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It'd be nice to have something like mck's "quantize" feature or something close to it. Usually I would use "q7" to make all notes play 7/8th of the way through, regardless of the note's length. Alternatively, and even better in my opinion, you could allow the composer to stop the note N ticks (as in 16ms ticks) before the next note.
This is the only feature mck has that I find lacking in FT. (Lack of support for the Namcot 106 doesn't count in my book.) Keep up the good work. I'll never use mck again!
Could you explain this a bit more? I haven't used MCK that much, so I don't really understand what you're talking about. 7/8th regardless of note length? N ticks?
OK, picture this: first you write a melody line with no volume envelope, so all your notes stay the same volume. Unless you change the volume or use note-offs, this causes your notes to run together, as if you're playing legato, and repeated notes are indistinguishable. Sometimes this is what you want, but more often it isn't.
The way to get around this seems to be to use a volume envelope that keeps the appropriate volume and changes it to 0 at the end of the note. But if you design the envelope for a half note, it won't be good for a quarter note, because you need cut the note at an earlier point. So you'll need to create multiple envelopes to achieve the same effect. Basically I'd like a way to do this without having to create multiple envelopes.
[b]EDIT:[/b] I think I thought of a better way to do it, and it's already possible with the current software. Simply have two instruments: one with no volume envelope (let's call it 00) and one that has the desired stop or fade-out (01). If you want a sixteenth note (or whatever you consider one row to be), simply use instrument 01. If you want a longer note, use instrument 00 and then play the same note again with instrument 01 one row before the next note. There's still room for improvement, though: the software could allow switching instruments without explicitly playing another note, which would both save a keystroke and make the result a bit easier to read.
[b]EDIT #2:[/b] Or even better, put in a command for changing just the volume envelope (and make matching commands for other envelopes while you're at it ). This would obviously be applicable for a lot more than just this purpose.
I'll never use mck again!
). This would obviously be applicable for a lot more than just this purpose.