Re: [Lmuse-developer] Song type is removed in trunk now!

[Robert J. <spa...@gm...>]

2012/10/9 Dennis Schulmeister <mus...@wi...>

> Hi all,
>
> I definitively need to check out Tim's latest work (from svn :-)).
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Although there is one feature which I would really love in MusE: The
> ability to disable any and all intelligence. Such that MusE behaves
> like a very dumb sequencer and only sends out MIDI events which are
> actually on the timeline. No automatic GM/GS/XG reset, no initial
> values for controllers, no skipped PC/CC values, nothing.
>
> The reason is that most often I setup my hardware synths outside of MusE
> and want MusE to only playback some pre-recorded events. Usually I
> create song setups at the synth panel and dump them in MusE later. More
> often than not the "added intelligence" has destroyed the settings and
> reverted them to all pianos ...
>

The machine is trying to tell you something: Use more piano ;)
Jokes aside you make a good point which I hope we can live up to. Don't do
any unnecessary automatic changes.
Assumptions about what the user wants to do is good for the beginner but
often bad for the power-user.

Regards,
Robert