RapidComposer v4 beta feedback and discussion (locked)

[crossovercable]

If I have an RC VST project and I want to import a new changed/updated chord track from the Host, how do I do that without loosing everything when I click Import ?
Like Import and replace chords only.
EDIT: I think I've worked it out, if I drag the midi chord track into the Composition window into an empty track then right click and check "Replace master track chords".
It would be good if that was in the Midi Import window.

[lulukom]

Hi Attila. Thanks for beta 7 and I already installed it. I don't know if you are working on a problem that I have already described and unfortunately this problem has not disappeared in the new beta version. Let me remind you that all plug-in versions of all programs (both RC and Mutator and others) do not open correctly in DAW. They always have two windows (can be seen in the screenshot) - one cannot be controlled, the other is solid white. Mac OS 10.13.6. Thank you .
And yes, of course, only one plugin is open.

[crossovercable]

The VST running in Band In A Box has issues trying to enter chord with the keyboard:

[milliondabeat]

Hi Attila ive just installed the beta 7 and i noticed that the tracks variations no longer work for ghost phrases is this intentional? if so is there a way that i could make it function like before?

[crossovercable]

If I Import Midi it will read the chord name midi markers and give accurate chords, but if I need to update the master track chords by drag n drop to new track it reads the notes to work out the chords and that get screwed up. So if you could have an option to update the master track chords via Midi Import it would be good.

And when I Import Midi with pitch bend and controllers they should all show in the Phrase Editor as well as save with the save phrase.

[musicdevelopments]

very minor bug just found.. if you have work and you close RC and you get the prompt to save your work, if you choose cancel, the dialog closes and reappears.

Thanks, BluGenes, I have fixed this.

[musicdevelopments]

I note that the harmony tags are all inside numbered measure tags, and those numbered measure tags indicate the correct locations. Cheers!

Ouch, you are right! There are measures without a harmony tag
MusicXML is new for me and I am not sure I like it. Thanks for the hint!

Attila

[musicdevelopments]

The VST running in Band In A Box has issues trying to enter chord with the keyboard:

Hi crossovercable,

I have seen this with a bad Direct3D11 driver. Can you select either Direct3D, OpenGL or 'software' as the render driver under Settings / User Interface? You can try 'software' first to see if that fixes things.

Thanks,
Attila

[musicdevelopments]

Hi Attila ive just installed the beta 7 and i noticed that the tracks variations no longer work for ghost phrases is this intentional? if so is there a way that i could make it function like before?

Hi milliondabeat,

they should work for ghost phrases too, I just tried. This did not change, but maybe you found a bug. Will you describe step by step how I could reproduce this? Or you can send me a composition file if that is easier to the info@m...com address.

Thanks,
Attila

[BluGenes]

I kind of was able to reproduce the ghost issue. If you select a generator and use the shortcut "F" with the shift key to generate ghosts, then apply a variation, the variation does not propagate to the ghosts.

Same with shift-ctrl for copy..

However, if you render a phrase, save it to the library, then "F+shift", it does propagate the variations to the ghosts.

Now, the problem is, do you really want to fix that? I think I like the ability to ghost the original phrase, and use different variations on the ghosts is pretty powerful.

If anyone else can try this, let me know what you think..

[sj1]

There are measures without a harmony tag

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that means the last seen harmony remains in effect for the measure in question. (What else could it mean?)

In the All_of_Me example, there are quite a few 2 measure blocks of static harmony, so this is an "early encounter" with the case!

Another case is when there are multiple harmonies in a single measure. This is also very common.

Solve it all once though and thousands of files become available as source material. It's worth it!

[musicdevelopments]

RapidComposer v4.7b8 is available!

I am still checking the ghost issue, but the MusicXML fix went into this update.

Improvements:

• Implemented Ctrl-click for toggling CC point selection
• Implemented Shift-click for selecting a range of CC points
• Fixed a CC point selection bug
• Fixed a chord import bug from MusicXML files
• Fixed: the prompt to save your work will not re-appear if you choose Cancel

[musicdevelopments]

Another case is when there are multiple harmonies in a single measure. This is also very common.

Solve it all once though and thousands of files become available as source material. It's worth it!

Note that you can drop multiple MusicXML files or a folder with such files to the progression browser. This worked in the previous update too.
You can drop a MuscXML file to the master track too.

Yes, I realized there were multiple harmony tags in the last measure. The first chord had no length (belonging note), so that must be ignored, I suppose:

<measure number="32" width="249.13">
<harmony print-frame="no">
<root>
<root-step>D</root-step>
</root>
<kind use-symbols="yes">minor-seventh</kind>
</harmony>
<harmony print-frame="no">
<root>
<root-step>G</root-step>
</root>
<kind text="7">dominant</kind>
<offset>12</offset>
</harmony>

Obviously more testing is needed, but I have only a few MusicXML files. Your help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Attila

[sj1]

Here's a zip file with many MusicXML (.xml in this case) files. Enjoy!

[musicdevelopments]

Thanks for the zip file!!