RapidComposer v4 beta feedback and discussion (locked)

[BluGenes]

Offhand, it seems to me that if the full length of the composition is shortened, the timeline selection should also be shortened (when necessary) to no longer than that.

nice catch, seems that is a bug.

[BluGenes]

Another IT comment:

I find that after doing a regeneration in 'Replace Composition' mode, what I always immediately want to do is to see the entire composition (or at least 32b of it) so I can immediately get a helicopter view of what the new generation looks like.

Actually you can, even with the less area. The structure browser works and so does ctrl-middle mouse over the time line.

open the structure browser, then double click to the right at the top. this brings the entire composition, with all parts and lines, into view.

To see all of those, ctrl-scroll wheel over the time line to resize.

[BluGenes]

How about being able to use the IT to regenerate just the selected portion of the timeline?

If this were combined with IT generation from the PE screen, the entire composition could be very rapidly auditioned and re-generated to perfection!

might be useful, maybe post this in the feature requests thread so it can be added to the to-do list..

[sj1]

Thanks for your comments BluGenes. I like the Structure Browser moves, even if I do still want the real-estate back (e.g. via F1) to really see and be able to read the chord structure). I've added to the Feature Reqests topic. Cheers!

[BluGenes]

As a side note to that, notice that the size change stays when you go through the process again..

I just added Part 2 to the phrase video..

viewtopic.php?p=8503519#p8503519

[sj1]

I am noticing that when I want to open the Chord Selector (via the lower left popup icon that looks like a palette) I always have to click twice. The first click seemingly does nothing, the 2nd click opens it (makes it visible). Very consistent.

[sj1]

Hi.

Q - I've got two tracks, a piano track and a bass track. When I apply a slash bass note to the chord in the Master Track the bottom note in the piano track changes to match. However, the bass track does not change to follow the slash note.

Is there some setting which determines if a track/phrase will follow slash note settings from the Master Track?

I've attached the file for experimentation, if desired.

[musicdevelopments]

RapidComposer v4.5b1 is available!

It took longer and was more difficult than expected but the UI engine is now replaced in the plug-ins. They use the same hardware accelerated engine as in the standalone version. As a result the plug-ins support retina screens on macOS, and resizing behaves better.
I am asking you to help me to test the plug-ins, both on Windows and macOS in the host of your choice.

Improvements:

• [Plug-ins] The UI engine was replaced in the plug-ins. As a result retina screens are also supported in the plug-ins on macOS.
• Dozens of UI changes to improve the UI on Retina (macOS) and HiDPI (Windows) screens
• Fixed crash when dropping a phrase on another one and selecting 'Replace Phrase'
• Fixed a rare crash during editing a phrase generator
• Other stability improvements

[BluGenes]

Not exactly sure what I did, I had a crash using the VST3.. Also, I was getting some artifact "tearing" when I resized the plugin and then closing the FX window in Reaper.

[musicdevelopments]

RapidComposer v4.5b2 is available!

Improvements:

• Fixed: after closing and reopening the plug-in window, the window was not properly initialized, so a few things stopped working
• UI layout fix in the phrase inspector (Rhythm tab)

[musicdevelopments]

Q - I've got two tracks, a piano track and a bass track. When I apply a slash bass note to the chord in the Master Track the bottom note in the piano track changes to match. However, the bass track does not change to follow the slash note.

Is there some setting which determines if a track/phrase will follow slash note settings from the Master Track?

Hi Steve,

only 'bass' notes will follow the slash note. If you check the notes in the bass, you'll see "#1-2 Oct" which means chord root note transposed down by 2 octaves. If you add a slash note, the chord root won't change so you must use the special 'bass' note for this purpose.

If you add a 'Bass Generator' you can see it uses 'bass' notes. By default the allowed notes are "B B+IV B+VI B+1oct" which means "bass note", "bass note+4 scale steps" (usually 5th), "bass note+6 scale steps" (usually 7th), "bass note +1 octave".

Thanks,
Attila

[sj1]

Excellent information. Thank you!

Considering workflow for working with Bass notes and lines -

Starting for example from the provided phrases in Examples -> Bass, I don't think any of them are constructed with the notes as Bass notes. I do notice that I can open a single phrase, highlight all notes, and change them all to Bass notes. So far, so good.

However, one-by-one conversion in the phrase editor at every point/time of usage is very inconvenient.

The question arises, how can one deal with many such phrases at once, or all such phrases on track, or a set of such phrases in the library?

Are there currently means and/or recommendations for that?

[sj1]

If you add a 'Bass Generator' you can see it uses 'bass' notes. By default the allowed notes are "B B+IV B+VI B+1oct" which means "bass note", "bass note+4 scale steps" (usually 5th), "bass note+6 scale steps" (usually 7th), "bass note +1 octave".

So, does this mean that the Bass Generator cannot follow arbitrary (any of the 12 tones) slash notes?

If that is the case, I think enhancing to remove such limitation would be worth doing.

Thanks!

[musicdevelopments]

Starting for example from the provided phrases in Examples -> Bass, I don't think any of them are constructed with the notes as Bass notes.

You are perfectly right!
I modified all bass phrases manually to contain the bass note.
In the attachment you will find the new Examples\Bass phrases.

The Bass Generator is able to follow any slash notes, just like the attached bass phrases.

Thanks,
Attila

[sj1]

I modified all bass phrases manually to contain the bass note.
In the attachment you will find the new Examples\Bass phrases.

The Bass Generator is able to follow any slash notes, just like the attached bass phrases.

Applied and rockin', thanks very much!