Automated play and self-destruction

Zsolt

Good morning all.

I was able to do a lot of things, but sometimes I just stumble upon some really basic things that I cannot get to work. I’m going to need some help with this one:

I want to record a two bar clip, I want it to play 4 bars, and during these four bars to ramp down the volume to 0 continuously – and in the end to clear itself and be ready for a new recording.

I really tried all sorts of settings, but I just cannot get it to work.

wim

You can set two follow actions on Finish Record on the clip:

First Action: Assign Value 0 to Volume, Move the Ramp and set it in Beats to 4 Bars
Second Action: Clear Clip

The second action should be left at the default "After Last" timing.

Zsolt

Oh, I didn’t think about that.
Yes, it works – but only once. When I tried to use that same clip again, then no sound comes. As if some fader would have been dragged all the way down. But I don’t know where that fader is. 🤣🤣 it is not the fader of the colour.
Thank you for your support

espiegel123

@Zsolt said:
Oh, I didn’t think about that.
Yes, it works – but only once. When I tried to use that same clip again, then no sound comes. As if some fader would have been dragged all the way down. But I don’t know where that fader is. 🤣🤣 it is not the fader of the colour.
Thank you for your support

If you are fading the clip volume, you need to reset it after the fade. To visualize clip volumes , show the clip mixer by long-pressing the mixer.

wim

I should have thought about that. Yes, just add one more action after clearing the loop to set the volume back to 100% - this time with no ramp time.

Zsolt

Sorry guys - I failed to switch my brains on // Must have been a rtfm question …
Everything works fine of course, and thanks for your patience

Zsolt

errr
There is still something left

I do this with a number of clips of one colour - they are all set to follow actions as discussed. Everything works, as long as I play and fade out one clip at a time.
But as soon as I start to combine them, meaning that I start the recording of the second clip while the first ist still playing, then all follow actions only seem to apply to the last started. The first clip does not stop and does not reset volume. The clips seem to interrupt each other’s follow action chains.
Is the action after recording a global setting to the colour and not setting of the individual clip?

espiegel123

@Zsolt said:
errr
There is still something left

I do this with a number of clips of one colour - they are all set to follow actions as discussed. Everything works, as long as I play and fade out one clip at a time.
But as soon as I start to combine them, meaning that I start the recording of the second clip while the first ist still playing, then all follow actions only seem to apply to the last started. The first clip does not stop and does not reset volume. The clips seem to interrupt each other’s follow action chains.
Is the action after recording a global setting to the colour and not setting of the individual clip?

We need to see screenshots of the details of how you have it set up and maybe a copy of the project

Zsolt

Here are some screenshots and the project file.
Just to clarify: what I want to do is to record some one one or two bars of audio percussion into a clip, and while that clip slowly fades away record another one that does the same thing and so forth
Thanks for help

espiegel123

@Zsolt : I think you found a bug. You can work around it by setting the target explicitly to the particular clip. I will report the issue to Michael

Zsolt

The target of every action already is set to “this clip” though.
Thanks again for support

espiegel123

@Zsolt said:
The target of every action already is set to “this clip” though.
Thanks again for support

For the time-being, you will need to change the target to the specific clip. As I said, it is a bug. If you change it from this clip to the actual clip, it works.

Zsolt

Yes, this does work. Thank you.
That said, I wondered why the “ this clip” option is even there.
LP is great

espiegel123

@Zsolt said:
Yes, this does work. Thank you.
That said, I wondered why the “ this clip” option is even there.
LP is great

“This clip” should work. But in this case it doesn’t and we will address it.