From: Christopher C. <st...@tr...> - 2009-09-17 09:58:59
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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Rosegarden-user] thoughts on Openoctave Midi? From: James Warden <wa...@ya...> To: rosegarden-user <ros...@li...> Date: 09/17/09 03:07 > Hi all, > > I use KDE 4.3 but could compile OO easily. It works rather nice. > > I like the focus on the matrix editor as I am illiterate when it comes to reading notes, working with scores, etc. So for me, who work by ears all the time, the OO functionality is what I need. > > However, I cannot say the keyboard shortcuts are friendly with KDE4. If I want to remove tracks, in RG I used to Ctrl-D. In OO, I have to use F5 + mouse clicking on a popup menu and even then, I had a freeze when it reached the deletion of audio tracks. There's no other way by default. Maybe it is customizable but I did not work with OO long enough. What I like is that I could import RG files (1.7.3) into it and that pressing the space bar STOPS the playback ;) Of course, it can do much more but a small detail like this is cool as it is a default functionality in many apps: space-bar = start / stop transport :) > Use Ctrl+F5 and arrow keys with enter. We consolidated the tools into menus so it was easy to remember. Instead of having to remember a key for add track, delete track, and so on, you just have to remember the one. Audio is on it's way out of OOMidi. We are using Ardour for that. We wanted to focus on one thing and do it well and that is the matrix editor. I would not count on audio always working in OOMidi, it will not last long I think. One of the side effects of removing the audio stuff and adding solo per track is when you add and delete tracks sometimes it does not render the change. I will have to get to that some time. > I encourage the OO devs to continue the effort. There are some quirks though, but maybe it has to do with KDE4 (splash screen not disappearing: thanks for the nosplash option! sequencer still active by default - the nofork option should be the default but maybe it's just me who likes it like that). I also really like the nosequencer mode, does not depend on jack, etc. But maybe RG was providing this too, I never tried RG without jack. > > One thing that would be nice: start OO without ANY track. Where is the default template and how can I modify it ? > You can change the studio to anything you like and save as default studio. > Anyway, I like this project :) > Great! > J. > > |