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Feature Request: Indicating Density & Length of an Instrument

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Hi Cognitones

 

What about indicating density and length of instruments in the arrange window? (see scribble: as an idea, density left – length right)

 

;-) Minkepatt


Thu, 2012-02-16 - 07:03 Permalink

Logic uses a similar idea in arrange page, you can tell length by length of track, and small dots indicate location and density of notes,  

 

Perhaps a photoshop command where you have a tool which randomly thins notes out of sprays new velocities on, some parameter controls necessary too.  

 

I find I'm dove-tailing parts a lot now.  As I move into a new  instrumenrt, the previous one plays fewer notes nover a lesser range, then the new track kind of weaves in like you do with knitting to make a seamless transition.

Fri, 2012-02-17 - 22:30 Permalink

Thanks for the mockup, Michael.

This kind of visualization is tricky to do right. I'll think about it.

Sat, 2012-02-25 - 11:53 Permalink

Sorry in my previous post, the example was not really right. This example shows density and location of notes. You can easily ascertain density and positioning of notes by blowing the page up, when you shrink it down the data information becomes smaller, and totally disappears If you're trying to  look at 20 channels on the arrange page,

 

Program #'s are displayed, the vertical lines are modulations, They could be switched to show different parameters if one wanted. In this example all tracks are same length. but leng

 

I think with a zoomable window, one can grasp what is going one better than look at numbers. You can have thin horizontal lines running thru the instrument part. to show expression, volume, panning,  Say perhaps you set it up so that you can see 4 parameters and they might be switchable.  Be able to rhythm lines, or pauses, or steps, etc.  it might be a faster and easier way to copy/mover parameters.

 

In Logic you can display what every modulaton you want visually, I often copy modulations, expression, of any CC to another instrument and touch it up with a pencil to to quickly fill in parameters or make CC's conform to what I want to happen in a particular track. This is a very fast way to make each instrument unique with a minumum of work. 

 

Again the more visual info you can display cleanly and concisely, the easier understanding the program becomes.

Sat, 2012-02-25 - 21:32 Permalink

Thanks for your thoughts. 

BTW: Did you know you can display multiple parameters at the same time by selecting them with the command key held down (multi-selection)?