Elektron Musical Instruments

On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 03:52:28AM -0000, sidstationownsyou wrote:

> - The later paradigm is what my old program (Machinedrum Machine Maker) used to use. I 
> found this clunky, and prefer the first paradigm.

alright.

> I was considering sysex kit dumps as a solution a few months ago, but then I realised that 
> there is no way to determine the currently selected kit over MIDI.

hm.  would you need to?

> "1. selecting a machine to edit.  it essentially copies the previous machine to the new one."
> 
> - I'm not sure what you mean... could you eleborate? By "machine", do you mean "track"?

yeah, sorry, track.

> "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."
> 
> - I didn't intend users to tweak MD's knobs while MD Machine Lab is running. I am, 
> however, trying to add the ability to detect CC messages which originate from 
> Machinedrum. I'm finding it tricky though, so no guarantees.

that would be a boon.  for minor fixes, the MD works well in tandem with MML.
especially while LFO, etc editing is still in progress.

> "3. launching the app.  this provides no undo, and you have to reload or undo the kit on 
> the machinedrum."
> 
> - as I wrote in my previous reply, I could make it so that a each time MIDI data is about to 
> be sent, an alert sheet pops up to ask the user if the want to send the data. Or maybe just 
> have the alert pop up the first time the document is opened. I would add a checkbox in 
> Preferences which allow the user to enable or disable this behaviour.

it's a start.

> "lastly, there's the matter of making a donation.  dude!  paypal!"
> 
> - Paypal makes you pay for the service. I really don't expect to make much money at all. 
> Plus paypal doesn't let people send you non-monetary donations (like CDs, gear, 
> shoelaces, etc.)

providing one option doesn't preclude the others.

i guess we should wait and see what other users think, and you'll just have to wait
until the post office is open again ;)

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niall.
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