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by longjohns » Fri May 29, 2009 1:50 am
the thing I worry about here is that there are a lot of different actions which are needed
-play from a designated "start point" repeatedly, despite clicking elsewhere/moving the insert marker
-play from song start
-play from different selected points more rapidly (aka clicking in various locations, & playing.. aka current behavior if you use single mouse clicks + play)
-resume playback based on stop position (currently shift+space??)
and besides initiating the different playback scenarios, in some cases it requires addressing how to set the points or determine what the user wants and the easiest way to achieve it
- how do you differentiate between mouse clicks where you want to select something, but not change the playback position, vs. wanting to select something and change playback to that position, etc.
it just starts seeming like a lot of different modifier keys, or even multiple transport buttons. that might not necessarily be bad, but might be confusing.
it might work to have 3 play buttons,
-start of arrangement
-play from 'start position' aka a section you are working on despite position of the insert marker
-play from insert marker
(shift + any of those = resume)??
Actually two would probably suffice (start position vs insert marker) and a double stop would bring you back to 1.1.1
it's just simpler and the only complainers would be the "accidentally hit stop twice" people - guess that's the OP hehe
