Hierarchy for instrument and channel change in Mixer
I think that when instrument or channel change is utilised, the entry for it in Mixer should move inward:
For this example, I have a score with three instruments (Voice, Electric Guitar and Keyboard Synthesizer). I added an instrument change to Electric Guitar and changed the sound of the new entry to Jazz Guitar.
I think it would make it easier to track, especially if there are many instruments the same, or a change occurs frequently.
What do others think?
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Pretty brilliant, I think.
and it might be also help to show a line on the mixer dials where the default lies so that one can see in what direction any changes have been made.
In reply to Agree - good idea... by underquark
IMO the "dials" on the mixer are examples of a bad UI.
They give absolutely no feedback about the values you are entering, which means they cannot be set accurately.
Spinboxes with a displayed value of 0 to 127 would be much better, perhaps with the option of entering a value from the keyboard.
OTOH many commercial sequencers use sliders with a numerical output at the top. I must confess I'm not keen on them either :)
I'm not sure about the Mixer dial (maybe you can show a picture?), but lines are a good idea to support the architecture of the Mixer. I'm also wondering whether there should be a better indicator of what entry is normal, channel and instrument.
Refining the idea further: Should channel changes be presented different to instrument changes?
In this example:
Electric guitar with instrument change to another electric guitar, but with a different sound.
Violin with the usual channel change, but there is an instrument change to viola.
There is a hierarchy: Original instrument/instrument change, then its potential channels.
I may have forgot about this .
In reply to I may have forgot about this. by chen lung
Does that mean that with one stave we could change sound hearing ? ;)
What text should be entered to change (is it specific , or after the text we should select the note and tell the midi channel what to do?)
sorry for my English... hope that is understandable
See this: #100081: Hierarchy for instrument and channel change in Mixer