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Originally Posted by PitchSlap
Nice improvements. Thanks for the hard work.
The media explorer has evolved into a really important part of my creative workflow (since start on bar and tempo match were added). Here's a few suggestions that I think could really improve this area in version 4:
Media Explorer Suggestions
-Tab to transient.
-Volume handle on preview waveform.
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Setting this up to be used in the arrangement is a great thing, especially when coupled with the next suggestion. A zone of the top four pixels of the preview area could be used for the item gain handle. Do NOT shift that handle if you do this. Keep it there and display the item gain value somewhere or simply reflect it with the peak overview scaling.
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-Routing to tracks rather than just physical outputs allows hearing the selection in context of the song (track FX), and quickly previewing MIDI files through the desired VSTi.
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Nice. The I/O dropdown selector would simply need to add "Selected track". +1 all the way.
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-Pitch control/playrate flexibility.
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Sound effects editors use this a lot in Soundminer before spotting sounds via the spot-to-track function in Soundminer. Soundminer renders a copy and then spots that to the target track. It would be excellent to do this non-destructively and make all these decisions without having to commit to anything in the timeline.
Being able to send them through track processing makes for a more accurate preview and less arrangement clutter as well.
Necessary parameters displayed include preserve length checkbox, pitch algorithm and the extra pitch algorithm option dropdown.
Perhaps displaying the pitch parameters could be optional. A nice large slider for the pitch amount would be great. I would sacrifice screenspace to use this, though there's plenty of space in the media explorer left of the volume slider already.
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-Display playrate information in BPM format when the timebase is BPM (percentage is not musically helpful).
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Make sure it can be manipulated the same way as the BPM field can. Perhaps the playrate field if displayed
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-Slipping the preview with Alt + drag. Maybe by bars/beats in BPM timebase, (milliseconds in linear timebase) so loops can be start at places other than the first beat.
-Added 'Start on bar' flexibility. Perhaps a drop-down menu along the lines of the nudge dialog, so previews can start on beat and bar multiples.
-Insert the media item at the volume it was previewed at.
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So this would be the items volume slider in the item properties I presume.
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-Checkbox to have 'stretch to fit' apply to the whole item or just the selection.
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Wouldn't that be automatic depending on whether or not the user has made a selection in the media explorer preview ?
Great idea. A recursive search with a "where I'm searching now" indicator and a list of results in their own tab that is highlighted. The tabs name would be the search parameter. Middle-Mouse button click to close tabs. Tabs stay alive but searches have to be re-executed to be updated.
My own suggestion:
- Copy command will copy complete item previewed or selected in media explorer, or a selection of the preview if made. Use arrangement copy shortcut for this for consistency.
- Presets for Pitch, Volume, Item FX for preview purposes. You wouldn't believe how often I use this at facilities that have Soundminer Pro for OSX, which has that exactly!
- Lock pitch, volume and item fx parameters, so they don't reset when choosing a new media item to preview.