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I'm not sure track naming is such a big issue. My Fostex 24-track hard-disc recorder has this feature, but I've never used it. For any serious work, you have to use a track/project sheet (as @Mark Richards alluded to), as a simple name is never enough... and it's a lot easier writing/typing names and associated details on these, instead of the convoluted method of twiddling character by character to add text with no qwerty keyboard.
I know you're joking of course and I applaud your desire to re-program the machine, but saying it would be "so easy for TASCAM to implement" does seem a bit presumptuous unless you have insider knowledge. You must be aware from your programming experience that the effort involved in adding any feature can vary considerably as it can turn out to be more complicated than it seems, e.g. do all the virtual tracks need naming as well, how long should the names be, is there enough spare data storage for the names, is there enough spare code storage to handle the user interface, etc... then there's the business issues to consider such as how long will it take to implement, which programmers are available to work on this, and so on.
Your MIDI code not working is a good example I'm sure you'll get it working, but it's going to take more time. Bottom line is, from my experience, there's no such thing as a "5-minute job"
I know you're joking of course and I applaud your desire to re-program the machine, but saying it would be "so easy for TASCAM to implement" does seem a bit presumptuous unless you have insider knowledge. You must be aware from your programming experience that the effort involved in adding any feature can vary considerably as it can turn out to be more complicated than it seems, e.g. do all the virtual tracks need naming as well, how long should the names be, is there enough spare data storage for the names, is there enough spare code storage to handle the user interface, etc... then there's the business issues to consider such as how long will it take to implement, which programmers are available to work on this, and so on.
Your MIDI code not working is a good example I'm sure you'll get it working, but it's going to take more time. Bottom line is, from my experience, there's no such thing as a "5-minute job"