TrackPAD 3 alpha6 preview [+midi]

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Okay guys, at lunch money's request i've been rebuilding TrackPAD from the ground up in my spare time to get rid of some of the bugs that may have been present in the hacky original version.

All the features of v2 will be there, except the character counter- that won't be necessary as there will not be a limit.

Things that you'll notice missing in this build:

- So far there is no MIDI control, but rest assured that'll be in there again eventually.
[EDIT- okay, that's in there now!]

- The list only shows the page number at the moment, but that will show the note names as before, and will probably have the option of a custom page name too.
[EDIT- well, now they actually just show the note names, but again, that'll one day be enhanced...]

- The colourscheme reader is not in there yet, but again, it will be ;)

There will also be control over the default settings for the pages, so that you can get it to make new pages how you like them. It'll probably work that if you click the + button it will make a new default page, but if you rightclick it you'll get a new page with the same settings as the current one.

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NEW STUFF:

I've been playing with the idea of having different types of content for the pages. For now, I've put in a 'chord diagram' widget, which you can have as an option for any of your pages. Each page can have its own arrangement of text/chord/both (or neither if you really want!). For the chord widget, just click to add/remove a dot, or right-click to mute the string (i'll make muting more obvious later). Also you can drag the fret numbers up or down to show a different part of the neck.

If i can find a useable way of putting in images, then there may be an 'image' content option for your pages too. That would come quite a bit later tho.
[EDIT] - well, of course images are now fair game ;)

For now this is just an alpha build to get any opinions. It saves your page data with your project as before. I'll get it working how it used to with the features i've already mentioned then i'll post another version. Then i'll see what other things i can add :) let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to see.
Last edited by haydxn on Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:58 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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Can page data also be saved as a preset?

Looking great, though! The default text option alone makes it a worthy upgrade, but the ability to add new content type, and unlimited word-count... those are cool things. :D Cheers!

Greg
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yeah, that's how it's saved (when you save the project a preset is saved too); although, currently, i've not put in multiple programs (that appear in the popup list at the bottom of the properties panel) - you can save the preset as an .fxp fine.

personally, i haven't seen the point in having multiple programs to appear with the plugin, as they'll not be relevant except with the current project, but if you think it'd be handy for whatever reason, it's not really any hassle to put that functionality in.
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Oh, not at all.

As long as you can save one .fxp (for collabs!) that's all that matters to me. Multiple? No need! :D

Greg
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yup :) just did a double check and it works fine.

incidentally, from this version onwards, all presets will be compatible with future versions. the old one sadly uses a different method to store stuff, but i've been careful to make sure that it's expandable; data that this version can read will be read, if there's data from a future version it will be ignored; in a future version, all the current data will be read fine too, as well as any additional feature data that may exist.
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ROCK ON! :D

One of the best plug-ins EVAR.
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New version with a button to store default settings; stores all the settings (but not content) from the current page (and also the GUI size). These will automatically be loaded when you load the plugin. When you press the '+' button, a new page will be created using those settings. That means you can kindof use it as a copy/paste for the page layout (pick a page you want to make one like, press the store button, then add a new page).
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Tracky pad eat my homework :cry:



oh.... no ... i just didint do it :dog:


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wtf haydxn.

nice. I see youre hard at work...

:(

ROnC

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Ron: I'm really sorry to have to say this, but I'm incredibly disappointed with your attitude. I made the stopwatch for you as a favour because you really really wanted one. The extra features that you're asking for it are quite time consuming to implement, and would take up a lot of my spare time, which I would honestly prefer to use doing something that interests me. Not only does the TrackPAD project interest me a great deal more than a VST timer/organiser, it's actually of use to a far greater number of people. On top of that, TrackPAD has been proven to be pretty buggy, and it's my duty to make sure that the people who want to use it can have a working version, hence the rebuild.

Yes I am very busy with another important project, and that takes a lot of my time; I've also started back at uni for my final year, which brings with it a large programming project for me to deal with. Thankfully, it's very similar to the main project I'm working on, so that's not such a great diversion.

I kindly request that you be grateful that I have already made you one tool and please allow me to not feel guilty about my priorities. I'm sorry that it's not high on my list. When i get some REAL free time I'll have a look at what I can do.
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rpc9943 wrote:wtf haydxn.

nice. I see youre hard at work...

:(

ROnC
Umm did you by mistake use the wrong smily or are you just a bit cheeky?

this post dose look like you are taking the piss a bit ronny?

:|

hayxdn, thankyou for all that you give us here at the RMS forum :)

Subz

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TrackPAD2X rules. 3X will be even better. ;)
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crumbs, there'll be 3 before 3X :hihi:
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thanx for making trackpad!

:D

btw, i didnt mean it any harm when i said that, it was more like a cheeky sarcasm -- i actually preferred a new wordpad over my timer thing, and yknow what its fine the timer thing is better than nothing, man we already talk about that so dont be pissed off i wish you could have seen my reaction instead of read it, it didnt translate over too well sorry

RONC
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Cool haydxn... I have a small application to send you. It parses a list of chords in such a way that... well hard to explain. I kind of forgot about sending it to you till this very pleasant reminder popped up. :)

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