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a suggestion (A Piano Option) Posted: 2012-01-19 08:46 Reply | Quote
Baragon_Kun

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#28776
For Those Who Have Real Problems to Write Directly on the Music Notes because of the Tracking System, wouldn't be nice if you add the option to allow use the Piano Option as a helper, to say, when you put a note in the piano, it actually write it into the tracker, therefore making things more easy.

Also the option of plugin a MIDI PIANO for such purposes would be nice as well.



Posted: 2012-01-19 09:03  (Last Edited: 2012-01-19 09:04) Reply | Quote
rainwarrior

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What do you mean by "piano option"? Do you mean being able to enter notes via the visual keyboard shown in the instrument editor?

If you want to use a MIDI keyboard for note entry:
1. Go to the File menu and choose Configuration.
2. Click the MIDI tab, and set your input device.

Posted: 2012-01-19 09:08 Reply | Quote
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I think this might be a request for a Staff to compose on instead of a tracker grid.

You can always import MIDI files if you'd rather use another program that supports use of a staff.

Posted: 2012-01-19 10:01 Reply | Quote
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Being able to use a virtual onscreen keyboard might be nice, too, though, for people who aren't or can't get used to the mapping of the notes to the computer keyboard.

Posted: 2012-01-19 21:20 Reply | Quote
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#28797
I think learning the note mapping on the keyboard should be part of the learning process of any tracker. In my opinion a "piano" or "staff" feature should be very low on the list of priority; the program is after all called FamiTracker, not FamiScoremaker...

If you want to make NES music using tools that are more reminescent of score sheets and require more knowledge of musical theory than trackers do, consider writing MMLs and compiling them using ppMCK.

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#29592
SunVox has a virtual keyboard that can input notes directly by clicking on its keys.

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