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It would be great if the notes you enter as well as the rendered notes could be colored depending on their pitch (modulo 12), => 12 colors.
These colors should be configurable. But the default colors for the pitches should follow a distribution that makes sense (color spectrum following the circle of fifths -> C=yellow -> G =lime -> D=green,..., C# =violet***).
I know there are already colors for chords which give a visual orientation.
But anyway: note pitch coloring helps especially when there are static melodies, with absolute pitches.
Also octave steps become more obvious. And also "blue notes" (when you have learned which colors belong to which key).
***The colors from the circle of fifths already follow this scheme, but they are not always that good distinguishable (which is maybe wanted), they are more pastel colors.
A (in my opinion) better default configuration would be (see attached image)
"#ECEC00", "#AC01FF","#00C632", "#E2254E","#00DFDF","#8F5D21", "#1A28CD","#93E92F", "#FF59EB","#008E1E", "#FF7F00","#517BFF"
Tue, 2015-01-06 - 14:35 Permalink
There are two issues with this I can see...
the notes displayed in the figures do not equate to any actual note unless they are static. The rendered note depends on many things including the harmony. That is one of the powerful things about syen fire although it does take a while before ithe concert falls into place.
the second issue is that colours are already used to denote the type of figure interpretation, e.g brown us static, purple chords, etc. it is also possible to have a figure that includes multiple note type and alsompossibke to display additional parameters on the figure display as well.
its possible to colour the chord palette with different schemes, check that out as that may give you something closer to what you are after.
i think if an additional screen/tab could be opened that showed the resulting notes in a piano roll, colouring them as you described would be useful. Current to see this information you gave to export to a daw or notation editor
Tue, 2015-01-06 - 15:32 Permalink
Yes I understand that the "notes" you draw are in most cases not static pitches.
But together with all parameters specified (most important the harmony) the program knows the concrete pitches already !
It would be like a permanent preview of the actual pitches.
I personally would like to watch single colors changing when you change part of the harmony.
At the moment you can only watch subtle changes of the vertical positions of the "notes".
Also, it would help you editing a (static) melody.
the second issue is that colours are already used to denote the type of figure interpretation
But it would be optional, just another view mode, just an additional little button that you can activate to show the pitch spectrum.
Tue, 2015-01-06 - 18:46 Permalink
But together with all parameters specified (most important the harmony) the program knows the concrete pitches already!
Only if Figure and Harmony and all parameters are spanning the entire song.
Figure, parameters and Harmony may loop at different lengths. Each loop will give you different pitches. In fact it can produce different music altogether. Even when you replace the instrument, or change its ranges, pitches will change.
What looks like a limitation first, turns out to be one of the most powerful features once you learn to use it.
Tue, 2015-01-06 - 18:47 Permalink
The only way it could be done is like blacksun says, with a read-only piano roll showing the generated notes. This has been discussed before and hopefully we'll see it in an update one day.
You can't do it in the figure because the figure doesn't just relate to the position in the arrangement, e.g. if it's looped.
Tue, 2015-01-06 - 20:21 Permalink
Since notes can influenced by so many factors.. I think coloring things is overdoing it. You are already using colors.
I would like to score display when song is played.. This would give me an indication on areas I want to correct/work more on..