RapidComposer v4 beta feedback and discussion (locked)

[sj1]

I also notice that the zoom levels of tracks/phrases do not persist across sessions. IOW, the zoom levels are not saved with the composition file and then restored when that composition file is reloaded. This would be another nice-to-have.

[lovemusic15]

Hi Attila, wanted to check is it possible to have duration sliders inside the modern rhythm generators like you get inside the Schillinger's interference generator ,as with modern music you need more then 16 and 8 notes . You have great options in all the other generators when it comes to note lengths but very limited when it comes to modern rhythm.I'm hoping this is something that wouldn't be too difficult to do

[BluGenes]

Another thought on that is, since the phrase is non-destructive, you can't edit the new length in the phrase editor. To do so would require saving the phrase as midi, then importing it again as a new phrase.

[milliondabeat]

phrase container.png

hey is there a way i can keep the order/arrangement of the phrases inside the phrase container when i regenerate?

i want to keep the generic generator as "A" and the melody generator as "B"
but whenever i regenerate the order is unpredictably it keeps changing

[musicdevelopments]

RapidComposer v4.2b8 is available!

Improvements:

• Memory footprint reduced, memory and resource allocations optimized (lots of changes under the hood)
• Fixed: user tags were not saved in the browsers
• Double-clicking on horizontal or vertical scrollbars zooms out the view

[lulukom]

[musicdevelopments]

Hi milliondabeat,

I thought that this was possible but it turned out that I was wrong.
I added a menu item:



I rebuilt the Windows beta version v4.2b8 (see above post) with this new option.

Thanks,
Attila

hey is there a way i can keep the order/arrangement of the phrases inside the phrase container when i regenerate?

i want to keep the generic generator as "A" and the melody generator as "B"
but whenever i regenerate the order is unpredictably it keeps changing

[musicdevelopments]

Hi lovemusic,

would you like shorter or longer note durations? In any case, please don't forget the possibility that you can resize a phrase to make it faster or slower. Resizing is non-destructive so feel free to experiment.

"Modern Rhythm Patterns" works by using 1/8 or 1/16 based patterns from existing hiphop/dubstep/etc music (you know which ones )
"Modern Random Rhythm" is also based on 8th and 16th notes, it places rests, 8th notes and 16th notes, so the whole algorithm should be rewritten to support other lengths.
The same applies to "Modern Rhythm" so I am afraid it is not easy to add other note durations.

Thanks,
Attila

Hi Attila, wanted to check is it possible to have duration sliders inside the modern rhythm generators like you get inside the Schillinger's interference generator ,as with modern music you need more then 16 and 8 notes . You have great options in all the other generators when it comes to note lengths but very limited when it comes to modern rhythm.I'm hoping this is something that wouldn't be too difficult to do

[lulukom]

Hi Attila! Thanks for the beta! And how to find phrases in the browser by tags?

[musicdevelopments]

In the search field you type: {tagname}!="" . This means "where this tag exists".

When tags have a value, e.g. "style=jazz" and you want to display only phrases with jazz style, you enter {style}==jazz or {style}=="jazz".
To display all phrases with "style" tag, you enter {style}!=""

[lulukom]

Thank you, but the formula is not for me)))
I would prefer to label the Favorites (♡) and make "Show favorites" and choose a folder, for example "Bass" ?

[BluGenes]

In the search field you type: {tagname}!="" . This means "where this tag exists".

When tags have a value, e.g. "style=jazz" and you want to display only phrases with jazz style, you enter {style}==jazz or {style}=="jazz".
To display all phrases with "style" tag, you enter {style}!=""

yea, a "programmer" style syntax is no fun to anyone who is more accustomed to buttons and clicks.. maybe consider adding a gui shell to this..

[sj1]

• Double-clicking on horizontal or vertical scrollbars zooms out the view

That's a nice addition!

FWIW, if one has Double-clicked to zoom out and is still zoomed-out (no intervening manual change of zoom), being able to zoom right back to where you were with another Double-click would be nice. IOW, zoom memory.

[lulukom]

+1 I also wanted to write about it!

[sj1]

Also, if you do GUI-fy the tag search, please make that an addition rather than a replacement. IOW, please don't take away the textual search as it now exists. Both approaches are valid!