Re: [Lmuse-user] Things I need

[Robert J. <rj...@sp...>]

Hi,

On Thursday 14 Apr 2005 14:34, Joachim Schiele wrote:
> On Thursday 14 April 2005 08:31, Geoff Beasley wrote:
> Dear Mr. Beasley,
>
> > Here are a few observations. Firstly let me say how happy I am with
> > MusE.. still ! It's performing very well indeed... much better than
> > anticipated. 

Great!

> > Please let me know if I've missed anything...newbie as I am. 
> >
> > All Notes Off doesn't seem to be available as an option. You really need
> > this, hung notes on transport stop gets really messy and annoying.
>
> As you can see here, we have that already:
> http://www.muse-sequencer.org/pic/wiki/main_window_buttonbar.png
>
> But you're right, documentation is bad.
>
> > I'd like to be able to use spacebar for just Start/Stop playback. Can't
> > seem to use the existing Start/Stop/Rewind, 

What exactly is it that does not work?

> > so I've hard wired Play From 
> > Current Position to space and Stop to "b".

Currently MusE does not allow to use the same key as play/stop. 
By default these are setup:
Keypad-Enter - Play
Space - Stop
Pressing space several times moves the insert point, first to the prior 
locator, then to the start of the song.

>
> Sorry can't help here.
>
> > I'd like to see some sort of auto-return... connected to the edit head
> > someway perhaps ? That way you could keep taking takes quickly without
> > having to laboriously scroll back manually.
>
> Oh you could make a feature request, i think this is done in the bugs
> section.

Yes, depending on what you actually want.

I think the normal way to do this would be to setup the locators (use middle 
and right mousebutton on the ruler) for the passage you want to record. Then 
you can do the recording, press space twice to get back to the beginning.

>
> > Could the "step-back" toggle (next to rewind) repeat instead of having to
> > be clicked each time to move back/forward?
>
> Check the screenshot i've added to the mail. I think I can implement this,
> maybe this feature would be useful. Robert what do you think about it?

First of all, I find the [<<] and [>>] buttons totally useless in their 
current form, it would be a good improvement to make them auto-repeat. I have 
no idea how hard that is to implement though.

Secondly, the new buttons you propose, are they for moving between the 
locators? It is possible from the keyboard (End & PgDn). Adding it to the gui 
seems like a good idea. 

I've been thinking about adding keyboard shortcuts for moving between markers 
(added in the Marker editor or by shift-clicking on the ruler), that would be 
quite powerful I think.

>
> > I can't assign the arrow keys to back and forward along the timeline.
> > I've had to use "v"  and "n". works OK but I have always used the arrow
> > keys. I can't assign them in the key assignment page.

Ah, seems like a bug.

> >
> > The piano roll editor needs to be able to play notes by moving the
> > playhead through time. Can't do that now, have to click on the note; bit
> > inconvenient for me.

Please give an example on how you would like it to work.

>
> This is quite hard to implement in realtime but i suppose not having this
> in realtime doesn't make sence for wav/midi projects at all. I think you
> have to live with it. I usually use the left and right marker for that
> purpose and set the loop icon so that the selected part gets looped very
> often.
>
> > Got caught today when I recorded a Piano line past the end of an existing
> > object without extending it. The notes were recorded, but I can't see
> > them in the track. I now know to extend the object before I rec into it
> > but it does seem to be odd default behavior to me. Surely MusE should
> > extend it for me ? Bug ?
>
> This is no bug but you might understand that if MusE would autoincrease the
> track other could be overlayed and won't be accessable anymore. Sure we
> should cure this problem.

Maybe we are misunderstanding each other, if the part does not get extended I 
think it is a bug. If you extend the part manually with the pencil tool, are 
the added notes visible?

>
> > When the Transport Bar is present the spacebar toggles the
> > "overdub/replace" button.
>
> Ah, and what is the problem with this?

Mmm, I think I can understand if that is annoying, I've had it happen also. If 
you use the keyboard alot it helps if it behaves similarily every where.

>
> > That's it for the moment. I'm sure there will be more but to date I'm
> > very impressed.
>
> Thanks, feedback as always welcome!
>
> > Thanks again to all concerned..keep up the good work !  I'm looking
> > forward to .8... where can I find out more about the new version ?
>
> You can download the CVS version but you might get in danger with it at the
> moment - I had some really serious problems with that. Don't expect to much
> at the moment, Werner the main developer of MusE is just testing some
> things before he can make a real decision in which way MusE development
> will continue.
> But as always, the brave will check it out!

Indeed : )

To give a few hints on what Werner has been working on (as I understand them):

- Graphical automation of plugin and midi parameters (whee)
- Reworked design of the gui, both visually and the way you work with it. 
- DSSI synth support
- Lots and lots of changes under the hood

/Robert

>
> Greets,
> Q
>
> > Best,
> >
> > Geoff.

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