I like to go through a VSTi patch library’s browser and play to come up with ideas inspired by the sounds. I record what I’m doing using the recorder.
The fact that the MIDI recorder does not (and likely will never) include the patch and bank was addressed here: Record feature in Cantabile 3
So, what I do is make a bunch of song states, with the same VSTi synth in place, and pre-select a bank’s patch for each state, and then move through the states “wearing each patch out” and then moving to the next one. I hit record and stop manually, re-name the recording to the bank and patch name, and then move on.
Since the patch name appears automatically in the middle according to the state, would it be a great problem to allow that to also be assigned to the recording name, allowing me to skip a step and not go all left-brain when I’m trying to stay right-brain and creative?
At least then I can easily re-call the patches in my DAW and insert the correct patch later on. Currently, it is all too easy to forget what patch goes with what recording unless I manually name the recording with the patch name.
Of course, it would have to only grab the name from the first patch in the list, I suppose… or… concatenate several names if layering??? (I can dream, can’t I?)
This is not easy in a DAW - Samplitude and Sonar do not record VSTi patch changes into a track either, so I suppose that part is hard. But transposing text into the recording title might not be as big a deal. (I hope it is not!)
Terry