v3 Beta Feedback And Discussion (Bugs, Features, Suggestions)

[magicmusic]

Hi Attila

thanks for update. Now midi drag and drop do always relative notes even if i do drag and drop from jamstix to RC. the setting leave as absolute do not help. always relative. I have too drum.mid files, they are too convert to relative. i

Is it not possible to use a Hotkey, for example when CTRL key is press when mouse button is release to drop the phrase it is convert to relative or absolute ?

[nexussynth]

+1

[lulukom]

+1

[lulukom]

New shortcuts for generating progressions do not work for me or the crash program ..

[musicdevelopments]

I'll check this, thanks for reporting. It worked on Windows.
The MIDI file drop is already fixed and implemented by having to press the Ctrl key if you want to insert a relative phrase. This is indeed much better than the previous solution.

Thanks,
Attila

[musicdevelopments]

RapidComposer v3.3b14 is available!

Changes:

• Removed "MIDI Drag&Drop" under Settings / Miscellaneous. Hold down Ctrl key to drop MIDI files as 'chord-relative'
• Default keyboard shortcuts removed from chord progression generate, preview, generate&preview. You can define your own shortcuts if you want.
• [macOS] Fixed non-working shortcuts (and possible crash) in the Chord Selector

[lulukom]

Thank you, Attila, for the new beta!
It's very well thought out - to drag the midi file with CTRL !
Now about the loop for preview ...
You can go in two ways:
1. Make a loop to preview
2. But, it seems to me, the second way is better -
Let previews will be on a master track (loop already cycle regulation and is also available) - but WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF CANCELLATION OF RESULTS of the generation of progress in the master track or saved to the master track, or saving to the browser!
Thank you !

[lulukom]

And still I have only visual changes on Mac OS (but not audible) when using a chord selector, provided that loop is less than 1 bar (1.1 - 2.1). If the cycle is longer than 1 bar - everything can be seen and heard perfectly ...

[musicdevelopments]

I am sorry, I am not able to reproduce this. I made a loop from 1.1 to 1.3 and changed the chord in the Chord Selector. It was OK both visually and soundwise on macOS.

Other features, like loop for preview, or previewing a progression using the actual track contents, assigning length to chords in a progression will come later. I want everybody to use v3.3 because the previous major update was a long time ago (spring) and this is indeed a big improvement. To be honest I was feeling ashamed how awkwardly the chord selection was implemented before.

Thanks,
Attila

[lulukom]

Hello Attila!
Thanks for the answer !
I'll try to make a video with a sound the other day so that you will be convinced that I did not invent the problem)
Thank you .

[musicdevelopments]

Hello lulukom,

I did not think that you fabricated this bug. It may appear as a result of several rare conditions. Some bugs are really hard to reproduce. If you send me an e-mail with the file that I can use to reproduce the problem, that would be wonderful.

Thanks,
Attila

[magicmusic]

Hi Attila and lulukom

I made a video that show that it work. seem a not easy to see problem that happen only on some setting or maybe you use phrase variation delay or something. i do a video with a new song and add a phrase chord generator 1 bar and you can see what setting it have. lulukom does such example work by you ?

Attila can you please look at this video too. there can see that the chords from chord generator sound diffrent to chord preview when preview play root position is disable. I like sound without play root position much more. To find good sounding chord progressions it is usefeull when the following 3 note or 4 note chord differ only in 1 or 2 notes to previous chord. this happen more often when play root position is disable. so sound better. maybe the chord generator can get a setting that it work in same way as chord preview without play root position enable. BTW: maybe it is possible for a alogrithm to offer chords in chord suggestions that are only 1 note diffrent to previous chord.
Edit video delete not need anymore

[lulukom]

Yes, Attila, try to manipulate the chord selector with such a loop setup.

[musicdevelopments]

Now I see that it is wrong! Thanks for the file, lulukom!

[musicdevelopments]

Hi magicmusic,

I know what you mean and I will try to find a solution. There are some questions that I am not sure about the answers for. The previewed chord differs from the selected/stored chord because generally chords should have
- an inversion
- length (this is planned for a while but does not belong to this question)
- and maybe an octave stored with it to sound the same as the preview.

However I am not sure if it is a good idea to store an inversion and octave with the chord. I find it more logical when you arrange the phrases in the tracks to have a smooth voice leading, e.g. by using 'magnets'. So it is not the master track chords that has to specify inversion/voicing but the tracks and phrases themselves. Each track has to interpret the master track chords, e.g. an 'acoustic guitar' track should use 6-string voicing for a simple minor chord, or a 'slow strings' phrase may use layered, complex voicing with a chord note in the bass. So I think it is not the master track that must offer voicing options.

In the next update v3.4 (for beta users much earlier) you will be able to select a chord voicing (and smooth voice leading optionally) for a track, which phrases may override. I am planning a nice visual editor for editing voicings.

I also plan to replace the current simple chord preview with a better voice-lead preview.

Thanks,
Attila