This is an idea from seeing how things are done in Ableton regarding track effects.
In summary this is what I find annoying/‘unelegent’:
- Multiple tracks DSPs exist due to the users requirements
- These generally do only a few operations (e.g. I may have a filter powered by an LFO, and a distortion powered by a velocity tracker)
- I can currently only save the entire chain (I may only want to save a cool LFO powered filter)
The above can be worked around for saving (duplicate track and delete devices), but not for loading (replaces entire chain). Because of this I rarely save/load Track DSP chains as it’s easier to start again from scratch.
Thus, the following suggestion:
- Multiple adjacent DSPs could be selected and grouped
- This would combine them into a self-contained container
- The container would not allow any parameter sources within it to be routed to any destinations outside the container
- The container would have a ‘master’ delete, enable and minimise button
- The container would also have an ‘Inst Automation’ device prepended to the front of it
- The ‘Inst Automation’ device would allow routing into the container (only)
- Saving Track DSP Chains would then save/load these containers
- Multiple containers could exist on the same track
This would allow finer granular control and better use of the track DSP chain load/save facility.
For example, I may have a nice bit-crush/distortion container which I have saved and a cool LFO powered filter container. The above would let me save these as seperate items and re-load them for reuse in other projects without losing all the other effects on the chain.
