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Re: Saving complete Mobius configurations as a single file...
so are you still using Mobius? , your text sounds like ancient history :)
On Jun 1, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> Here's a possible third way:
> First create the different Track Setups and MIDI Control Bindings
> setups. Then use a script to load any needed configuration of the two.
>
> This worked well for me many years and many Mobius versions ago. I had
> to call those scripts in reset mode though, or else it would crash
> Mobius. To keep theses "global setup switches" apart from the usual
> commands I use to perform with Mobius I only assigned them to
> on-screen buttons in Mobius. I can't promise this works with the
> current version but it might be something to look into and try out.
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.perboysen.com
> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Robert Craig Thomas
> <robert@robertcthomas.com> wrote:
>> Using various configurations of Mobius, each complete Midi-control and
>> Track
>> config loaded from a single saved file...
>>
>>
>> I am trying to save and later load completely different configurations
>> of
>> Mobius, so that I can simply use one configuration for one looper piece
>> and
>> then load a different configuration for the next piece. I’m using
>> Windows 7.
>>
>>
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> Load and use Midi Setup/Track-Sync Setup A
>>
>> - A specific Midi-command setup for FCB1010 (Midi Command Setup A)
>>
>> - A specific track and sync setup: 8 tracks, no sync, each independent
>> (Track-Sync A)
>>
>> Instantly Load and use Midi Setup/Track-Sync Setup B
>>
>> - A completely different Midi-command setup for FCB1010 (Midi Setup B)
>>
>> - A track and synch setup with Copy-timing/Sync to Loop/etc
>> (Track-Sync
>> B)
>>
>>
>>
>> So far as I can tell, the Midi setup is saved in one place and the
>> track-sync setup in another place, with some data saved to the XML.
>> Which
>> is to say, it seems that Mobius saves various parts of itself in various
>> places, which makes it difficult if not impossible to do quick-loads of
>> complete configurations.
>>
>>
>>
>> Right now my solution is to have a Mobius-Master Directory (the registry
>> install directory) which I work out of, with my various configurations
>> saved
>> in separate directories (MobiusA, MobiusB, etc) and then I use a DOS
>> batch
>> file to delete the contents of the Master directory and copy the
>> contents of
>> MobiusA or MobiusB or whatever so that I have a complete configuration
>> that
>> is available with a single keystroke.
>>
>>
>>
>> Does anyone have a better solution to this? I’ve read large parts of
>> the
>> manual, but saving everything as a single file seems impossible: one
>> must
>> save configurations and midi control settings and projects all
>> separately,
>> as they seem to be various parts of the whole.
>>
>>
>>
>> I’ve thought of trying to create a registry key for each version of
>> Mobius
>> that I can instantly load to point Mobius to a new directory, but I’ve
>> not
>> figured out how to do that. Another thought was to create a variable
>> that
>> points the Mobius registry location to a different directory, but so far
>> I’ve not been able to figure that out either. The batch file seems, so
>> far,
>> to be the simplest way to quickly load fully different configurations of
>> Mobius 2.5.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any help or suggestions or thoughts will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks much,
>>
>> Bob Thomas
>>
>>
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