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juliansader · 06-17-2016, 02:16 AM

Two of the useful features of the notation editor are:

The voice dropdown menu at the bottom that shows the voice in which new notes will be drawn - but does not filter out notes in other voices.
The option: Drawing or selecting a note sets the new note length.

It would be great to build on these features to get:

Option: Selecting a note sets the voice for new notes. (In which case the voice menu will change to indicate the new voice.)
Option: Selecting an event sets the channel for new events. (Inserting events in the wrong channel is an all-too-easy mistake to make, particularly after switching the active track. With this new option, the user can switch to the correct channel by simply clicking a note of the new track.)
Change the channel filter dropdown menu into an indicator, similar to the voice menu. Perhaps with a checkbox to toggle filtering on/off. (Using the channel filter menu is rather awkward in multi-track, multi-channel editing. Currently, in order to show the channel for new events, without filtering out all other channels, the user has to keep the Filter window open, or add 16 'channel indicator' buttons to the menu bar.)

06-17-2016, 02:16 AM	#1
juliansader Human being with feelings Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,714	MIDI editor: Channel dropdown menu, and Option: Selecting note sets new channel[DONE] Two of the useful features of the notation editor are: The voice dropdown menu at the bottom that shows the voice in which new notes will be drawn - but does not filter out notes in other voices. The option: Drawing or selecting a note sets the new note length. It would be great to build on these features to get: Option: Selecting a note sets the voice for new notes. (In which case the voice menu will change to indicate the new voice.) Option: Selecting an event sets the channel for new events. (Inserting events in the wrong channel is an all-too-easy mistake to make, particularly after switching the active track. With this new option, the user can switch to the correct channel by simply clicking a note of the new track.) Change the channel filter dropdown menu into an indicator, similar to the voice menu. Perhaps with a checkbox to toggle filtering on/off. (Using the channel filter menu is rather awkward in multi-track, multi-channel editing. Currently, in order to show the channel for new events, without filtering out all other channels, the user has to keep the Filter window open, or add 16 'channel indicator' buttons to the menu bar.) Last edited by juliansader; 09-27-2016 at 12:32 AM.