Interesting. I hadn't thought these functions would work across multiple channels and channel types; I appear to be half correct. See if you don't concur.
Storing from channel to file -- yes, it will save as many channels and channel type setting files as you like all at once. Oddly, though, you can only name the furthest-left-(on the factory-default mixer layout)selected-channel file before saving (must be a simple coding oversight). All other file names default to track label, then track number if the label is blank. I guess maybe Bob only meant the dialog only as a means to provide navigation capabilities, but in that case I'da thought he'd disable the filename field for user input.
That is one element I tried to point out earlier in the thread and it’s why I went into detail about how I’ve taken to keeping a folder system for each set of file stores I create and might want to recall.
As for restoring from file to channel, I see no way to select more than one file at a time in the restore dialog. As such, I don't know how one would restore more than one settings file at a time to multiple tracks, let alone to multiple channel types. This goes for the "Recall All From File And Duplicate To Selected Channels" function, too.
To recall multiple file stores at one time, you simply select all the channels you want in your mixer view, then use the recall function – It automatically populates all channels whos names exactly match those that are stored (or were previously stored in that location/folder). Sometimes I will actually use these file recalls in whole or individually to create a starting mix for other projects. It gets tricky because of the need to have exact track names when recalling multiple selected tracks, but is also very flexible in that a single recall can be made to any other single track in any other project, regardless of track name – think of using the Store All To Memory Cell works… It will tell you when it can’t find a particular file by name – I don’t remember offhand if it stops there, or populates all that are exact and leaves out the others….. I believe the later is true.
Sidebar: I've always thought it a little odd that Bob added a whole menu item ("Recall All From File And Duplicate To Selected Channels"), rather than just have the existing Restore-From-File function respond to multiple selected channels. I digress
What do you think, UTD?
Recall all and duplicate is meant to recall a single channel file (which you can specifically select, even from a group of saved files) and automatically populate all selected mixer channels (only of the same type – input, output, return) with the same settings. I’ve not tried it on channels whos name are the same as others in the saved file group – It may ignore the request o populate the selected group with the same settings and instead default to the populating according to file/track name – something to experiment with, I suppose. I’ve always handpicked channels to duplicate using the Cell Memory options.
Oh -- still not clear on what you meant by "There are options when selecting channels to select ALL, or only Inputs, or Outputs, etc. as you know." Do you mean you have the freedom to select only the channels or channel types you're interested in when you're actually making the selections? Or do you mean there's an option somewhere to make that choice?
I was speaking in terms of the convenience of the mixer menu choices for choosing many tracks (darkening groups) at once by the use of the Group “presets” found in the menu for saving channel select groups and not in saving to file function – just as a reminder of this convenient way to select groups of channels, without the need to cherry-pick them. Sometimes it’s faster, although when using it to recall saved file groups in automation mode, it can be really messy with all that automation written across so many potentially unused tracks.
P.S. I seem to recall a way to match up .cht files with channels by name -- for several channel restores at once. Can't find that, now. Or am I thinking of something else?
THAT IS the function called Recall All From File that we have been speaking of…
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