Updated docked Synth Rack and new bypass functionality

There are several improvements to the synth rack to allow managing large synth projects more efficiently. This allows you to quickly bypass and free memory and CPU resources allocated to synths, or create templates with bypassed synths and bring them online on demand.

The docked version of the Synth Rack now shows a synth Bypass button. By default, the Bypass button unloads the synth when the instrument is bypassed, and also archives all related tracks to save CPU. The synth will be reloaded again and tracks unarchived when the synth is unbypassed.

A. Bypass/unbypass 

The preset picker has been removed from the docked Synth Rack to save space (the preset picker is shown when undocked or when docked in the MultiDock). This control is largely obsolete because most instruments handle preset management inside the synth UI.

The Synth Rack menu and the synth strip context menus have been redesigned to show the relevant functions:

Replace Synth is now available via the synth context menu.

Bypass All Synths and Unbypass All Synths can be used to quickly bypass all instruments in the Synth Rack. Note that bypass/unbypass can take a while on projects with large numbers of synths if they are big. The progress is shown in the Control Bar Transport module. You may cancel a long bypass/unbypass operation by pressing the ESC key.

Unload and Archive preferences can be set in the synth rack menu.

 

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Using the Synth Rack

Synth Rack

New features