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Hi.
How about this -
Allow each track in a Synfire arrangement to (optionally) have a background connection to an associated Factory.
Then offer a button/keystroke for the selected track (or all tracks, or a multi-selection of tracks) that commands: "Factory - build me a new phrase and add it to the track".
(As an example reference for workflow, see Instacomposer, which is essentially this, but without the "factory" terminology.)
This would be sort-of like the suggestion elsewhere of "Fetch me a new random phrase from the library" (which also I endorse), but instead of pulling from an already-created existing set of phrases, this feature suggestion is to allow a "make me a new phrase" command to always be instantly available as part of the user's interaction with Synfire tracks (or snippets!).
Mon, 2024-01-01 - 18:10 Permalink
On the Structure page, if you have the library sidebar open and the green Link switch enabled, all phrases will preview inside the current container. Press your keyboard shortcut for "Generate 1" and you'll get another variation of the selected phrase that you can preview in (or add to) the container.
Mon, 2024-01-01 - 19:18 Permalink
Thanks for the description. Seems simple enough.
What I observe -
- The Generate +1 keystroke works (creates a new phrase) if playback is already underway, but it also kills the playback.
- The Generate +1 keystroke does not work (does nothing that I can see or hear) if playback is not underway.
Also the above seems intermittent.
I also note that my Alt-F keystroke to set a favorite, which does work in a standalone Library window, does not work in the scenario here.
Interestingly, my Ctrl-K keystroke does work here to 'Keep Only Favorites'.
Mon, 2024-01-01 - 19:33 Permalink
OK, the keystrokes work if I'm careful where I last clicked. The last click has to have been in the Enbedded Library loop area, not elsewhere.
Generation still kills playback though.
I can quickly double-tap the spacebar to get the playback going again with the new phrase playing.
Would it be technically feasible to have the computer (effectively) do that double-tap itself and return focus to the library loop area. (the double-tap seems to ruin the focus, breaking the Favorites keystroke again!).