Ideas Ideas Ideas

"MP3 format"-Isnt an MP3 file smaller than a wav file. I think that would be hot if the JJos was capable of reading/playing MP3 samples to increase the amount of memory could use when dealing with samples.

"Bigger Memory Hack"- Why hasnt JJ been able to make it so we can use at least a 512mb or a 1gig internal memory chip. I have alot of samples and they eat up space when I start loading up various programs. it seems do able and something that is well overdue.

"Kit Swap"- I think it would be hot if we didnt have to load up all of our kits at once and just be able to swap out kits like banks A-B. Cats with huge libraries have to feel this one. dont you hate it when you have all of your kits loaded up and your working on a sample and you get that insufficient memory message! Now you cant finish your project without either deleting something or clearing your ram and reloading. What if the sounds in each kit hat an I.D specific to that kit so you could erase just that kit and load up a new one without picking through the trim window. What if the sounds that you do use from these various kits remain after doing so and gathered onto 1 Sequence exclusive kit. Thats working on the fly! You could have a kit select menu on the main screen that we could toggle through and load up.

"All in one time streching, trim, auto chop"- We could have a view of a wave file similar to the one in the trim menu but the wave would be presented over a graph type background with say for example bars 1-8. bar 1 being start and bar 8 being the end point. we could then grab the end point of the sample and stretch it out over the selected number of bars and then in the edit menu have the options, autochop, timestretch, find tempo, assign region to pads etc.

"Copy, Paste, Delete Samples in Programs"- Ive always wanted to layer sounds but I have to many to sift through to find a perfect marriage. What if in the memory card screen where you can view your samples you could copy the ones you want to experiment with, assign them to layers and then have a create new program option and then your done.

"Visual Effects Meters"- Personally I would like to see how the effects are effecting my sounds. If Im using compression, show me how this effect is adjusting my sound with at least a cheesy decibal meter or better yet. In the adjust pad sensitivity window. Let me toggle between those and my cheesy decibal meter or the voices meter.

"Decibal meter marks in the main screen and record mode"- Have you ever sampled something and had to use the record gain and then had to go back and sample other pieces from the same song days later and can find the correct level (For all you people with OCD). Well if there was some kind of decibal marks in ther we could just play the original sample and find where its volume lies and then match it..........ya dig! Also this would keep you from sampling too low or clipping if your not using other gear to tell you otherwise.

I would really like to see some of these things in OS1 because OS2 seems a bit left field for me! OS1 has more of what I need and less of what I dont!
Let me know guys. I think that Kit swap idea is hot! 100!

1 - mp3s: mp3s have default silence at the beginning of each file and are a sub-desirous quality, and need their own encoders etcetcetcetc

2 - memory increase: too little, too late.

3 - kit-replace: try not to load and surf, a machine with 128 mb ram is not up to that. try to load selectively, it's the only way

4 - different timestretch view:: i think the idea as a whole is a little too outside the box, but i REALLY like the idea of juxtaposing the waveform of a sample over a grid in TIMESTRETCH, ala AUDIO grid edit. this way, by turning the BPMs parameter, we could watch the sample stretch. this would quadruple timestretch's ease of use and take away all the guesswork. very good idea.

5 - "Copy, Paste, Delete Samples in Programs": we can't access internal memory while accessing external storage. it's just not happening.

6 - "Visual Effects Meters"- not bad, i don't use internal effects but i could see how that'd be helpful.

7 - "Decibal meter marks in the main screen and record mode" - i have definitely encountered the problem of recording something from the same record and changing the gain, then worrying about the results being 2 different volumes. however, mixing them back to the appropriate level is very very easy to do just by ear, and needs to special dedicated feature. also, as i understand it, those are rotational potentiometers under there, they don't send any digital information, they just change the gain.

there is a 95% chance that none of this will ever be seen in os1.
some of these ideas are really good thinking, i like them a lot
others are still good, but in a lot of ways they're outside the function/specification/architecture etc of the machine.

do you ever find yourself brainstorming and just jotting down ideas for additions?

1waymuzik wrote:"Bigger Memory Hack"- Why hasnt JJ been able to make it so we can use at least a 512mb or a 1gig internal memory chip. I have alot of samples and they eat up space when I start loading up various programs. it seems do able and something that is well overdue.

I'd be very interested to know why you think this "seems do able". Something you read in the Renasis tech docs on the processor platform? Tell us please, we really do want to know.

1waymuzik wrote:I would really like to see some of these things in OS1 because OS2 seems a bit left field for me! OS1 has more of what I need and less of what I dont!

Isn't the reason we have OS2 because there was no code space left for major new features in OS1?