I use a lot the “use different rack” function. But I just noticed, that it doesn’t work if I try to add a second linked rack which already is loaded in the song. As we all know it’s a current limitation to be not able to load the same linked rack twice. But I suggest that Cantabile gives the option to load this rack as embedded rack instead of just showing an error message that this rack is already loaded.
The reason why I don’t add the rack as new rack to my songs is, that I use a song-template when I start creating a new song. This template contains a bunch of dummy-racks with midi- and audioroutings. If I add a new rack to the song without the “use different rack”-function I have to set all those midi- and audioroutings again for this rack.
yes of course! But this is not what I’m looking for. To explain it more easy:
If you use the “Use different rack”-function from the context menu and try to load a linked rack that is already loaded in the song you get an error message. It would be more helpful, if Cantabile of course gives you an error message but also would ask, if it should load the rack as embedded rack instead.
Anyway… I already have a workaround. I first convert the linked rack of the song to an embedded rack and after that use the “Use different rack”-function for another linked rack.
This seems somewhat related. I wanted to replace a rack with a linked rack of the same name.
I’m informed that I can’t use the same rack twice - but that’s not what I want. I want to replace the existing rack so that routes and bindings can be preserved.
Why is ‘replace’ being treated as simultaneous?
Also, I’m not quite getting why linked racks immediately update their saved status so that, for example, I may load a fistful of plugins that I subsequently wish to discard, but quitting and reloading will not achieve this. The reload has saved all those plugins without any save having been evoked.
What is your reason for wanting to replace the rack with the same rack? Sorry if I’m stating the obvious, but you could save the linked rack with a different name, then replace.
Didn’t work. Tried that.
Let me elaborate; I renamed the rack inside Cantabile. That does not provide, from my experience, enough daylight to allow the rack to be replaced by the rack of the ‘same name’.
