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I've been working through the second belcanto seminar in a attempt to make some new keygroups, and noticed something strange. If I try the following:

kgroup 99 hey
output 18 create
kgroup create
it to kgroup 70 name ify
kgroup 99 output 18 to kgroup 70 connect

then one of two things happens. If I have Alpha setup 3 loaded, then the command succeeds and the connection is made. If I start with Alpha 1 instead then it fails with the following error:
'Inappropriate arguments for the verb connect'

Why should the two setups behave differently?

Hi Geert, I am trying to replicate the process Dave lays out in the seminar, of creating a new split with a few keygroups and wiring them up to instruments. Dave starts from Alpha 3, but I wanted to start from Alpha 1 since it's smaller and faster to load, and then add one new split that had a new layout.

The only keygroup numbers involved in the short script I pasted above are 99 and 70. My understanding is that kgroup 99 should exist, and corresponds to the top level keygroup that contains the various splits and arrangers. This seems to be the case since when I run 'output 18 create', a new light appears in the row of splits, and selecting it with the main mode key shows a blank keyboard. kgroup 70 should not exist, and this is confirmed by the fact that when I run 'kgroup create', 'it to kgroup 70 name ify', this succeeds (I guess if kgroup 70 existed already it would cause an error).

So when I get to the last line 'kgroup 99 output 18 to kgroup 70 connect' I would expect this to work in both cases?

Hi 0beron,

We're looking at it and should have a fix ready soon. I'll keep you posted.

Take care,

Geert