On 05/14/2013 05:32 PM, Tom Breton (Tehom) wrote:
> I committed the "best of both worlds" merge on new branch
> controllers-BOBW.
>
> I am particularly interested in Tim Munro's comments on it.
Tom:
I've finally found time to look over this new branch and report back.
I like the added functionality, particularly the ability to define a ramp
over only part of a selected range. In order to do that with my version,
I would have to replace a note with a number of short-duration rests,
select the ones I wanted, define the ramp, and then restore the original
note.
Related to functionality I found only a few minor annoyances:
* When I highlight a note and insert a sequence of controllers, erasing
that same sequence leaves the last controller still in place. I got
around that in my own work by placing the last controller back one
timing unit, so it would always fall within the boundary rather than
on it.
* The ability to select rests by themselves for establishing time frames
would be convenient. This could be particularly useful when setting a
controller back to zero on a rest following a ramped note.
* If a ramp begins and ends at the same level (as when resetting a
controller back to zero following a ramp that doesn't end at zero),
there is no need to generate more than a single controller event.
The extra event is just clutter.
* The function "QSpinBox.setAccelerated(bool)" would be a useful
addition to spinBoxes, as it permits using a small step size for
precision, without requiring the user to wait forever for the thing to
crank around.
In the not-so-minor annoyance department, I found the user-interface
dialog absolutely bewildering. It seemed to have little to do with
expression controllers, and only after a great deal of trial and error was
I able to work out what each item was supposed to do. However, once I
figured it out, I found the new features quite powerful.
From a programmer's point of view, the one-size-fits-all approach to the
controller interface may be elegant, but from a user's perspective it is
not. For the sake of clarity each controller should have its own
specialized interface dialog that clearly presents only those options
appropriate to that controller.
Again, nice functionality but difficult to access.
Respectfully,
Tim Munro
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