Exended MIDI Objects dialog

[willeke1234]

I'm playing around with the MIDI Objects dialog to see what wxWidgets can do. One thing leads to another and now I have this:

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It’s a work in progress. Would this be a useful addition? Is it clear? Too much? What do you think so far?

[larspalo]

I personally think that improving the Initial MIDI tab (for instance adding all available built-in elements) is a much more important task.

Also, in the MIDI-Object dialog, there is a slight problem with some objects shown (for instance Stops/Ranks) that are not of an Input function - which means that they are actually controlled by a switch (Drawstop) instead. However, with such changes that you've tested, one can indeed have a clearer overview of what MIDI configurations are actually set for a certain sample set and I can see that it perhaps could have some merits in that way.

[willeke1234]

I personally think that improving the Initial MIDI tab (for instance adding all available built-in elements) is a much more important task.
May I ask why? And what else should be changed?

[kerkovits]

For example, I use MIDI events to trigger the built-in couplers accessible in the Panels menu. Now I have to repeat the same configuration for each organ, which is quite tedious.

[kerkovits]

See also #1974

[larspalo]

@willeke1234 Exactly as @kerkovits say. The initial MIDI will apply to any new organ and immediately set it up according to the user choices. If all the built-in elements were available there a lot of repetition could be completely avoided when configuring a sample set for a certain console.

[willeke1234]

It sounds that the MIDI settings of the built-in elements are stored in the wrong place. I don't have the knowledge to improve the Initial MIDI settings or to fix this design flaw.