By evil A Sulli
Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:06 pm
Sooty_G wrote:personally, i have no problem using the data wheel. i think it is plenty fast to name things that way.
Hmm.So, you are telling me typing the word "keyboard" on the MPC using a data wheel (going back and forth 89 clicks on the data wheel and 6 right arrow presses) is faster than pressing two buttons.
Sooty_G wrote:also, just give up on the date thing. there is no internal clock for the mpc to keep track of time when powered down, and i'll be damned if i'll have the mpc trying to keep track of the time since power up in the background while i am recording/playing my tracks. we're pushing the limits of cpu use as it is without trying to have some background process constantly running behind everything on the os. that's the exact reason why computers have crappy midi timing when compared to dedicated hardware units.
A simple generic date that I can edit is good enough if no clock is present. If the MPC did have an internal clock, it's running already and it needs only to update the text every 24 hours--meaning you wont notice anything.
Sooty_G wrote:the 'list of names in a text file' request isn't bad. the names in the text file would pop up in a list you could scroll thru in the naming window when you hit a 'names' button or something. i can't see myself really using it much, but if JJ could implement it easily AND most importantly it didn't interfere with anything else or slow the mpc down in any way, then why not?
not an urgent request for me, tho. i would rather see JJ concentrate on more performance features.
Cool, as long as the list you are scrolling through is in a 4 X 4 array that leads into the other banks and I can press a pad to insert a name accordingly.
I have no problem with people wanting to use the old way of scrolling.
A request like this will increase my naming performance.
astronaut wrote:
Copy/paste (or a new function key) would be used to add new words to the list?
One of the Q-link sliders could be used to quickly slide trough the vertical list, while the q-link button would be used to select and insert the word?
Messing around with the F# keys is going to piss people off and take longer to code. considering it was not needed.
Ok I wouldn't mind if there was a feature to copy/paste text from predefined list, but don't see it as anything that would improve my MPC experience. JJ's scrollwheel naming and typing using pads is fast and efficient once you get accustomed to it (see: qwerty keyboard, cell phone etc.).
