Hi all, I'm glad to hear so much reactions on the demo of Meridian 3.0 beta in Oss. Here's the list of reactions and my point of view about it:
> LEF / RIG / CEN indication: use one letter or better > abbreviations (LFT, RGT, CNT) Oke, changed to LFT, RGT, CNT. (but... CNT looks like an abbbriviation of COUNT in stead of CENTER) > Insert / Delete step option (although you can use blocks to > accomplish this) In my opinion those functions have already been implemented in the menus 'Edit -> Insert steps' and 'Edit -> Delete steps' > Tempo settings: give the possibility to enter the tempo in > Beats per Minute Sure. Will be built in. > Moonblaster Wave conversion: Better handling of tempo changes > and ENDOP instructions. The conversion of Moonblaster files doesn't have the highest priority now. I will put all the effort in the Opl4 program editor, Opl4 drum editor and the player. > New song - tracker mode (so every instrument on Piano1, a drum > channel and a standard interval between the steps) Sure. Will be built in with a window how to up. > After exiting Meridian it should return to the directory it was > booted from Meridian is booted from Basic. The Basic program for launching consists of only 2 lines. The first line is the BLOAD command, the second is a CALL SYSTEM command. Maybe in this way it looks like Meridian is booted from DOS, but it isn't. > While playing a MIDI file, it should be possible to scroll up > and down in the channels Sure. Will be built in. > A position pointer on top of the screen would be highly > appreciated Sure. Will be built in. > While playing a song, an exit function would be nice, exiting > directly to the position the song was at that time Sure. Will be built in. (STOP key was meant for this purpose) > While converting a MIDI file, the progress indicator of Meridian > 2.0 might have slowed down, but it looked cool and made > conversion seem to go faster. We want it back! Hmmmmm.... I'll think about it. > While playing a MIDI file, Meridian 2.0 had 'Equalizers' that > showed a note was played on a channel, we want that back too! Oke. I have to think where to display those equalizers. In the song editor, MIDI editor, track editor.....? > While dragging a window, it might even be possible to show the > window contents using textbuffers and outi's. Maybe... (Correction: textbuffers? VRAM-buffers! outi's? otirs!) > An option to switch directly between tone and program editors > would be nice Off course. In my own experience that's a basic issue. Has already been implemented using the SELECT-key. When the focus is on a tone property in the Opl4 program editor, the corresponding tone editor will be displayed. > A hotkey to play a C4 at any time in the tone editor would be > nice Implemented on F9 key. More better stuff: - PCM tone editor modified for a clear separation between ROM tones and USR tones. - PCM tone editor can handle 330 ROM tones in stead of 384. This is because ROM tones 331..384 are empty slots in the OPL4. - Tonenames can hold 15 characters in stead of 10. - 4-FM tone editor can edit 100 tones in stead of 200. (better..?) - Due to the loss of 100 4-FM tones, more tones can be assigned to a program now. - Lengteh of the datastructure of a program-tone decreased with 1 byte, from 9 bytes to 8 bytes, so more tones can be assigned to a program now. Oke, that was it now Gtx Michiel ______________________________________________________________ Gratis e-mail en meer: http://www.dolfijn.nl/ _______________________________________________ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
