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In the MIDI file import window you can preview the midi file, but there are only play and stop buttons.
A simple seekbar which allows to jump to an arbitrary*** file position would make life much easier, as you can easier scan the file, ie. easier check whether the file contains good material.
This seekbar just need to show a simple clickable line , with a length of eg. 3 times the length of the play button.
***Of course the possible positions are limited to the number of clickable pixels
Sat, 2015-01-17 - 17:52 Permalink
Scanning long files is very difficult without a piano roll view or other type of display.
You can import everything as static (lightning fast), disable the creation of phrase pools (i.e. not split up tracks into small pieces) and then scan the file after the import. This gives you a great overview and you can easily extract phrases only from the most interesting places (Ctrl/Command E).
Figure recognition is also way faster on shorter phrases, which saves you hours of waiting.
I always do it this way.
Sun, 2015-01-18 - 09:00 Permalink
Sorry if was not clear enough. With "scanning" I meant just "listening", not viewing !
Just a small UI control under the play button that looks like this: |---x-----------|
with an indicator (x) for current file position. You can click on any point on that line and the file jumps to the position (x/line_length * file_length)