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By Rob Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:17 pm
Am I the only one who wants the position bar (that ruler in the top of the Main screen that turns black towards the end of the pattern) in the Next Sequence screen? It would fit perfectly in the space where they placed that 'Press PADs...' line.

Anyone did a request for this one already?

By bleepfreak Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:03 pm
That actually is a very good idea.

An additional position bar would give us better overview of where we exactly are within the sequence we want to change from. Better than the now field does.

A position bar is graphical so you can see your position within the sequence in one glance. Even from a distance. That would be very welcome on stage and with long sequences. The now field below right is only an absolute position indicator and is hard to read from a distance.

Maybe a position bar would be welcome in the track mute page as well, for more or less the same reasons? Especially when you use long loops that start from a specific location.

And no I have not requested it...
But I bet you will :wink:

Cheers!

By gmm04e Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:39 am
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By Rob Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:28 am
Okay, I just sent a request for that.

By renegadebliss Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:18 pm
bleepfreak wrote:That actually is a very good idea.

An additional position bar would give us better overview of where we exactly are within the sequence we want to change from. Better than the now field does.

A position bar is graphical so you can see your position within the sequence in one glance. Even from a distance. That would be very welcome on stage and with long sequences. The now field below right is only an absolute position indicator and is hard to read from a distance.

Maybe a position bar would be welcome in the track mute page as well, for more or less the same reasons? Especially when you use long loops that start from a specific location.

And no I have not requested it...
But I bet you will :wink:

Cheers!



Both of these would be a great idea. Considering that 95-99% of a Live performance is in the Main, Track Mute or Next Track pages. Thanks for sending this in Rob.


Dave