FR: Range And Loop Handling Features (With Demo Video)

[derVodi]

This video is to demonstrate my principle of operation - to make the upcoming feature requests easier to understand.
It’s not meant as ‘solution’ or best practice suggestion.

Cantabile: Range and Loop Handling Suggestion

Features That Would Be Pretty Much Helpful

• Show range names on timeline

  • Some people call this "Labelled Markers", see…
    • … “New Feature- Flags in Media Player”
    • …“Media Player / Transport Overhaul - originally "Labelled Markers (or flags) in Media Player"”
    • …“REQUEST(s): Labelled Markers in Media Player & Media Delayed Play”

• Don’t stop at range end

  • Could be done with an additional loop mode "Play and continue" - see the following mockup:

• Indexed Binding for instant Loop Control
  -1 = Infinite
  0 = "Off (Play and continue)"
  1 = "Off (Play once and stop)"
  2 = 2 times
  etc.

• Creating a sequence of ranges could be dramatically simplified by 2 new commands:

  • "Shift Markers Left", "Shift Markers Right"
  • They would just move both markers left/right by the current ranges’ length and create a new temporary range.
  • See mockup:

EDIT: I forgot the “Auto-Follow” feature, which would automatically select the (most) matching range due to the current transport position:

[derVodi]

Just to tie things together…

…this is the related Trello card:

…here is another post with a similar approach:

Live Loop Control Method

Hi community, there is a card in Trello called „Live Loop Control“. It describes a possible future method to dynamically control loop ranges. For me it would be most welcome as it offers the possibility to react to an audience dynamically (repeat a chorus…) for songs needing some background sequencing or percussion by design (dancefloor, etc.). Of course I also noticed that @brad wants to lay hands on the play range section but not in small pieces which probably won´t fit to each other, inste…