All:
Attached is the promised feature list. If you'd like to add stuff... let me know, BUT:
Now that we have all our pet features out of our system, let's hammer out a _vision_ for what we want in the future. (...as Alexandre wisely advised.)
A vision statement should be 1 to 5 sentances on what we want Hydrogen to "look like" in the future. (I.e. what purpose will Hydrogen serve to its users?)
FWIW, right now there's primarily 2 visions being thrown around:
* A drum machine program (full of bells and whistles)
[Sim. to Rezound]
* A "live" sequencer/sampler/synth with a streamlined workflow
[Sim. to Live]
So, ask yourself: What do *you* want to see? What have users told you
that they want to see?
Peace, GabrielTitle: Hydrogen Future
Hydrogen Future
Visions
A monolithic, "live" DAW
A live performance sequencer.
A composition environment with a real sampler.
A complete system for music composition, creation, and
performance.
Ableton Live clone
A virtual drum machine
Features
Merge all the features from Wolke's branch
Merge and complete the transport redesign branch (2)
Asynchronous playback of multiple sequences.
Instant song loading (internal) -- or at least some way to
have a library of songs or sounds that will load with near-zero
latency.
Full MIDI bindings for triggering samples, songs, etc.
Full automation/control for external apps/devices to control
hydrogen (MIDI, OSC, etc.)
Per-song volume control
Tempo changes as part of the sequence.
Able to control external applications (MIDI, etc.)
Instant multitrack record via JACK/Ardour/Renoise/Etc.
Full session state via LASH
Control external apps via Hydrogen bindings/sequence.
Spin off the library with the audio portion as a standalone
library.
Drum-set "roles" or General MIDI features so that patterns
can interchange drum sets without a lot of hassle.
Support for misc. file formats (Guitar Pro, Simple Midi File,
MusicXML, etc.)
Preload several sample patterns with different styles and
meters
Copy/paste patterns, portions, etc.
Undo
Nondestructive editing
A sampler/sythensizer back-end that supports an object-based
paradigm. Instead of triggering samples, you can trigger any of
(a) a sample, (b) a short sequence, (c) a song-like aggregation
of the above, (d) a control command (MIDI/OSC/python/etc).
Sequences that are being triggered may be done asynchronously
(beats don't line up), beat-synced (beats line up, but not
bars), or synchronously (bars and beats line up, pattern will
start mid-bar).
Audio loops with time stretch (both beat slicing and time
stretch)
One scree, uncluttered interface. Make sure that it works
with Netbooks (like the EEE PC).
JACK only. Reduce the number of drivers that we support and
focus on what we do best. In redesigning the backend, I've
noticed that I'm having to RE-implement JACK in order to
maintain compatability with all our audio drivers. This is a
duplicate effort.
JACK MIDI
MIDI Out
Real-time tempo sync with down-beat snapping. (Like InConcert
*almost* does)
Client/server model. Able to run "headless." Able to control
H2 instances on hosts that are distributed on a network.
Real-time looping with overdub (even if we're just being a
front-end for sooperlooper).
Scripting engine
Ability to record audio and manipulate it in real-time.
Ability to record MIDI and manipulate it in real-time.
Continued support for effects.
Hydrogen available as a plugin to other apps.
Support different sample formats.
OSC support.
monome.org support
Better access to metadata for samples while editing an
instrument. E.g. ability to right click and then "open file
location" or something like that.
Some manner of cue points or bookmarks within a song or
sequence.
With cue points... allow them to be triggered externally.
Simple sample eding. For example, trim points for each
sample so you can trim a sample in hydrogen without making a new
sample file. It would be great if it used points and lines so
you could edit any portion of the sample. not just the front and
back. This could also be implemented as "automation", as ardour
does it.
Remove the 32-channel limitation
Pitch shifter and time stretcher capable of fine tuning to
100th steps.
Restore from crash.
Automation (ardour style) on individual squares (bars) in the
song editor. This would allow pans, fades, effect, etc. to be
dynamically assigned to the song.
Color shading of the grid in song editor (rainbow by default
with the option to assign custom colors to a row). On large
compositions, it's hard to know which patter your
adding/subtracting.
Windows build
A kinder, gentler build system.
Command-line version of hydrogen
Have two front-ends that are run-time switchable.
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