[Rosegarden-user] segments

[Alex S. <com...@gm...>]

I've got back into rosegarden recently, and installed 1.7.0 on ubuntustudio
hardy 64bit. 
RG's come a long way in a short time (imho).

But the latest feature that i'm really impressed with is the multiple
segments per track component. as one who writes orchestral music, this has
already proved to be a big time saver when drafting out work quickly. With
ten basic string articulations, one per track, i can separate all 5 string
sections, and get a faster end result, without having to use 40 extra
tracks.

A big one for me, and my thanks and respects to the RG team. The workflow
has sped up considerably.

Alex.

p.s. I have a couple of suggestions, and i respectfully offer these mindful
of the considerable work already being done in RG development. Some of these
may already be available but i've missed them when reading the manual. (User
Error default)

1. Optional midi device connect on startup. I don't really need RG
automatically connecting to everything, or trying to.

2. Explode segments. The ability to convert 1 track with multiple
overlapping segments into a track each, ready for export as separate midi
files. 

3. An option to narrow the space between staves in a multiple segment
selected notation editor layout. If i select a full score's worth of
segments, then open the notation editor, there's a lot of scrolling involved
to get up and down the score, so to speak. But if this is possible, i ask
that the staves retain their current size. It's only the generous white
space between that takes up a lot of space.

4.Glue all track. In preparation for exporting a midi file, the ability to
glue the entire track in one go, form beginning to end, retaining the
current time position of all segments within the track. (If this is already
possible on a global or per track basis, then maybe someone could point me
in the right direction. I haven't found this one.)

5. Text track notes. a 'new' segment that enables text notes to be attached
to tracks. Basically a text box where i can jot notes, with a limit of say
500 characters. In this instance i would add a track, entitled, i.e.
"Strings", then use that as a text track, putting in notes and orchestrative
directions. I do this currently with an empty segment and rename, but it
limits the info one can add to a single strand of text. The ability to
resize the text segment including multiple rows of text, means if i have a
lot of directions in a confined space, I can increase the height, instead of
increase length (zoom) just to read everything. (Useful for film work, and
large scores where instrument doublings may need specific direction)

6. In relation to the above, the option of setting segment colours per
track. I would have the text track an entirely different colour to the rest
for quick visual ID...






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