On 05/25/2014 03:56 AM, Tres Finocchiaro wrote: > > The button would be the same style toolbar button we have today for > add automation track or bb track. >
So a toolbar button for the show/hide mechanism? That should be doable. > No, it should not be default, neither should be the existing > automation track nor the sample track IMO. New features don't get > jammed in people's face for no reason, and automation should be used > when needed. Its senseless IMO to have it there by default on all new > tracks. When I want automation, I will request it from the daw for > specific purposes. It is the first item I remove from a track. It > bulks the default interface. > And if you don't like what's there by default, you can already create your own default template, save it as "default.mpt" in the templates folder, and you'll be all set and don't have to remove things you don't want every time. Meanwhile, the reason we have one of each types of track in the default default template is that it communicates the features of the software to new users. It's a quick and easy shorthand saying "these are the things you can do with this software". > Composition usually consists of beats, melodies and then, when the > time is right, automation. IMO tempo automation is not common enough > in the beginning steps of electronic music production to be front row > and center. Well, you're partially wrong there. I know for a fact that for many musicians, creating a tempo map is the first step they do for a new project. This is done by beatmatching to an existing recorded track, tapping in a tempo map manually, or other methods. Thing is, tempo isn't just automation - it's the backbone of a song. Everything else depends on tempo. It's vital functionality, it's something that can add life to a song. Static, unchanging tempo sounds computer-generated, and for electronic music this is often fine and even desirable, but for many other types of music it just sounds fake. Do we really want to hole in LMMS as a software for only certain types of music? We should strive more towards versatility, towards a real professional-grade DAW, and that includes being able to work with tempo in more ways than just drawing curves... So for this reason I feel it should be visible by default. If we have a toolbutton for show/hide, it shouldn't be a big deal if you don't want it - it's one click of a button to hide it until/if you need it again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ LMMS-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel
