Here are some screen shots of those modes…with velocity values on the notes..
Triangles
Diamonds
Standard blocks…
Different shapes
Definitely something I would like to see in Podium after a quick play with it in Reaper.
Velocity values
I quite like the velocity values on the notes. Just drag the handle to adjust. But on the notes not beside them IMO. I see no harm in offering a choice between the two, like Reaper does though. I also like Podiums existing visual vertical resizing of drum notes (to reflect velocity changes) a lot , so I don’t want to lose that. Velocity values on drum notes would be something in addition to what we have already.
Highlighting
The horizontal highlighting would be similar to that in the images but it would include the drum row name on the far left (not necessarily the same colour) as more subtle standard highlighting (found elsewhere in Podium) would be fine for the drum row names but a simple horizontal band / highlight across the notes in a drum row that is the same colour as the tracks designated colour would help.
@Zynewave wrote:
@Trancit wrote:
A very elegant way I think, is the integration in the piano roll editor and to be able to switch via the “View” menu between the classic piano roll and the drum editor…the best integration at the moment is in Reaper, imho.
Is there anything in Reapers drum map handling that you prefer over the changes I’m currently making? If you want Podium to improve, you’ll need to give me some more details.
I don’t use Reaper so I personally cannot say but after a quick check maybe Trancit is referring to this menu in Reaper?
Maybe the modes (which are similar to the Editor Profile timelines in 2.31) which seems unlikely or maybe the Rectangle and Velocity options in that screen shot which would be nice to have.
But I guess Trancit can confirm or deny 🙂
Am I getting colder or warmer? 😉
Freezing 😯
Nah just kidding 😛
I like those ideas personally, the tie in with track templates makes sense and custom note naming looks equally useful.
Quick reminder though…
Please do add some kind of highlighting to the drum rows. Or a horizontal highlight when a drum row is selected. Currently a note or all notes on a row will be highlighted but the drum row to the left where the name is currently is not.
@Zynewave wrote:
Beta4:
• Added a “note enable mode” option button to the drum map editor. When the option is selected all drum keys show an enable/disable button. When the option is deselected, all disabled drum keys are hidden. This is useful for setting up a compact drum map with only the drum sounds you intend to use.
• Added a menu button to the drum map editor. The menu contains commands for enabling all GM drum keys or enabling only notes used on the track. There are also copy/paste commands for applying the enable/solo/mute states to other tracks.
• Added solo and mute buttons to each key in the drum map editor. The solo/mute state is applied to all sequences playing on the track.
Excellent thanks! 
Note that the new stuff is still not saved in the .pod file. The enable/solo/mute changes are also not added to the undo history yet. It’s a bit tricky, because the changes are applied to the tracks in the arrangement editor, but the edit action is done in the drum map editor. I think the undo should be done in the drum map editor, and not be listed in the arrangement editor undo history :-k.
I’m interested in your comments and suggestions.
I think…
…that it should be contained wthin the Drum Map Editors undo history. When you right click on those (undo / redo) buttons the history should include enable/solo/mute changes.
I will say though that it’s not nearly clear enough that right clicking is necessary to see the undo history list funnily enough.
💡 A small button could be placed next to those buttons to make it more obvious.
💡 Or….alternatively when you hover over either of those undo/ redo butttons the right click action can be suggested in Podiums info box (bottom left of the Podium UI). This seems the easiest way forward and maybe all that is needed…but at least that much is needed IMO for the arrangement view and Editor undo / redo buttons. 🙂
The drum rows
Could you please add a subtle highlight to drum rows when the mouse cursor is over them and when a row is clicked?
@Zynewave wrote:
LiquidProj3ct suggested this too. How should this work:
Should the note mute/solo work like the track mute/solo in the mixer? In other words, what should the mute/solo information be attached to? If the mute/solo state is a property of the track, then all sequences on the track will play with that mute/solo state. Switching back to a piano-roll editor, should then reset the solo/mute states I assume, or else you could get confusing situations where some notes in your piano-roll mysteriously is not playing.
Mute / Solo for drum rows (Kick Snare e.t.c) could work this way…
1. If you click on a MIDI track and it has three drum MIDI parts /events, and then you click on the Tracks Mute button the whole track and all parts of the MIDI events on the track are Muted as expected.
2. Using the Drum row Mute Solo buttons would solo or mute a single row within a drum MIDI event. So if I had snare and kick notes inside a MIDI event but then used the Kick row Mute button….
… that would mute the Kick notes within that MIDI event.
3. If the Track is already Muted then that should overide the drum row lane Mute / Solo controls to avoid confusion.
Edit: Ok, I see you added some info to your post about the “fold” button. I’ll consider that. What happens in Live when you remove the last event on a drum line: Does the line automatically disappear, or do you have to press “Fold” again?
I have to press Fold again.
This is the description Ableton have for the function…
An important feature of the MIDI Editor is the Fold button, located in the upper left corner.
Activating this button will immediately hide all rows, or key tracks, that do not contain MIDI
notes in any clips in the track. This is very useful when working with percussion kits, for
example, which are oftentimes mapped out along a keyboard in sections corresponding
to percussion type (e.g., snares grouped together two octaves down from hi-hat cymbals,
etc.). When working with a MIDI _le created by such a mapping, sometimes only one or two
of each type of percussion sound is used, and it becomes unnecessary to view the entire
keyboard range.
The Fold Button Extracts
Key Tracks Containing
Notes.
Ok thanks got it now, the dual “timeline” “timeline” commands confused me.
Now that your developers mouse cursor is hovering over drum maps 🙂 could you add the following functionality please…
1. Allow unused notes to be hidden by default? At the top and bottom of a list of drum note names is a list of notes that really should be hidden….
2. When using 5 or 6 drum lanes / notes it would be much easier to hide drum note names that are not being used. So all you see is the notes being used. Just 5 o 6 in this example. Ableton Live for instance has a fold button that will hide all rows that do not contain MIDI notes….
3. Mute Solo for drum note lanes as well please?
@Zynewave wrote:
Beta2 is up:
• A note sequence can now be shown in the drum map editor without having to create drum kit presets. The drum map will default to showing GM2 drum key names. The View menu in the editor lists both piano roll and drum map profiles. The selected profile type is remembered for each track.
Thanks for looking into this Frits. However I cannot find the Piano Roll and Drum Map profiles in the View Menu in the editor. What am I doing wrong? :-k
