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Line Tool

Post by nebulae » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:44 pm

no need to add an actual tool, but how about ALT+Click-n-Drag to make smooth lines for velocities and ramps?

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Re: Line Tool

Post by Angstrom » Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:12 pm

don't we have that already? (for velocities)

select some notes so they go dark, in the velocity view hold alt and ctrl and then click and drag a line out over the darkened notes velocity peaks. Instant velocity ramp.

unless you mean something a little different I quite like this method.

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Post by nebulae » Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:15 pm

Well, I didn't know that the line was straight if you held down those CTRL+ ALT. I'm thinking like FL Studio's midi editor - you can do a lot with just the modifier keys and clicking and dragging.

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Post by nebulae » Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:16 pm

Can you confirm if the line is nice and straight? I'm at work and can't try it ATM.

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Post by Angstrom » Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:23 pm

its straight, dont worry

the line of the tool is the same as the 'marching ants' marquee drag tool. It just goes into a line when you do ctrl&alt. It works as you imagine it would : click and drag a line and the velocities go all wedge-like. It takes me right back to programming 1993 rising drum fills ;)

I had a little check just before I posted - I'd only used it a couple of hours earlier but I had to check!

I do hope the envelope tools get a biggish revamp for L7, stuff like curves, beziers, group move (across tracks) view multiple lanes, etc, etc.

they are a little clunky to access right now if you are checking the timing on a number of envelopes at once, my quickest method being highlighting the pulldown and using the up/down keyboard arrows to flick back and forth.

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Post by cs759 » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:59 pm

excellant - and I've been doing it the hard way all this time.
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Post by nebulae » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:36 pm

I can confirm that if the pencil is not selected, and you have selected a bunch of notes, then holding down the CTRL button only will draw lines for velocity. Very nice!

Also, in the piano roll, holding CTRL + ALT and left-clicking will move the grid up or down. Again, very nice.

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