[LAU] SOLUTION: phasex and bpm settings

[Ken Restivo]

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On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 07:47:23PM -0700, Ken Restivo wrote:
> I experienced a strange problem in PHASEX where the BPM settings were saved in a patch file, but, when the file loaded, the BPM settings wouldn't.
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> The problem was that I had the "lock parameter" box checked in the MIDI map for that parameter (BPM).  I don't remember if I set that, or if it is the default.
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> When "lock parameter" is set, not only will PHASEX ignore any updates from MIDI for that parameter, but also from the patch files. This could be kind of a useful feature, i.e. when playing a song and switching patches, often you don't want the BPM of the delay changing unexpectedly, just because you changed a patch.
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> However, when saving patches that go with a particular song project, you definitely *do* want the BPM to change when you load the patch. So I unchecked this, and I save that unchecked MIDI map with every project, so that the patch will load and have the correct BPM.
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> Saving MIDI maps along with the project is also a good habit to get into. It sucks to open a sequence and load a patch and the MIDI maps you'd recorded no longer do anything.
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One more note for the archives: the BPM, MIDI Channel, and Master Tune parameters are all Locked by default when you load up PHASEX. Every time you load up PHASEX, you have to right-click on BPM, then uncheck the "locked" box, and then close the window. Then, if you load a patch via the Open... dialog, the BPM will be restored from the patch.

Interestingly, if you're just flipping through patches using the Program # box, or MIDI program change events, the BPM will *not* restore. You have to manually click on the "Load" box in order to force the BPM to restore, even if it is not locked. I didn't expect that, but I could see how it'd be very useful.

- -ken
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