What's the best way to preserve midi items and vsti's?
I'm curious as to how creative some of you have been in creating templates and custom actions. As of now, I have VSTi track templates setup with quantize enabled, I then have them set to armed when the track is selected and midi overdub; once I begin a production I usually start modifying sounds and mixing key sounds right away (most VSTi's are not fat like analogue synths), so I add fx to my liking, I then apply track/ take fx to items, switch items to previous take; SWS Rename selected takes (for the midi take); then switch items back to to next take (for the audio take), rename selected take (for the audio)and preserve the midi items in the same lane because I do not like freezing tracks (because I always tweak fx later on in the mix, (and i dont like to unfreeze). Then I added Toggle FX Bypass for selected tracks to ensure that no fx are still currently in the fx chain after applying track/take fx. This way if I ever need to go back to redo a midi recording I enable the track fx button, then turn the Vsti back on and record updated midi notes back into the chain (if I want to change something).
But at this point i'm debating on whether I should duplicate the initial midi recording track and autosave the template (including its midi items) to the autosave directory. When I rename midi items, I rename them with the name of the project_the type of sound. Ultimately what I really want to do is be able to save my VSTi/midi templates to the project directory (including automation)while also having the newly applied fx takes to the main project directory folder. Please drop a gem to let me know what works best for you.
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