Did you know that there is a BomeBox manual? It does have a section for Network MIDI:
Sorry to read that! We do care a lot about usability and put a lot of thought into a logical behavior and an easy-to-use user interface. But sometimes, what we think is logical, is still confusing for some users.
For example, you wrote:
Of course, for you, it is the most obvious (and useful) MIDI route. But for many other users, who connect one device via MIDI IN and OUT to have bidirectional control, this routing would not make sense.
So it really depends on the specific use case what the best default behavior would look like.
When I close my project residing on the Bome Box(…) the routes are NOT automatically restored.
Incidentally, internally we have started discussing the best behavior a few weeks ago.
What should happen if I close a MIDI Translator project:
- no routes at all (this is the behavior in the software MIDI Translator Pro)
- restore Autoroutes (if auto-routes was checked prior to starting the project). Current behavior in BomeBox.
- restore the exact set of routes which were active prior to starting the project (what you would like, I think)
Technically, 3. can be implemented in a firmware update, but could be confusing for some users, too. For example, if someone has a project running for months, and then, when they close it, they’re confronted with a set of routes which they used months ago.
Anyway, thanks for all your input. We’ll also discuss internally and report back here.