How to copy/export mixer settings and paste/import into new score?
Is there a way in 2.0.2 to copy the mixer "vol" and "pan" settings from one score into another, e.g. when starting a new score so as to be consistent with an existing score? BTW, my understanding is that the "rev" and "cho" settings currently have no effect on the SW synthesizer (what were they intended to do?). Can the mixer settings be exported to a file and imported into another score?
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The reverb and chorus controlswill affect an extetrnal synthesizer if playing back via Jack.
I would assume they are preserved if you save a score to your Templates folder and select it when creating a new score.
In reply to The reverb and chorus by Marc Sabatella
Looking through an .mscx file (uncompressed from .mscz) I find e.g. the following:
_._._.
____(Part)
_____._._.
______(Instrument)
________(longName)2_Flutes(/longName)
_________._._.
________(Channel)
__________(program_value="73"/)
__________(controller_ctrl="7"_value="87"/)
__________(controller_ctrl="10"_value="42"/)
__________(synti)Fluid(/synti)
________(/Channel)
______(/Instrument)
____(/Part)
_._._.
(where "(" and ")" represent left and right angle brackets resp. and "_" is a space).
I would guess that the "program value" field selects an instrument from the sound font, and the "controller ctrl=" fields are the "vol" and "pan" settings I am looking for. If this is the case, it would be possible to write a script (say, in Python) to extract these settings from one .mscx file and insert them into another .mscx file, overwriting the existing values, providing the two files use the same instruments. Is this reasonable?
Another approach would be to add numerical fields to the "vol" and "pan" controls on the mixer panel, so that the numerical values could be read off and copied manually (however tedious this may be) into the mixer panel of a different score (could this be considered as a feature request?). A file export/import option for all the settings would be faster, although it would not allow for selective changes.