Wish: free "linking" of clips to scenes--see image
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:01 pm
1). Instead of being limited to a strict "row only" scene activation, I think there should be the option to freely link any clips you want, whether in the same row or otherwise, to a scene launch button. I personally have lots of interchangeable clips and don't want to be stuck thinking about scenes in a 100% horizontal manner. Just take a look at the image and you'll see what I mean. It'd be more like an open "matrix" of clips.
The lines could look just like automations in the Arrangement View, color coded and hideable, or possibly half transparent when not active.
2). I would also love to have the option to activate multiple clips in the same column, via a CTRL+Click on the clip's play button. This would give me the ability to layer parts of the same instrument on top of each other, adding or taking them away individually--good for complexifying an instrument's part in the same loop cycle-- i.e. layered octaves, layered harmonies, layered note subdivisions (8th to 16th to 32nd notes). Of course then you'd have to put small stop buttons on each clip, not just in the empty slots. And you'd be limited to your instrument's (and CPU's) polyphony abilities. But it would beat having to duplicate the track, wasting an entire column of screen space just for one or two accentuating parts. This feature could also allow me to CTRL+Click any combination of clips to begin at the launch of the entire song.
3). And my last request (for now) would be the ability to stop a clip immediately, not just at the end of its loop cycle or the end of the measure.
I'm shooting for greater improvisational capacity for the performer!
The lines could look just like automations in the Arrangement View, color coded and hideable, or possibly half transparent when not active.
2). I would also love to have the option to activate multiple clips in the same column, via a CTRL+Click on the clip's play button. This would give me the ability to layer parts of the same instrument on top of each other, adding or taking them away individually--good for complexifying an instrument's part in the same loop cycle-- i.e. layered octaves, layered harmonies, layered note subdivisions (8th to 16th to 32nd notes). Of course then you'd have to put small stop buttons on each clip, not just in the empty slots. And you'd be limited to your instrument's (and CPU's) polyphony abilities. But it would beat having to duplicate the track, wasting an entire column of screen space just for one or two accentuating parts. This feature could also allow me to CTRL+Click any combination of clips to begin at the launch of the entire song.
3). And my last request (for now) would be the ability to stop a clip immediately, not just at the end of its loop cycle or the end of the measure.
I'm shooting for greater improvisational capacity for the performer!