FEATURE REQUEST list - what do you want from energyXT2 ?

[gamble]

@ michi_mak:

you should note that there are two "kinds" of solo/mute:
1) midi tracks, as it is in sequencer, and
2) audio tracks / instruments, as you change behaviour in the sequencer via the mixer strip for a given track or in the mixer respectively.

this method is perfectly reasonable: just think of multitimbral instruments like kontakt where you can have up to 16 midi channels with different instrument patches associated but with a single audio output.
I hope this explanation helps clearing things up. however, if your concern points to a different direction, please elaborate

[hudson_m4000]

@ michi_mak:

you should note that there are two "kinds" of solo/mute:
1) midi tracks, as it is in sequencer, and
2) audio tracks / instruments, as you change behaviour in the sequencer via the mixer strip for a given track or in the mixer respectively.

this method is perfectly reasonable: just think of multitimbral instruments like kontakt where you can have up to 16 midi channels with different instrument patches associated but with a single audio output.
I hope this explanation helps clearing things up. however, if your concern points to a different direction, please elaborate

What about audio tracks in mixer vs sequencer - shouldn't they be linked though? I understand the MIDI track issue as these don't appear in the mixer anyway (just the output VSTi).

[aMUSEd]

Just 2 things (still):

Stability
Dual core support

Although drawable automation curves would be a bonus

[gamble]

What about audio tracks in mixer vs sequencer - shouldn't they be linked though? I understand the MIDI track issue as these don't appear in the mixer anyway (just the output VSTi).

oh yeah, that's true! I guess I missed that in my prior post. kind of a bug, isn't it? in that case, mute and solo buttons shall be linked throughout sequencer, mixer strip and mixer!

plus: when dealing with several audio files within an audio clip, and double-click one item in left-handed audio files list, the view should be centered to the select audio clip. in context menu, you might also add an option like "goto this" next to "delete" for a list entry:)

[bfloyd6969]

It will be very usefull if you had the possibility to snap to zero or middle value for control like pan or pitch wheel and other negative and positive controller.
For pitch wheel it's very dificult to make the bar at 8191.5

This goes in relation to my value at the nodes request. If there was a value shown at each node you would be able to see exactly where you were while adjusting the automation. A center snap is nice as well as having a relative value in relation to the absolute setting of the parameter being automated. I would really like to see this .

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[Branis]

I'd love to be able to save presets for the built in EQ.

[Igro]

Wish to see track meters.

[simple]

hello, i don't know if this has been mentioned before.
(1) i would like to drop single or complete slices from audioloops directly into the drumrack
(2) i would like to do the audiostuff (like reverse and timestretching) also within the drumrackmodule.

at the moment i think you first have to render it to wav before you can use it this way, or am i wrong?

(3) i would like to assign an audiotrack to record the things from the sequencer without connecting a second sequencer.

[keel]

Hi

i have now played on demo little while. There is what i miss. Sry for my poor english. hope u understand what i try to say

Why i cant choose TAB on shortcuts? i would use it to open mixer. Tab or some mouse button.

Also, i would like see those letter etc much bigger. they are too tinys now. These SEQ MIXER, MODULAR ETC..

To browser, give us option to SHOW ONLY 1 folder per time. Now if u have long subcategory its annoing to close all.. And its take time.

When i add VST plug ing etc.. Make a default that its automatically open it.. now i have to press that little button over again and again to open it.. this takes time too.

CTRL plus D to duplicate notes on pianoroll, thanks!

To the mixer, give us volume level which it peak, and after around 5-10 sec when there is no signal automatically reset it "inf" value.

More drag and drop options. Like now i play with demo, i create drum track. After while i want to separate those hihat's to another drummachine, i try to simple drag and drop those wav files. No support there.

i would recommended to invest on overal gui..kinda ugly to me! and yes i can have a opinion..

One of the coolest thing in ableton live is that recover system. When the app crash, and next time u start ur live it will ask do i want to recover liveset on undo history. GOD I LOVE IT! cant tell how many times my fruity has f**ked me up.. So this kinda feature would be a nice.

Also EASY SIDECHAIN.. Take a copy of ableton live Its superb.

Support to Waveshell 5.95 -> ... Now its simply crash.

Like in Fruity and ableton live RIGHT mouse click on KNOBS open little window where u can click AUTOMATE THIS KNOB or something. this i miss too..

CTRL hold to finetune values?

Main Clock could be little bigger..?

When i have things on playlist. Example bass on vst. When i douple click that midi file, it open the pianoroll. nice, but this option wont work on drummachine's clips on playlist...

Possibility to open playlist and mixer in different windows would be nice too.

During writing this, and same time playing on xt, i rly rly miss that TAB button to switch on mixer to playlist

IF THERE IS THESE WHAT I JUST WROTE, pls tell me.. like i said, i just playing with demo.. couple hours thanks

Edit, on mouse 2 ju can zoom things. How about if vertical you can move left and right, but goind up and down it will zoom in and out that playlist view.. that would be a must have..

Edit 2, Allow replacing wav files on drummachine.. now i try to it, it automaticilly make new one..

[Interloud Audio]

what about a midi-keyswitch controlled midi-phrase-sampler that fires off midi note phrases synced to the host when pressing a midi-key?each key assigned to a different midi phrase?
would be great for live-use!

rock on!

[gamble]

xt had this feature before (version 1.4.1) where you could either create midi clips in modular view with several midi slots which could be assigned to keys, notes or notes or use the live mode where you could throw in different clips, arrangements and whatsoever.

since the live mode is re-implemented I'm sure some sort this functionality will find its way back into ext2.5

[Dewdman42]

external midi sync please, either as slave or master.

[mfkne]

To try and keep things a little neater we will start again with FRs as of the 16th May 2008 beta - FRs POSTED IN THIS THREAD WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST AND THEN DELETED - ill try and catch FRs posted in their own threads too (if they can be labelled 'FR' that would help hugely)

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Feature requests following release of 16th May 2008 beta -

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AUDIO

AUD1 - render multiple tracks as energyXT1 'file per track' (3 requests)
AUD3 - punch in / out recording
AUD4 - improved loop recording (related to SEQ9 and SEQ19)
AUD5 - improved audio recording and editing (unspecified)
AUD6 - ASDR envelope per audio clip
AUD7 - basic destructive audio editing (slice / glue / resample)
AUD8 - drag audio from anywhere to anywhere (similar to INT7)
AUD9 - automatic stopping of playback if bouncing / export dialogue opened
AUD10 - non-destructive clip-based audio FX
AUD10 - recorded audio clips to take the track name plus a take number rather than the current 'rec1.wav' etc
AUD11 - energyXT1 style audio recorder
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AUD2 - delete multiple files from audio pool or delete 'all unused' (duplicated as BRO4 - 4 requests) - ADDED 30-05-2008 beta
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BROWSER

BRO1 - MIDI preview
BRO2 - .xtc preview
BRO3 - .rex previewed
BRO4 - multiple file delete

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DRUM TRACK / SAMPLER

DRM1 - MIDI out from the drum track (2 requests)
DRM2 - .rex support for the drumtrack - drag a rex file to the drum track and it maps each slice to a seperate pad (and preferably dumps the order as MIDI into the sequencer like the slicers in FLstudio)
DRM3 - per sample ASDR on drum track (similar to DRM 9 ? - 3 requests)
DRM4 - multi-outs for drum track (same as MIX1 ? - 2 requests)
DRM5 - dont show partial pads when resizing drum sampler GUI
DRM6 - automate drum sampler EQ and FX
DRM7 - group channels within drum sampler mixer
DRM8 - velocity layers in drum sampler
DRM9 - fade in / out on samples rather than simple start / end (similar to DRM 3 ? )
DRM10 - having the start and end handles occupy opposing sides of the sample editor (ie - having the handle for the startpoint at the top of the window and the handle for the endpoint at the bottom) -this would prevent them from being hard to reliably select when overlapping
DRM11 - save effects with clip / kit
DRM12 - allowing the user to set the interval at which the sample loops - "I'd like to load one sample as it is (like a snare, for instance), and then load it a second time, and set it to loop really fast, to make glitchy-sounding repeats. Of course, if 'repeat' or 'loop' or whatever were available in the automation-column (where you now get volume, pan and cutoff), that would be utterly brilliant. And offset! That would be enough to get a tracker-like workflow going."
DRM13 - improved drag-n-drop between parts of the drum sampler and browser (3 requests)
DRM14 - 'panic button' to stop drumpad playback after clicking on it if a long sample is loaded - or a specific 'play' pad on the drumpad - clicking anywhere else just selects that pad without playing the sample (2 requests)
DRM15 - allow drumpads to keep insert effects if sample is changed
DRM16 - note on selects sample for editing
DRM17 - set note / key range for each sample using enetgyXT1 style ctrl-LMB for MIDI learn
DRM18 - 'replace sample' button
DRM19 - load instrument into drum cell
DRM20 - pitch & decay available in drum clip 'automation' lane (2 requests)
DRM21 - being able to assign a note to a pad
DRM22 - render sample and effects to a new pad
DRM23 - right-click a pad to load / preview samples (2 requests)
DRM24 - improved visual feedback - http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 91#3089691

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INTERFACE

INT1 - increased / improved use of drag-n-drop
INT2 - mouse actions added to assignable shortcut triggers
INT3 - improved GUI responsiveness
INT4 - quantize on / off as a shortcut target
INT5 - tracker style QWERTY input for MIDI (2 requests)
INT6 - loop locators to follow snap value
INT7 - drag from audio track to drum track / drum track pad (similar to AUD8)
INT8 - volume / level control on each audio connection (duplicated as MOD4)
INT9 - a centreline reference for appropriate automation / MIDI controller clips (ie - pitch bend / pan / etc)
INT10 - ability to move / copy / paste drum track pads
INT11 - mousewheel able to adjust values on mouseover of target (remove need for ctrl key)
INT11 - a button in the MIDI editor to open the assigned instrument
INT12 - mouseover tooltip on MIDI notes (note / velocity / etc)
INT13 - single click to open plugin interface from mixer and channelstrip
INT14 - show / hide keyboard on synth / sampler GUI
INT15 - allow synth / sampler GUI its own colour
INT16 - right-click option to 'replace' a plugin
INT17 - 'recent' plugins list
INT18 - right-click to add a plugin outside of only the sequencer and mixer
INT19 - MIDI learn for track volume & pan
INT20 - use Y / N / C keys for yes / no / cancel on save / exit dialogues (2 requests)

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MIDI

MID1 - MIDI export (3 requests)
MID2 - loading / saving of custom controller maps
MID3 - MIDI FX with render option
MID4 - MIDI re-capture - similar to 'MIDI-capture' in logic ? (2 requests)
MID5 - fully functional MIDI out component (2 requests)
MID6 - energyXT1 style programmable arp
MID7 - LFO / envelope generator MIDI 'plugin'
MID8 - recorded MIDI clips to get a take number in addition to the track name
MID9 - "all the MIDI functionalities" from energyXT1
MID10 - MIDI groove quantise - either FLstudio style or with adaptive sequencer grid

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MISCELLANEOUS

MIS1 - support for multicore processors (6 requests)
MIS2 - add further unspecified missing energyXT1 features
MIS3 - resolve unspecified CPU / RAM issues
MIS4 - (linux) allow jack.cpp to show an ALSA MIDI connection in the JACK connection bay - http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=217002
MIS5 - an 'official' bug tracking system
MIS6 - full PDC
MIS7 - CPU meter

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MIXER

MIX1 - show / hide drum track mixer in the main mixer view (same as DRM4 ? )
MIX3 - submixers
MIX4 - option to show all four EQ bands at once (3 requests)
MIX5 - global EQ on / off
MIX6 - clip indicator on mixer VUs
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MIX2 - show / hide EQ section in mixer views - ADDED
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MODULAR

MOD1 - improved visual rendering of connections (plogue bidule referenced)
MOD2 - split stereo connections on audio pathways (2 requests)
MOD3 - send returns appear in modular view
MOD4 - volume / level control on each audio connection (duplicated as INT8)
MOD5 - allow feedback loops (as an options preference)

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PLUGINS
PLU1 - energyXT1 style preset randomiser / breeder
PLU2 - if the new amp sim is IR-based then a version that could load external IRs would be most welcome
PLU3 - MIDI learn for XT2 multiFX

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SEQUENCER

SEQ1 - keyboard 'step' recording as in energyXT1 (4 requests)
SEQ2 - ability to switch automation data between clip based and a track based mode (energyXT1 envelope tracks ? ) - or a way to link automation across multiple clips (3 requests)
SEQ3 - FLstudio style note 'painting'
SEQ4 - added MIDI note features such as mute / solo / duplicate / etc (similar to SEQ12 - 2 requests)
SEQ5 - show values of automation nodes
SEQ6 - adaptive snap (?)
SEQ7 - clip freeze (2 requests)
SEQ8 - more unspecified MIDI tools (similar to SEQ8)
SEQ9 - 'meta' tracks (?)
SEQ10 - MIDI monitor button in MIDI editor (2 requests)
SEQ11 - clip mute
SEQ12 - energyXT1 style loop locators (right click / left click)
SEQ13 - multi mode (2 requests)
SEQ14 - live mode (3 requests)
SEQ15 - new and improved composer component
SEQ16 - chord and scale filter in MIDI editor
SEQ17 - drum clip editor window similar to MIDI editor and audio editor windows (3 requests)
SEQ18 - realtime freeze (required for some hardware DSP powered plugins)
SEQ19 - improved loop / multitake recording and comping (related to AUD4 and SEQ9)
SEQ20 - MIDI notes in piano roll play when you hold mouse down on them as in energyXT1

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SYNTH / SAMPLER

SYN1 - load instrument with no presets (2 requests)
SYN2 - easier preset browsing / preview for synth (?)
SYN3 - MIDI learn for synth / sampler (2 requests)

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(list last updated 01-06-2008 12-15)

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PLEASE REMEMBER THIS LIST ONLY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT FRs MADE HERE SINCE THE RELEASE OF THE 16th MAY 2008 BETA - earlier FRs are in the the original FR thread(s) which can be found here - http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... sc&start=0

slainte rob

A possibility for tempo changes on the timeline would be very important to work professional with eXT.

Further more loop functionality with loop editor would be nice. Well done f.e. in Acoustics's Mixcraft.

[ab]

ability to record more than 250 audio files in a project!

I was recording stuff for an album and due to alternate takes I'll hvve to start a new project, but It's a drag to come to the exact same audio settings in both projects.