Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] tracker with midi input
From: Billy Biggs (vektor_AT_DIV8.NET)
Date: Sun Feb 10 2002 - 00:04:27 EET
On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, matthew yee-king wrote:
> What i have seen work in trackers on other os's is a mutli note input
> mode. you play a chord and it gets spread over several tracks. you
> specify which tracks it should spread over. this works well if you want
> to play chords in on the fly.
Yeah, this is part of the problem. You have to keep state and stuff to
do that correctly, and it complicates the interface.
> [...] also useful is some way of capturing control data, so you can
> put in filter sweeps and such.
Yeah I really need this. I've been coding other projects though. Right
now I do all my sweeps live since, well, it makes a cool show. :)
I totally agree with your rant about interfaces. I wanted a sequencer
as reliable and simple as a hardware sequencer.
-- Billy Biggs vektor_AT_div8.net http://www.div8.net/billy wbiggs_AT_uwaterloo.ca
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