Tracktion Software

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:16 am

Maybe my wishes will be in vain, or maybe there are others that would like the same.

1. A scrollbar with increase/decrease!

I dont know about you guys but the current scroll scheme is too disorienting.
You get a sense of "where am I" evertime one zooms in & out. The prebar length keeps changing and it gives a sense of a slipperry slide feel!
It would be much nicer if it did not move at all.
A scrollbar with the increasing & decreasing adjuster would give Tracktion a more solid feel IMO.

2. (Optional) Full screen edit mode for piano roll edit! PLEASE.

3. The ability to get into record mode from play, and play mode from record without stoping the song, just like Ableton Live, Reason, Logic etc.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:20 am

Also, why does it take sooo long to scan plug-ins? Its almost like booting Windows 2000.

tranc3 · Post by **tranc3** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:30 am

Mr Sleep wrote:Maybe my wishes will be in vain, or maybe there are others that would like the same.

1. A scrollbar with increase/decrease!

I dont know about you guys but the current scroll scheme is too disorienting.
You get a sense of "where am I" evertime one zooms in & out. The prebar length keeps changing and it gives a sense of a slipperry slide feel!
It would be much nicer if it did not move at all.
A scrollbar with the increasing & decreasing adjuster would give Tracktion a more solid feel IMO.

I used to wish for the same, but after I changed the scrollwheel on the mouse from zooming to scrolling, and shift+scrolling to zooming, I find myself navigating through my compositions much more quickly (and therefore working more quickly) than I can with scrollbars.

koolkeys · Post by **koolkeys** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:54 am

You can turn the plug-in scan off, and then just re-scan each time you add a plug. Then your startup time is decreased.

Koolkeys

haydxn · Post by **haydxn** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:17 am

yes, use SCROLLING for the wheel behaviour, and make use of the wonderful zoom feature: right-click the background and drag towards/away from THE CURSOR to zoom

ModuLR · Post by **ModuLR** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:54 pm

Tracktion should be packaged with a wheely mouse just to make the point. No wheely mouse, and you are seriously missing out on navigating in tracktion. Which reminds me, do they have some kinda wheely wacom tablet? that might rawk! I've got a tiny wacom, and it's pretty nice to input notes on the piano roll.

semiquaver · Post by **semiquaver** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:39 pm

I've said it before.... check out contour designs rollermouse

http://www.contourdesign.com/rollermouse_info.htm

lets you keep both hands on the keyboard AND zoom and scroll and not get carpal tunnel. the bomb.

oh and I would like to see zooming centered on the cursor.

djsubject · Post by **djsubject** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:46 pm

My T2 wish is that you can buy it for £5 & it lets you register any plugin's you want free of charge, it ships with a mackie DXB & a P4 9999999htz laptop with 9999999999999999999 gig of hard drive space & 100 gig of ram

oh & a dvd burner & 22kilos of weed (subject to terms & condishions)

semiquaver · Post by **semiquaver** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:51 pm

My T2 wish is that you can buy it.

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:19 pm

Weird how people request features that are already implemented.

Except the buying thing. That's still in alpha.

braj · Post by **braj** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:22 pm

ModuLR wrote: Which reminds me, do they have some kinda wheely wacom tablet? that might rawk! I've got a tiny wacom, and it's pretty nice to input notes on the piano roll.

That sounds interesting! I have a wheel mouse on my Wacom. Gotta hook that up and try it with the piano roll!

bewing77 · Post by **bewing77** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:02 pm

Lunch Money wrote:Weird how people request features that are already implemented.

Except the buying thing. That's still in alpha.

djsubject wrote:oh & a dvd burner & 22kilos of weed (subject to terms & condishions)

WHERE'S MY REEFER?!

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:42 am

Thanks for the response dudes, but Im sad to say, Im on my way., wont be back for many a days..., My heart is down, my head is turning around, I had to meet a little girl in kingston town.

What I meant to say was I cant work without a scroll man..,
Why oh why thy creator of Tracktion.. Why?

Still looking but cant depart my beloved Logic. Forgive me for I have looked elswhere again.

mandolarian · Post by **mandolarian** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:50 am

Mr Sleep wrote:Forgive me for I have looked elswhere again.

Forgiven Mr. Sleep. Hope you find the peace you seek.

Sometimes I wonder if software, even DAW software has become imprinted on our habitual minds, such that each program needs to emulate another. MS Word sort of lets you pretend you're typing Word Perfect keystrokes.

In an ideal world a modular host would let you pick the workflow, or in T's case the playflow, of objects and object behaviour of the program / habit you have imprinted on. While change is good, sometimes in the 2-D virtual world a rest is just as good.

Sadly, every developer is required to re-invent the 'U.I.' wheel in a proprietary way. In the case of Tracktion, I'm very happy with Jule's remix of the typical DAW theme. That's why I call it playflow. It's just fun to use. For me and a few others it seems. Samplitude and Audition, oh dear, now that's workflow.

Good luck, Mr. Sleep, on your Logical adventure and thanks for joining us Tracktioneers during our hours of hope and need! But don't be a stranger, come back and whine to us about Apple's Logic support and quaint 20th century interface so we can keep our smug attitudes in shape!

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:22 pm

Tracktion's scrolling is second to none, which is what confuses me.

Have fun elsewhere.

Greg

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