Re: [LMMS-devel] feature requests

[Stephane T. <st...@ne...>]

Hi,

Le jeudi 19 janvier 2006 =E0 19:31 -0500, PMG a =E9crit :
> Hello, I have been using LMMS for a bit now, and I've
> got many feature enhancements to share with you. I
> used to be a FruityLoops user so I guess most of my
> request are kinda related to it. Maybe some of them
> are impossible or to complicated for now, I just
> wanted to share my experience (I think some of them
> might have already been adressed, sorry if I repeat).
>=20
> OK, here I go, I'll start with kinda User-friendly,
> better user experience features. good luck :P

I'm not involved in LMMS development but I'll give my opinion on the
following proposals...

> - In the beat/bassline editor, add a button (or
> drag-menu) to change between programmed beats.

I don't understand this one :)

> - Be able to select an instrument line (thus
> copy/paste the notes to an other beat/bassline
> pattern) and also select all of them (or a couple) to
> be able to copy/paste a whole beat/bassline pattern to
> another.

You can use the "clone this track" function to... clone a beat/bassline.
In the piano roll you can copy/paste notes...

> - Remember the small dots at the bottom of the steps
> in FruityLoops, that move along when you play a beat?
> (in the beat/bassline editor)

Good idea but I guess it would be CPU time consuming. So LMMS should
permit to set on/off this feature in the performance setting as for
channel activity indicators...

> - This one is simply a bug, the last (16) step in the
> beat/bassline editor is hidden. The only way to put a
> note there is to widen the window ALOT.

One bug I have is that _sometime_ if adding a new instrument while
playing this instruments has no step sequencer and piano roll can't be
openned by double-clicking. I have to delete the instrument, then stop
playback, and then add the instrument again.

> -Add the slide and accentuate function in the
> Beat/bassline editor.

In the piano roll you can set velocity of each note, you can use it for
"accentuate". Don't know what "slide" is...


> - Add vertical lines (dotted lines probably) in the
> song editor (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE)

Yes good idea.

> - The samples included in LMMS are nice, bot alot of
> them contain or create (I dunno really) Artifacts.
> Some buzz, glitches and stuff. I will try to smooth
> them out myself, but this is something that should be
> worked on (or maybe its a bug in lmms itself)

I noticed that too, on bassdrum04 for an exemple...

> - An undo/redo function

For sure.

> - Remember the last directory in the export file
> dialog. Actually, this would be needed in all file
> dialogs. Or at least, the possibility to add folders
> in a "favorite directory" drag menu.

Yes.

> Now for a bit more extravagant and probably impossible
> fonctions:
>=20
> - The possibility to change tempo, also to accelerate
> and decelerate to a given tempo.

I guess it's rather impossible. By definition tempo should not change
during a song IMHO. Does FL Studio has this feature ?

> - This one is something I've always craved for in
> fruity loops, and that would be totally crazy. The
> possibility to record button interaction in the
> instrument editor. Example: playing with the cutoff
> freaquencies to give a great techno feeling. I guess
> this would be hard on cpu and RAM use, so i thought
> that for a start, you could add the possibility to
> change the instrument settings (presets) in each
> beat/bassline pattern. Then again, you could add the
> possibility to tweak the settings for each step, which
> would really be the same as record button movements,
> but less hard on cpu. Anyway, if this feature
> interests you, please contact me since I've thought
> alot about making the visuals and interaction
> user-friendly and effective.

Automation is a good idea, I like how it works in ardour
(disabled/touch/write/play for each parameter)

> - This is probably to advanced for now, but the small
> piano (dunno how to name it) would be great in the
> beat/bassline editor. To be able to add notes more
> fast, without the use of piano-roll.

I think it's too advanced for now. IMO, currently LMMS's development
should focus on bugfix and stability increasment. _Here_ it's too buggy
to be used in a "production environment"...

That was my 2 cents

(lmms 0.1.2-cvs20060116 on debian unstable)

--=20
Stephane Thomas <st...@ne...>