Grid = bar assumes 4 beats per bar?

[nicenoise]

Hi,

In MU 2.6 and 3, if you set beats per bar to 6 and set the grid to 'bar', the Composer window uses a grid of 4 beats, not whole 6-beat bars. E.g. when sizing a new part or moving the loop locators. The docs and mutools.com site only has one reference to 'grid' and I didn't find anything on the forum, so perhaps I'm overlooking something obvious?

If it's by design then presumably in anything other than 4/4 you'd always set the grid to something other than bar.

[MuTools]

In MU 2.6 and 3, if you set beats per bar to 6 and set the grid to 'bar', the Composer window uses a grid of 4 beats, not whole 6-beat bars. E.g. when sizing a new part or moving the loop locators.

I tried to repeat this so to see what you mean but can't repeat it.

I'm in the dark about what you mean. Can you please elaborate, eventually using a screenshot.

[pljones]

Oh - I got this with the composer loop locators, too with my 5/4 piece. I forgot about that.

[nicenoise]

I tried to repeat this so to see what you mean but can't repeat it.

I'm in the dark about what you mean. Can you please elaborate, eventually using a screenshot.

Of course. Step by step:

1. Open MU.LAB and start a new session. The end loop locator on the timeline (button with clockwise half-circle arrow) is on the 4th beat.

2. Right-click Composer background / Composition / Edit Properties

3. Change 'beats per bar' to 6

4. Right-click Composer background / Grid / Choose grid

5. Select 'bar'

6. Click and drag the end loop locator - it moves in 4-beat increments rather than whole bars, now that bars are 6 beats long. As if it still thinks bars are 4 beats long.

7. Double click on track and create a new sequence.

8. Resize the sequence by dragging its right-hand edge. It too moves in 4-beat increments instead of whole 6-beat bars.

It could be I haven't understood something about MU.LAB, but at first glance it seems awry that things don't move in whole-bar steps when grid is set to 'bar' and beats-per-bar isn't 4.

As a workaround I just set the grid to 'beat' but it would be nice to have it snap to bar.

[MuTools]

Thanks for the clear info. Confirmed issue. Will R&D a solution.

[sorohanro]

Yep, noticed the same behavior.
This happens with time signature like 3/4, 5/4, 6/4... and so on, whatever is not 4 based number.

I usually fix it by setting "snap to grid" to beat instead of bar.

[nicenoise]

Thanks for the clear info. Confirmed issue. Will R&D a solution.

Why thank you - you don't get support like that from Microsoft

[sorohanro]

you don't get support like that from Microsoft

Actually, you don't get support like that from anybody else