From: Paul W. <pa...@ma...> - 2007-12-13 20:47:35
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi there! I've finally got around to finding out what the Live Tool does. It's actually fairly handy, not just for live performances but also for working on the mix of a project, muting and soloing various instruments to check for clashes. However, at the moment it only controls the mute status on instruments in the Beat + Bassline Editor. Would it be possible to have a switch or control in the live tool window that could change it to affecting the Song Editor? This to me brings up a more philosophical issue with composing in LMMS. Most of the demos that come with LMMS, and many of the compositions on the sharing platform, use beat / bassline patterns as the primary unit of composition. Even melodies seem to be composed as a piano roll segment inside a bassline pattern and then pasted in that way. On the other hand, I tend to use piano roll segments natively in the Song Editor, and use the Beat + Bassline Editor purely for things that recur over one bar - usually drums. If I need another copy of my repetitive melody, I just copy it into a new segment (e.g. ctrl-drag). I feel this gives me a freedom to vary things slightly each time, and to restrict the number of bassline tracks in use to a number that I can actually see in the Song Editor. But everyone else doesn't seem to do it this way. I realise that the old trackers from the Amiga and then the PC worked in the 'pattern' way - are there any other reasons for doing it this way? Have fun, Paul -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHYZpWu7W0U8VsXYIRAmPDAJ9gi96rW22XVl7+P0ekZWhVTWY1QQCfT1C+ IlJ8FrLS7Vxje14slH6NIC0= =sHSv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
From: Paul G. <dr...@gm...> - 2007-12-14 07:45:39
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I didn't even realize Ctrl-Drag existed. I will definately use this, I guess I am just used to the days of tracking and early fruityloops. -Paul On Dec 13, 2007 3:47 PM, Paul Wayper <pa...@ma...> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi there! > > I've finally got around to finding out what the Live Tool does. It's > actually > fairly handy, not just for live performances but also for working on the > mix > of a project, muting and soloing various instruments to check for clashes. > However, at the moment it only controls the mute status on instruments in > the > Beat + Bassline Editor. Would it be possible to have a switch or control > in > the live tool window that could change it to affecting the Song Editor? > > This to me brings up a more philosophical issue with composing in LMMS. > Most > of the demos that come with LMMS, and many of the compositions on the > sharing > platform, use beat / bassline patterns as the primary unit of composition. > Even melodies seem to be composed as a piano roll segment inside a > bassline > pattern and then pasted in that way. On the other hand, I tend to use > piano > roll segments natively in the Song Editor, and use the Beat + Bassline > Editor > purely for things that recur over one bar - usually drums. If I need > another > copy of my repetitive melody, I just copy it into a new segment (e.g. > ctrl-drag). > > I feel this gives me a freedom to vary things slightly each time, and to > restrict the number of bassline tracks in use to a number that I can > actually > see in the Song Editor. But everyone else doesn't seem to do it this way. > I > realise that the old trackers from the Amiga and then the PC worked in the > 'pattern' way - are there any other reasons for doing it this way? > > Have fun, > > Paul > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHYZpWu7W0U8VsXYIRAmPDAJ9gi96rW22XVl7+P0ekZWhVTWY1QQCfT1C+ > IlJ8FrLS7Vxje14slH6NIC0= > =sHSv > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services > for just about anything Open Source. > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > LMMS-devel mailing list > LMM...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel > |