Oh that is really cool, I didn't know you could use MIDI in that way to record. I'll keep that in mind if I ever do anything other than live. Thanks again . ... View more

That is curious. Also worth keeping in mind is that I've been using CH well over a year and never run into this problem until the latest update. I assume I have enough memory (16gb, I'm on a desktop) as it worked before but is there any kind of specific memory setting that could have been changed for CH itself? Probably something in the latest update triggered something, somewhere lol. At least going through MIDI should hopefully be a workaround. I went with a Korg nanoKEY2 in the end as they are relatively cheap and from looking at the online manual it is possible to change channels. Though right now I can't make use of more than 25 buttons anyway. Looking into the launchpad further showed that it is also possible to change channel but I don't want to spend the money just yet (the way it is setup is quite complicated as well). Both are USB devices fortunately. Hopefully I won't run into any issues with the nanoKEY2. I think eventually I'd much prefer a Laptop with an always focused CH so I could use custom pads and MIDI if I wanted to additionally. ... View more

KJerryK  wrote alank99101739   wrote Regarding working with the Window minimized, I still have not tried it myself yet. KJerryK   do you know? In the latest release, I see that if the focus is not on CH it still does not respond to keyboard triggers, but it does respond to midi signals from a virtual midi app. I have not yet tested it with an external midi controller, as I haven't had occasion in that case to unfocus CH. I wonder if this change has anything to do with the stutters I'm experiencing. There must be different things going on at least if the program is listening when out of focus, whereas before it wasn't. I've no idea though. ... View more

KJerryK  wrote Lewishead   wrote Do you know how many midi "hotkeys" CH is capable of having? Like how many midi button triggers is the limit? Are they bindable or programmed into the devices? I don't think there are any CH limits to the number of midi triggers a puppet can have. I made a grand piano puppet that has a midi trigger corresponding to each note of the 88 piano keys. So I can use any virtual music app  that sends out midi signals -- e.g.; Finale, Ableton Live, Anvil Studio -- to control the piano. Oh that sounds neat, and that is good to know. Is stuff like Ableton needed if you are just using a physical MIDI controller by the way? ... View more

Thanks so much for all of this info it is incredibly helpful. I highly doubt I would run out of midi triggers any time soon if ever in that case haha. Are there any software requirements for midi controllers by the way? Or if I plug it in will windows detect it and would I just go into CH and start binding keys. I was looking at this particular device: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LaunchP2mini--novation-launchpad-mini which seemed like it could be really good, maybe even paired with some pedals and one of these: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/nanoKEY2BY--korg-nanokey2-keyboard-controller-blue-yellow-limited-edition Those alone would be 89 keys without foot pedals, which could be excessive. But if all of that would work together then it is something good to know for the future. I need to do more research as ideally I'm looking for basic button inputs that I could configure with labels of some kind. ... View more

Ah that is so cool. The foot pedals could be really useful in future. I noticed there are a lot of different midi controller pads that could be used. Do you know how many midi "hotkeys" CH is capable of having? Like how many midi button triggers is the limit? Are they bindable or programmed into the devices? Also do you know if its possible to use 2 midi controllers at the same time and have them operate as like "Device 1: Buttons 1 - 12" and "Device 2: Buttons 13 - 24" so that it might be easier to organise and save space on a desk? I could totally imagine some elaborate pedal/pad/pad setup for a really involved process if that is possible. Do you mean the replays are supposed to work with midi when the window is out of focus, or triggers generally? I'd really like to be able to get some confirmation on this before I make any purchases is all. And yeah my system can just about keep up on one PC but not with newer games so I might have to think about that. Again thanks for all the help <3. ... View more

Oh really? I didn't know midi functioned that way. So if I were to click off CH and open a game, I could use a midi controller and it would allow me to use triggers where a keyboard wouldn't? I'm just trying to be thorough about clarification here haha. That is amazing. I was actually thinking I would buy a laptop if I couldn't find a solution and use a keypad/midi device with that, and then use NDI to transmit to PC. But I suppose if midi works it would be easy enough to share the load on a 2nd streaming computer alongside OBS. Is it possible to get midi controllers/devices that don't look like keyboards and don't take up huge amounts of space? More like a keypad that just uses midi? I think I will have to get something I can use for now but have no idea where to begin. All I know is I want as many buttons as reasonably compact as possible. It would be nice to fix the stutter but this would pretty much solve the issue given that I'd never have to interact with the program when live, outside of calibrating the view and tracking. Really appreciate the help. ... View more