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By Roel Balvers Fri Oct 28, 2022 12:42 pm
Hello!

I find myself wanting to improve my workflow a bit and I keep running into the same challenge.

Normally I would make one sequence with all my different tracks each containing a seperate instrument. Some tracks containing the same program. Once I'm happy with what I copy the sequence two or three times to make some variations on the ''main'' sequence, then copy it another two or three times to create some breaks. Next I would copy my ''main'' sequence several times again and mute some trakcs here and there to create an intro/outro.

In the end I would have like 12 to 16 different sequence. It happens quite often that when I'm finished with creating different sequences for my arrangement I feel the track is lacking some sound in for example the mid range. I then would want to add another track to all of my sequences to fill that gap.

Is there a clever way to add a new track to all of your sequences at once or do I have to go into each seperate sequence to add the new track, select the program, insert the midi data etc.?

I mostly work on techno or electro music.

Thanks in advance!

Roel

P.s. any tips or advice on my workflow is also welcome.
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By Lampdog Fri Oct 28, 2022 12:55 pm
This isn’t possible.

I’ve done the same as you, I just go back and add tracks one by one and make them all line up across sequences.

You can also create odd # tracks only. Leave even # tracks empty in case you need to use them later. This way all you need to is dial in the program in that track.
Placeholder tracks!?
By Roel Balvers Fri Oct 28, 2022 2:55 pm
Thank you for the quick response!

How unfortunate :(. I think i might just stick with the way I'm used to doing it. I can see myself ending up with a lot of empty tracks in the end by only using odd # tracks. Thanks for the tip though!

Roel
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By Lampdog Fri Oct 28, 2022 3:06 pm
Another option would be to use diff banks (F & G) for those placeholder tracks. This way your initial tracks would show up in the first banks for TRACK MUTE.