoring could be disabled by disabling recording of this track. And this is very useful for me.

In Ardor 6 I am not able to do this on the MIDI tracks, only on the audio tracks, as shown in the images:
(The left track is a MIDI track, and the right an audio track.)

In Ardor 6, can I use this function in the same way as Ardor 5?

Someone can you help me?

Thank you!

[x42 (Robin Gareus)]

good question.

One way to accomplish this is to explicitly ask to “disk” by default (you can still manually override this per track later).

Preferences > Appearance > Toolbar > Display Monitor Options

[PauloMitz]

Thanks for your attention Robin.

I tried this alternative that you indicated. But it disables or enables the monitoring of all tracks at the same time.

What I wanted was to be able to do it on MIDI tracks, the same thing that happens on audio tracks, as well as in the video below

So I can control each track individually with my MIDI controller.

If there is no other solution, I can still use the option to map the “mute” to mutate each track individually.

[x42 (Robin Gareus)]

In Ardour 6.0 you cannot have the implicit either Disk or Input mode for MIDI.

We’ve just rectified this. When using “Non-Layered” record mode, MIDI tracks now behave like this again (since 6.0.122, upcoming 6.1).

I assume you were using that:

Since MIDI regions are always audibly transparent (you hear underlying regions), it makes sense to also hear those when recording on top of existing regions.

[PauloMitz]

Thank you very much Robin!

I am using version 6.0.0 yet. I’m using the ppa that UbuntuStudio made available to keep Ardour updates on Ubuntu 20.04. I will wait for the update to the next version.

Congratulations on the work of the whole team, Ardour is incredible. And congratulations also for your work, I use many of your plugins. SetBfree is my favorite Organ plugin.

[PauloMitz]

In Ardour 6.2, MIDI monitoring is perfect.

Thanks to the whole team!

[scottythecat]

Hi, Ardour newbie here!

I spent days trying in vain to get this working.
Now I found this thread, and the problem is solved.

Yippie!!!

Big thanks to the Ardour crew for the great program!
I’m in the middle of transition from Logic Pro 7 (since Atari Notator 1.0) to going fully with Linux.
This was my biggest problem so far.
(Grouching will follow when necessary ;- )

Thanks once more.