I would like to be able to automate or/and realtime play with FX-sets selections.
Let say we have a rhythmic loop playing, several bars long.
We have several FX or several FXSets (Doofers or Splitters).
On this rhythmic loop, I would like to switch from FXSet#x to FXSet#y (in a mutually exclusive fashion) while playing.
Ideally something like a 0-100 master fader, which would behave like:
0 to 24 = all audio through FXSet#1 ; 25 to 49 = all audio through FXSet#2 ; 50 to 74 = all audio through FXSet#3 ; etc. (I hope it was clear).
I tried first a instrument/phrase focused approach (the “Send to FX” selector in Instrument’s FX panel is resembling to my goal), but sadly it is not assignable / automatable (and it’s also sample focused).
Then I tried at track/pattern editor level: by assembling several meta devices and automatic Active/bypass, but I can’t get what I want (and automating active/bypass of devices produces cracks in audio — a bit understandably).
I may now try to use an approach based on automating the “Receiver” of a Send device (to switch the routing of my source track to several return channels/tracks). I guess that formula device may be useful to cap the value (I’m getting “Linked send track does not exist“ message right now).
I think the last approach would work, but it makes the feature quite Song / Song template dependent.
What do you think ? Did I miss a possibility ?