Elektron Musical Instruments

On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 09:43:09PM -0000, sidstationownsyou wrote:

> 1. Sorry man, but I'm going to keep this behaviour. It took a lot of work to make CC and 
> sysex messages be sent automatically at appropriate times. Here's why I decided very early 
> on to incorporate this functionality:


> The values in the table, popup buttons, etc. represent the CURRENT state of the machine. 
> If, at any time, those values did not represent the sound your hearing from Machinedrum, 
> this paradigm would be broken

well, this is misleading.  it's not displaying the current state of the active machine 
as much as it's presenting the user with a set of values and changing the current
machine on the MD to match that set.

i realize that, barring a sysex request to dump the current kit, there's no way to
represent what's truly in the MD in your application.  then again, a request for a current kit dump
when you select a machine might be ideal; there's not *that* much data, assuming you
can remotely request a "current kit" dump from the MD.  that moment's lag seems
preferable to an automatic update that you have to undo (in the program, or, in some
cases, on the MD).

i appreciate your desire for immediate feedback, and a "send" button would probably be
overkill when your program could send CCs when any machine parameter is accessed.

however, the following really shouldn't send CCs to the machinedrum:

1. selecting a machine to edit.  it essentially copies the previous machine to the new
one.

2. change application focus.  your multiple windows approach for auditioning is
compelling, but if i change my focus to the finder, or terminal, then i'm not
auditioning patches, i'm multitasking.  if, while taking a quick break from MML to
write you an email, i made changes to the machine via the MD's
panel (it can happen), i have to save them, or i'll lose them when i command-tab back to machine lab.

3. launching the app.  this provides no undo, and you have to reload or undo the kit on
the machinedrum.

> BTW, you can always unplug your MIDI cables if you don't want data to be sent. MD 
> Machine Lab functions fine offline.

er, i presume you're just being cheeky, here?  =)

> 2. I plan on implementing sysex file importing very soon ;)

that's awesome, andrew.

i hope i'm not coming on too strong, here.  i think MML has the makings of a truly great
tool, and i'm emphatic only because i care.


lastly, there's the matter of making a donation.  dude!  paypal!

=)


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