Multiple MC instances?

Hi Gunnar,

I hope you are doing well. For a new project I would like to know whether it would be possible for you to allow running a second MC instance on another MIDI in/out Port. Atm you point out that this is defined to be global using Mackie Control actions.

Is this general not possible or do you expect to much traffic for the Streamdeck to cope with?

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Jörg

Hi,

I would say that it is first and foremost designed to be simple.

It would be possible to use multiple midi ports and have the plugin act as multiple Mackie Controls, and that wouldn't cause any higher load on the critical parts of the Stream Deck infrastructure.

But...

The plugin needs to keep track of all controllers available in the Mackie Control protocol, so whenever a command is received on the Mackie Control Midi port, the Mackie Control background engine in the plugin will save that state regardless of if the current profile has any button for that control.

The state for all controls in the Mackie Control engine must match the state in the daw; otherwise, everything will fall apart. My way of ensuring this is to enable a single set of Mackie Control ports, and if you change the port for one button, it automatically changes for all other buttons (...as you are well aware )

If I were to enable multiple midi ports for Mackie Control, I must implement multiple background engines that keep track of all controls for each Mackie Control. In addition, to keep things reasonably controllable, I need to implement some kind of Midi port selection system that ensures that you only have the intended Mackie Control ports selectable.

So, it's doable but would require much more work than what you might expect. Due to this, I would advise you not to expect anything like that anytime soon. If ever...

Yeah, it makes no sense to change the architecture without sufficient payoff. So I will have to live with the 8 channel limit. Thx for your fast reply.

I had a second look at it, and let me rephrase my statement a bit.

I would advise you to expect anything like that anytime soon.

It required a lot of changes but wasn't as complicated as I first thought. I still have a lot of tests to perform, but it's looking promising.

When I have a stable version finished, would it be possible for you to help me with beta testing?

Just let me know if you got something to test.