Here's an other idea. Some sort of button combo that gives all notes in the pattern, or in the entire channel for the whole song, whatever your cursor is standing on.
If your cursor is on a $A volume command, and you press the button combo, all notes automatically get a $A volume setting. Same with effects and instruments. This would make using Axy notes easier (or an option that was mentioned somewhere, volume mask) or Zxx-ing every sample for example.
Or a "globalizing" effect that automatically gives all notes the effects from the row it was used on, until you turn it off.
Here's an other idea. Some sort of button combo that gives all notes in the pattern, or in the entire channel for the whole song, whatever your cursor is standing on.
If your cursor is on a $A volume command, and you press the button combo, all notes automatically get a $A volume setting. Same with effects and instruments. This would make using Axy notes easier (or an option that was mentioned somewhere, volume mask) or Zxx-ing every sample for example.
Or a "globalizing" effect that automatically gives all notes the effects from the row it was used on, until you turn it off.
It would be 'replace instrument' and 'instrument mask' but for every channel and effect. Cool!
cak: That would be a nice option, but how would it handle the case where the effect letter and digits is the same?
How about a "wild" key that simply duplicates the effect number/letter?
example: hold F, press wild key, release F
result: F0F
That said, I'm not married to the idea, I just thought it'd be cool to have an input mode where the cursor moves to the right when a number/letter is typed and moves to the next row when the column is filled.
How about using a key that isn't used for much else (like Shift)?
Example:
1.) Highlight effect cell
2.) Hold shift, press 'f', '0', and 'f' (any subsequent keypresses would be ignored)
3.) Release shift
4.) "F0F" appears in the effect cell
cak wrote:
it'd be cool to have an input mode where the cursor moves to the right when a number/letter is typed and moves to the next row when the column is filled.
That's a cool idea, too (and much simpler). Just take the Shift key out of the equation.
Hit a key for an effect (A, B, Q, V, etc.), and FamiTracker would prompt you for the two values (much like when you double-click a pattern in the Frame Editor).
jrlepage wrote:
Of course it should be an option so that people who want to hold the effect to spam it across rows can still do it. :3
That too. What if holding Shift enabled inputting commands the way it's done currently so you could just hold in a key (like 'F') and get a series of F00's like normal?
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I revised my wild key example. Just to clarify, single-digit effect values would still only require two key presses, which is one of the main advantages.
Necrophageon wrote:
What if holding Shift enabled inputting commands the way it's done currently so you could just hold in a key (like 'F') and get a series of F00's like normal?
Yes...Shift could temporarily enable the standard vertical behavior. Very nice.
Here is a beta preview of the next version. The biggest change is selection + drag and drop support in the frame editor, so feedback on that is welcome.
One thing that currently is missing and might be useful is being able to use the duplicate patterns command on a selection, I will probably add that to the final version.
