Playhead for the b&b editor

[spectromas]

I'm sure this must have been mentioned before as it is such an oddity to me (as a new user) but I can't find anything mentioned about it here.

Firstly there is the beats and bassline editor. The main thing with this is that there is no way to tell what is playing in the pattern or where you are. If I create a 32 bar pattern in it I have to blindly guess where to put things which seems really odd and quite time consuming (not to mention difficult in some instances). Why is there not something to show you where the play head is? A simple step-like light above or below the pattern would suffice.

[diizy]

On 10/06/2014 11:34 PM, beedie wrote:

I'm sure this must have been mentioned before as it is such an oddity
to me (as a new user) but I can't find anything mentioned about it
here. Basically this is request for two things, I think more or less
the same thing though overall.

Firstly there is the beats and bassline editor. The main thing with
this is that there is no way to tell what is playing in the pattern or
where you are. If I create a 32 bar pattern in it

I'd advise against it. How do you even manage to edit anything in a
bb-pattern that long... for patterns that long it's best to use regular
instrument tracks.

Possibly in the future we can add a scrollbar and a zooming mechanism to
the bb-editor, similar to the song editor.

I have to blindly guess where to put things which seems really odd and
quite time consuming (not to mention difficult in some instances). Why
is there not something to show you where the play head is? A simple
step-like light above or below the pattern would suffice.

It's on the roadmap.

[tresf]

32 bar pattern

How do you even manage to edit anything in a bb-pattern that long...

Perhaps the OP meant 32-step pattern.

[spectromas]

Sorry, that is indeed what I meant. But regardless of the length of the patterns the issue is still the same.

[unfa]

This sounds good, I often felt frustrated that I can't see where is the playhead inside an instrument clip...

[musikBear]

and remember automation-editor, (but general uniform playhead-behavior, is a duplicate request)

[Csini]

please implement this feature

[Monospace-V]

Same. Being able to move this playhead around, I feel, is important too.

I'm trying to listen to something for reference and editing the second half of this. It's frustrating to have to listen to the entirety of the first half for something like this.

[YesImAsh]

Why hasn't it been added? it sounds like a genuinely good idea. It makes it easier to edit the B + B editor, and you can have not just 1 bar, BUT 2 BARS! Without the need the need to stretch the entire thing to the point where you can barely see anything! and its easy as that. I dont know why this hasn't been added, but one thing for sure, this is a must have.

[Rossmaxx]

I agree this is a must have. We just don't got anyone to code it. The existing devs are busy with their own stuff. If you can, feel free to code it yourself. We are here to help.