Use colors to distinguish layers, have some gui way for users to see layer 1 vs layer 2 vs layer 3
-- Jeff Sepeta jsep...@gmail.com 574-699-3749 > On Mar 22, 2015, at 10:19 AM, Aurélien Leblond <blabl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just bought the drumdrops mapex samples to create a kit in Hydrogen... > They are gonna be great with the direct/overhead/room functionaly in Hydrogen. > > The set comes with Round Robin and with a bit of thinking I came up > with 2 possible design to get this functionality in. > > COMPLEX: > - Add a list of samples in the Layer object ; the sampler will chose > randomly one sample of the list when the instrument layer is played > - GUI wise, when a user click edit/delete layer, a form will popup > asking the user which of the sample he wants to edit/delete > > The pros is that data structure wise it is really clean: > Instrument->Components->Layers->RoundRobin->Samples > > The cons is that GUI wise it's not very clear for the user what's > going on, and it asks for more development. > > SIMPLE > - Increase the number of layer per instrumebr to 64 > - A check box is added in the instrument to active round robin > - If round robin is activated, layers that share the same velocity > range will be played randomly. If round robin is not activated, the > layers that share the same velocity range are player simultaneously > > The pros is that the changes are very minimum to Hydrogen can be > implemented in a couple of hours. In addition it is simpler for the > user to see what's going on (checkbox and the visual of layers). > > > > So what do you guys think? > I wouldn't mind coding the simple options, cannot wait to put all the > samples i just bought into this! > > Aurélien > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored > by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all > things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to > news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the > conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Hydrogen-devel mailing list > Hydrogen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hydrogen-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Hydrogen-devel mailing list Hydrogen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hydrogen-devel
