I totally agree with the goal of improving the default playback. I think that would be a great improvement. And I predict that once you work through the design, you'll end up with something very similar to what I proposed. :)
For example, the assumption that dynamics=velocity clearly needs to change. As long as you have that assumption, it's impossible to create a crescendo within a single note. To do that, you need to use a MIDI control instead. On the other hand, that behavior is instrument-specific. For some instruments, velocity clearly *is* the right way to represent dynamics. A crescendo means something fundamentally different on a violin and on a piano, and it requires different MIDI commands to control them properly. That's true whether you're working with an internal synthesizer or an external one. So you still need an abstraction layer of the sort I described. There needs to be flexibility in how it generates commands. Dynamics markings in the score need to produce different MIDI commands depending on what instrument is being controlled. The same is true for slurs and other types of articulations. But while you're designing this, please don't neglect external synthesizers! If you design it to work well with the built in ones, then with only a very little bit of extra work you can also make it work well with external ones. And that would be a huge benefit to your users. Peter -- View this message in context: http://dev-list.musescore.org/Playback-abstraction-layer-tp7579762p7579809.html Sent from the MuseScore Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications Manager Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple tiers of your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z _______________________________________________ Mscore-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mscore-developer
