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Is it handy to have a group (tracks) folder in Synfire to keep help instrument families organized or whatever you want to have organized ?
Fri, 2014-04-04 - 00:38 Permalink
I like that idea, but would it be difficult to implement within the container structure? I'm not sure.
There are a number of things I would like to see that could improve workflow. Off the top of my head I can think of: Leaving the instrument in view when scrolling horizontally (for easier solo/mute, etc.); the ability to solo more than one track (so you don't have to mute everything else just to hear a couple of tracks together); the various windows to 'remember' where they were so that when you go back to them from another window, it doesn't go back to the beginning (or another random position). I find this a particular problem in the Progression window which seems to jump all over the place after selecting a chord.
I would also like to see some improvement in the harmony detection for MIDI import. It would be nice to be able to import a file, and save the harmony for use somewhere else. But it seems to me it's never very accurate. I either have to spend a long time in the harmonizer afterwards (which does seem to give more accurate results, not sure why the import can't use the same algorithm), and then I find myself spending a very long time going through almost note-by-note to get the right harmony.
I would like an option at MIDI import, to be able to let Synfire Pro look at every note at a position, and write the corresponding chord that fits all (taking into account look-ahead, quantization, etc.). I realise that could mean a lot of chord changes but through layering, it would provide some very interesting results. That is essentially what I've been doing manually lately and it's very time-consuming.
