ATTN SoFo - now THIS is a basic piano roll editor! -ACID Product Family

Subject:ATTN SoFo - now THIS is a basic piano roll editor! Posted by: WT Date:12/13/2002 4:18:45 PM I've also posted this in a thread for the Genevoice developers... however, Acid could benefit heavily from the same thing. For a free example of the piano-roll type functionality that we all crave, please install this little demo: http://www.motu.com/downloads/FreeStyleWin/FreeStyleDemoInstaller.exe Just some things to watch for: Note how you could toggle between select and paint tools merely by holding ALT. Note how zoom can be toggled by holding CTRL drag and reverted by CTRL-SHIFT-drag. Note how selected notes can all be moved and stretched together. Note how you can hear everything when you move it around. Note how they don't have groove quantize - This is why I'm posting this message instead of buying the program. ; ) Acid's already pretty close! How hard could it be to just add a teensy-weensy bit more functionality to the piano roll anyway? Cheers, Warren
Subject:RE: ATTN SoFo - now THIS is a basic piano roll editor! Reply by: pwppch Date:12/13/2002 7:52:34 PM FreeStyle is an awesome program. It has many features that I use all the time. It would be the perfect MIDI editor as an OPT plugin - or something like it - at least for my uses. It is very "musical." Peter
Subject:RE: ATTN SoFo - now THIS is a basic piano roll editor! Reply by: WT Date:12/13/2002 8:30:35 PM Hey Peter, It's great eh? I'm glad that somebody "on the inside" shares my feelings and vision of a good piano roll editor. Here's hoping it's the direction we'll see OPT (and maybe even the Acid Piano roll, pretty please? ; )) moving towards. Cheers, Warren

Subject:ATTN SoFo - now THIS is a basic piano roll editor!

Posted by: WT

Date:12/13/2002 4:18:45 PM

I've also posted this in a thread for the Genevoice developers... however, Acid could benefit heavily from the same thing.

For a free example of the piano-roll type functionality that we all crave, please install this little demo:

http://www.motu.com/downloads/FreeStyleWin/FreeStyleDemoInstaller.exe

Just some things to watch for:
Note how you could toggle between select and paint tools merely by holding ALT.
Note how zoom can be toggled by holding CTRL drag and reverted by CTRL-SHIFT-drag.
Note how selected notes can all be moved and stretched together.
Note how you can hear everything when you move it around.

Note how they don't have groove quantize - This is why I'm posting this message instead of buying the program. ; )

Acid's already pretty close! How hard could it be to just add a teensy-weensy bit more functionality to the piano roll anyway?

Cheers,
Warren

Subject:RE: ATTN SoFo - now THIS is a basic piano roll editor!

Reply by: pwppch

Date:12/13/2002 7:52:34 PM

FreeStyle is an awesome program. It has many features that I use all the time. It would be the perfect MIDI editor as an OPT plugin - or something like it - at least for my uses. It is very "musical."

Peter

Subject:RE: ATTN SoFo - now THIS is a basic piano roll editor!

Reply by: WT

Date:12/13/2002 8:30:35 PM

Hey Peter,

It's great eh? I'm glad that somebody "on the inside" shares my feelings and vision of a good piano roll editor. Here's hoping it's the direction we'll see OPT (and maybe even the Acid Piano roll, pretty please? ; )) moving towards.

Cheers,
Warren