Set Cell(s) to "persist" after loading new presets(s)

[cowboy]

It would be amazing if you could toggle one or more Cells to "persist" (retain the current sample and all settings) even when loading a new preset.

Example 1:

Load preset 1, 808 drum kit, Cells 1-8
* drum sounds load
* trigger drums to play a beat

While drums are playing, record vocals into Cell 16.
* Trigger Cell 16 in some looping pattern
* Persist Cell 16

Load preset 2, 909 drum kit, Cells 1-8
* beat continues to play with new drum sounds
* vocals continue to play in Cell 16, without interruption

(Cells persist across any number of kit changes until persist is disabled)

Example 2:

Load preset 1, 808 drum kit, Cells 1-8
* drum sounds load
* trigger drums to play a beat
* Persist Cell 1 (bass drum)

Load preset 2, 909 drum kit, Cells 1-8 (but only 2-8 load)
* beat continues to play with new drum sounds, except bass drum, which is still the one from the previous kit

Disable persist for Cell 1
* beat continues to play with 909 kit sounds but now including the 909 kit bass drum

Ok, that's my big idea!

Another possible (much simpler) solution:

If a cell is left empty for a given kit, just leave whatever was in that cell before the kit was loaded, and also don't interrupt that cell's sample if it's currently playing


Thanks,
Cowboy

[Christine]

Interesting idea. We can add it to the wishlist. I'm not sure how feasible this would be because it would take up memory space that may need to be used by the loading preset.