On 17 4 2004 at 3:18 pm -0400, The Reverend wrote:
For what it's worth, here are my top suggestions for upcoming versions. Some are easy, some are way to complicated to actually do, but hey- it's food for thought...
Always interested to see what people are clamouring for; thanks for the input!
1) Export of each drum into separate tracks.
This will be coming in the near/mid-term, as many people have requested it. While we're on the topic, here's a design question for those of you interested: would you want to be configuring this on a per-kit or per- song basis? Having the grouping configured within the drum kit would make the most sense and be the most fluid. But I'm wondering if there are reasons why you might want to make such grouping assignments at the song level.
2) Individual volume sliders for each drum that would allow you to mix the kit for playback or export.
You can already adjust the levels within the drum kit editor. Are you saying you want to be able to change overall drum levels on a per-song basis?
3) MIDI support. I'd love to be able to use a MIDI controller to program, or even better, to start/stop and switch between sections in a live environment.
I'm working on MIDI input/playback now, and should have a beta ready shortly. As I am not a MIDI expert, I'm open to as much detailed discussion on how to impelement MIDI as you folks might require. Can you explain more how you would envision the start/stop and section changing to work?
4) A duplicate command in the kit editor.
Copy then Paste does the job for now.
5) More than 5 available drum lines- I'd love to see the number of available rows as a preference or as part of the kit editor.
Yep, that's on the menu as well.
6) A "publish" button in the kit editor that would upload the kit to the library.
I was just musing over this the other day -- great idea.
7) An icon editor in the kit editor.
With what kind of facilities? I don't see much point in trying to duplicate a paint program inside Doggiebox. What kind of things would be better achieved within the kit editor that could not be done as a copy-n- paste out of Photoshop or somesuch? -ben -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca