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requests/problems: channel editing struggles

Open M0ahgra opened this issue 1 year ago • 1 comments

some problems:

  • when transfering the data from 1 channel to another, the data has to be moved manually.
  • channels wont always be ordered the way you want, rearranging channels requires manual copying.
  • cant remove channels inbetween other channels because channels are only added or removed from top to bottom.

suggestions:

  • allow channels to be rearranged by moving them around (similar to how patterns can be copied and moved around, maybe even give channels names or numbers like patterns have?).
  • allow channels to be added anywhere (not terribly necessary if channels can be rearranged easily).

some other things:

  • add soloing option for channels (like how audacity channels have mute and solo, and not just mute).
  • add saving of channel mutes with beepbox json file.
  • cant select more than one of certain things (such as instruments), thus you cant copy and move such things as flexibly as patterns.

M0ahgra avatar Jan 13 '24 22:01 M0ahgra

For some of these requests, you're in luck!

Ctrl + up/down arrows moves the selected channel up or down, trading places with adjacent channels.

Ctrl + Enter inserts a new channel immediately underneath the selected one, and Ctrl + backspace removes the current channel.

The S key will solo the selected channels. (But it's not a separate setting from muting the other channels.)

Some of these options are also in the edit menu.

johnnesky avatar Jan 14 '24 00:01 johnnesky