By Fanu
Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:46 pm
Zooming and browsing back and forth need to be updated to improve the Ren workflow.
Here's my suggestions.
1) Better zooming. IMHO, shift + <> is just too clumsy. I always find myself switching from the hardware to software to zoom. I really dislike the hardware zoom.
TBH, I can't understand why, e.g., shift + jog wheel doesn't do it?
I know that handles contrast, but how often per session do you have to do that, anyways, really…
2) Better browsing back and forth (in main view etc).
IMHO, when you want to move around in main view, using << and >> would be OK as it is – if the screen followed your browsing. Page Mode doesn't extend to manual browsing when your song isn't playing (it's only scrolling while playing), so I'd make it follow manual browsing, too.
Also, in track mix view, you cannot move around in the view using hardware at all? You always have to use your computer for that. It's weak.
I know we have Locate, but that's just for certain points in a song.
3) I'd like to be able to take bigger steps than one bar; maybe by pressing Tap Tempo + <</>> (maybe make shift + tap tempo display a menu for user-definable step size?).
That could be user-definable; 4 bars, 8 bars, etc. Sometimes jumping around in one bar steps feels like work.
4) As I enter track or track mix view, it doesn't remember where I was when I left the view the last time; it always displays the very early section of my song. E.g., I enter track mix view, scroll to display the very last bars of the song, enter main view, then enter track mix view again, and it displays the start of the song again, and I have to scroll to the end again (using software, d'oh!) if I wish to see it.
5) I wish when the playhead is out of the screen and I activate page mode, it brought the focus to where the song actually is! I have to stop and start to get there.
Please leave your comment if you feel the same way.
Here's my suggestions.
1) Better zooming. IMHO, shift + <> is just too clumsy. I always find myself switching from the hardware to software to zoom. I really dislike the hardware zoom.
TBH, I can't understand why, e.g., shift + jog wheel doesn't do it?
I know that handles contrast, but how often per session do you have to do that, anyways, really…
2) Better browsing back and forth (in main view etc).
IMHO, when you want to move around in main view, using << and >> would be OK as it is – if the screen followed your browsing. Page Mode doesn't extend to manual browsing when your song isn't playing (it's only scrolling while playing), so I'd make it follow manual browsing, too.
Also, in track mix view, you cannot move around in the view using hardware at all? You always have to use your computer for that. It's weak.
I know we have Locate, but that's just for certain points in a song.
3) I'd like to be able to take bigger steps than one bar; maybe by pressing Tap Tempo + <</>> (maybe make shift + tap tempo display a menu for user-definable step size?).
That could be user-definable; 4 bars, 8 bars, etc. Sometimes jumping around in one bar steps feels like work.
4) As I enter track or track mix view, it doesn't remember where I was when I left the view the last time; it always displays the very early section of my song. E.g., I enter track mix view, scroll to display the very last bars of the song, enter main view, then enter track mix view again, and it displays the start of the song again, and I have to scroll to the end again (using software, d'oh!) if I wish to see it.
5) I wish when the playhead is out of the screen and I activate page mode, it brought the focus to where the song actually is! I have to stop and start to get there.
Please leave your comment if you feel the same way.