FR - Piano roll

[flippya2000]

Hi Jorgen,

Some FRs for eXT2 that I would find useful:

1. Autoscroll in piano roll during playback
2. Scale detection in piano roll (a la FL Studio6)

I know you're very busy, but would like to hear what you (& others) may think abt these FRs. Thanks for reading. Kind regards -Moh

[djsubject]

+1 for auto scroll but what is "Scale detection"?

sorry for my lack of education



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[Branis]

same as djsubject

[.jon]

same as branis

[flippya2000]

+1 for auto scroll but what is "Scale detection"?

sorry for my lack of education



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Scale detection, eg: if only the white keys are used in a midi part, it would detect 'C-Major', it's in FLS6 & is really quite useful as it shades out all the notes that aren't in the detected scale, thus making it easier to compose <especially for people who can't remember all the scales!>

[politcat]

...it shades out all the notes that aren't in the detected scale, thus making it easier to compose <especially for people who can't remember all the scales!>

learn your scales! and quit asking for such lame features

[flippya2000]

learn your scales!

If a computer program can highlight scale notes for me, why should I learn the scales? Not everybody has the time to learn them byatch!

[jPod]

If a computer program can highlight scale notes for me, why should I learn the scales? Not everybody has the time to learn them

Maybe because if you "learn scales" you will actually know what you're doing and not have your musical range dictated by the feature set of a specific piece of software. Or maybe because in learning something you may become aware of things you didn't know existed before, some of which you might find you like.

Besides, the idea of "learning scales" is misleading -- you don't need to learn some massive array of individual scales, just how scales work and relate to each other.

[Caleb]

Still.....interesting feature nevertheless.
I wouldn't campaign for it myself, but I could probably find some use for it if it were there.

Caleb

[flippya2000]

Maybe because if you "learn scales" you will actually know what you're doing and not have your musical range dictated by the feature set of a specific piece of software. Or maybe because in learning something you may become aware of things you didn't know existed before, some of which you might find you like.

Besides, the idea of "learning scales" is misleading -- you don't need to learn some massive array of individual scales, just how scales work and relate to each other.

Indeed. The reason I brought it up, is coz I was using it a bit in FLS & was quite impressed at 1st, but after some time with it, it's not really necessary (esp. when only basic major/minor scales are detected anyway). Scales can be easily calculated by knowing the no. of semitones between each note, & like u say knowing how they relate with each other is more important.

Thanks for your comments, they have opened my eyes (& ears!)

[DarkStar]

only as a Preference, though

[flippya2000]

only as a Preference, though

Yes, something that can be switched on/off (I assume you're talking about autoscroll in the piano-roll)

[soma]

I prefer the Ableton method of "Fold" where at the click of a button it will hide all the notes you haven't used and auto maximize the hight of notes you have used to fill the piano roll.

"An important feature of the MIDI Editor is the Fold button, located in the upper left corner.
Activating this button will immediately hide all rows, or key tracks, that do not contain
MIDI notes. This is very useful when working with percussion kits, for example, which are
often times mapped out along a keyboard in sections corresponding to percussion type (e.g., snares grouped together two octaves down from hi-hat cymbals, etc.). When working with a MIDI le created by such a mapping, sometimes only one or two of each type of percussion sound is used, and it becomes unnecessary to view the entire keyboard range."

It's also helpful when you don't know the key you just played but you know you only want to use the notes you already played. I see the benifit of scale detect too.

[Brittlestem]

I prefer the Ableton method of "Fold" where at the click of a button it will hide all the notes you haven't used and auto maximize the hight of notes you have used to fill the piano roll.

+1, great idea.

[djsubject]

+1 for fold also