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how can I use mutes? #102

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severak opened this issue Nov 4, 2022 · 3 comments
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how can I use mutes? #102

severak opened this issue Nov 4, 2022 · 3 comments

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@severak
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severak commented Nov 4, 2022

Hi. I looked for some loop based MIDI sequencer for Windows and Seq24 looked very promising.

However, after further experimentation I found out, that my older binary misses new features which are useful for me (mostly queing and muting by computer keyboard).

After some additional experimentation I found out that Seq66 has these features too with Windows build. However I am not able to to mute patterns using computer keyboard no matter what I try to do. I discovered mute tab, but I don't understand what's going on here and I am pretty sure that plain muting (with queue functionality) is good enough for me.

Muting using mouse works reasonably well.

I am using Windows 7 if this helps with platform specific bugs.
@ahlstromcj
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Dig into the user manual. It should have been installed with Seq66, and in recent versions is also accessible from the Help menu. The sideways "L" key at the bottom gets you into the mute-setting mode. First select all the patterns you want unmuted (armed). Then press the L key, followed by the lower-case version of the letter or other key. This should log a mute. To select a mute group via keys, then press the UPPER case version of the key for which the mutes were learned.

As for the mutes tab, you can set up mutes there as well, but I haven't heavily tested that. It's at least a good way to see what mute groups you have. (And if not, file an issue).

Hope this helps. The PDF manual is very detailed and has a large index and table of contents.

@ahlstromcj
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Well heck, I found out myself that the Windows version of Seq66 was not handling keystrokes at all well, when I was testing major fixes to play-lists. I ended up adding an alternative keystroke map for Windows, and it seems to work. It is currently in the portfix branch, and I am endeavoring to make it all official in version 0.99.7 Real Soon Now. So stay tuned!

ahlstromcj added a commit that referenced this issue Jul 19, 2023
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Release Notes for Seq66 v. 0.99.7 2023-07-19
120b9e2 
This file lists __major__ changes in version 0.99.7
    -   Issue #110 follow-ons:
        -   Fixed saving tempo (BPM) in Windows when changed from main
            window. Caused by mixing a long and size_t; messed up in
            Windows builds.
    -   Issue #111 follow-ons:
        -   Fixed initial time-signature drawing in data pane.
        -   Fixed errors in inserting a time-signature.
        -   Added a pulse (tick) calculator to iterate through
            time-signatures.
    -   Fixed an important port-translation bug in output port-mapping.
    -   Revamped the Playlist tab, as it was confusing and very buggy.
    -   Added auto-play and auto-advance to play-lists.
    -   Issue #102: Added Windows key-mapping to fix processing
        "native virtual" keys, such as the arrow keys.
Read the NEWS, README.md, and TODO files.
@ahlstromcj
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We're up to version 0.99.8 now. I have worked out playlist issues, and I should look into Mutes now to see if there is anything I missed, for 0.99.9 (in progress in the portfix branch).

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