Zynewave.
Mike GHi,
Minor suggestion:
When switching between tools it takes me a while, I have tried using the F and D keys to move between but I still need to hover the mouse to get the tooltip so I can tell which tool is selected.
E.g. I always get erase and scalpel mixed up and it is a surprising distraction to my workflow when editing.
How about a “Selected tool” bit of text that can be added next to the toolbar buttons so I can see at a glace which one is selected. Or maybe even new less similar “erase” and “scalpel” icons.
Thanks.
Mike G
LiquidProj3cthey Mike, what do you think about this feature request?
(Summary: No switching tools at all because its time consuming, and creativity killer, and you can do every common action with both mouse buttons together with ctrl/shift/alt)
The piano roll in Podium is almost perfect. However tons of times I have problems with it: I don’t like swich between tools, I do everything with Pencil tool.
With Pencil tool [+Ctrl/Alt/shift] you can do the most of the actions that you usually need, except one: unselect notes.
Aditionaly I think that tons of user would find more useful delete notes with right click, instead double click.
Then my suggestion is:
Please Frits, allow customization of right click in piano roll / drum editor, where two options would be:
– Tools popup (for people that like the traditional menu, as Conquistador)
– Unselect and delete event (this would be ideal for avoid tools swiches)
– Extra action 1
– Extra action 2
– Extra action NWith Unselect & delete event option you could:
– Avoid tool swiching
– Hide tools icons
– Unselect a group of notes right clicking in a emply space
– Less menus in Podium 🙂
– Add notes with left click, delete notes with right click, what could be more inmediate and simple?I think that a superfast workflow is ideal for those people that do music instead collect a bunch of features/exotic functions
Best regards
Mike GThanks for pointing that out.
Aggree with the creativity killer sentiment, it is something that I stumble into often.
ANS: Theoretically yes.
But, it’s hard to imagine becuase it’s quite different from the current workflow.
I suppose also we have to consider that your suggestion while it doesn’t sound like it will take lots of development effort it will have huge effect of every single podium user… not something to do lightly!
Key combinations may make it harder for newbs as they are hard to discover.
Having said that I also think this possibly might be a better idea for newbs becuase I remember it took me a while to find out that to do some stuff you had to switch tools, either becuase I’m particularly think or becuase it’s a little unintuitive.
I wonder if combining this suggestion with something like right-click menus would help with discoverability.
Q: Can you do what you can with the scalpel with the pencil tool? (i.e. Split audio and midi events)
BTW I’m talking about all parts of podium (arrangement window too) not just piano roll.
LiquidProj3ctBut, it’s hard to imagine becuase it’s quite different from the current workflow.
I’m a newbie with Podium yet, so I understand that some people could disagree with this “new” piano roll workflow and that’s the reason because it would be nice have it as an option. I sure that 90% of newbies like this new approach. However I think that the “new” piano roll workflow isn’t “new” only improved. Because with pencil tool nowadays you can:
– Draw notes: Simple LClick
– Horizontal Zoom: Ctrl+Alt+MouseWheel
– Vertical Zoom: Ctrl+Shift+MouseWheel
– Total Zoom: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+MouseWheel
– Move windows: Shift+Alt+LClick
– Select multiple notes 1: keeping Ctrl and clicking on each them
– Select multiple notes 2: keeping Shift and dragging with LClick
– Resize notes: dragging them…
– Delete notes: Double LClick on one of them
The only feature added would be with “Unselect and delete event” option would be:
– Delete notes: Also right click on them
– Unselect all event: Right click on empty space.
I really think that it would be a really fast workflow. No need of select tools. And this would be only for piano roll and drum roll, not for sequencer (although unselect sequences would be nice also)
Q: Can you do what you can with the scalpel with the pencil tool? (i.e. Split audio and midi events)
As far i know, no, you cannot do it. It would be useful another simple shorcut. Hovewer (i don’t know if this is a bug) it doesn’t cut the piano roll event, and would be nice (but not critical imo) another shorcut for do it with pencil tool, as RightShift+LClick
Zynewave@Mike G wrote:
Q: Can you do what you can with the scalpel with the pencil tool? (i.e. Split audio and midi events)
BTW I’m talking about all parts of podium (arrangement window too) not just piano roll.
Ctrl+T is the key shortcut for splitting all selected events at the edit cursor. You don’t need the scalpel tool if you can get used to that shortcut. You can then remove the scalpel tool from the toolbar and thus won’t risk confusing it with the eraser tool.