Modartt user forum - Editing Spectrum Profile in Pro

Re: Editing Spectrum Profile in Pro

2009-11-03T23:41:58Z

dhalfen wrote:

Technically, as long as you select _one_ note, you're selecting _all_ of them!
:^)

Yes and no. If you select one note all notes are effected by editing. But if you have all notes selected you can easily chose one by one.

Re: Editing Spectrum Profile in Pro

2009-11-03T22:27:28Z

Technically, as long as you select _one_ note, you're selecting _all_ of them! So any change you make affects _all_ of the notes. You only have to be careful when you have a different spectrum profile for _another_ selected note -- the program interpolates values between the extremes (very cool!) for all notes between. (This, of course, requires that you install "null" notes for any pitches [or pitch-sets] you don't want to edit. You would have to copy/paste _around_ such notes.)

Harald, your English was fine -- I wasn't correcting _anything_! ;^)

You have a very good point, though -- I wish we could have a little "checkbox" where we could _lock_ the current (active) spectrum profile, thus protecting it from further editing (i.e., if we edit another note's spectrum profile, then _any_ profile which is "checked" would remain unchanged).

This would make the whole back-and-forth issue obsolete. The "Spectrum Profile" note-edit feature _is_ one of the most sophisticated tools in the whole program (at least from our -- the users' -- vantage point %^), so the more control we can have with it, the better.

Philippe/Julien -- any possibility of implementing such a feature? Or is this a big headache?

:^)

Re: Editing Spectrum Profile in Pro

2009-11-03T21:24:34Z

dhalfen!, Thank's for your tip about the copy/paste function and for correcting my english. I actually write with a dictionary by my side but things never get quite right anyway. I guess a another god idea is to use the A/B memory.
In addition, I would like a fast way to select all notes at once. But of course without the possibilty to DESELECT them by accident.

/Harald

Re: Editing Spectrum Profile in Pro

2009-11-03T17:24:41Z

Ha-ha, Harald! I would have to agree with you about the whole "family" thing in a different way: Pianoteq (especially with the "Pro" features) is a great _deterrent_ to actually having a family in the first place! As they say, timing is everything... ;^)

Seriously, I've been waiting for someone else to sink some teeth into the "Spectrum Profile." You are absolutely right: if you DEselect a note from the control rail, then whatever spectrum-profile changes you've made to that note _will_ disappear. However, you have two recourses to this action:

(1) You can copy/paste any of the spectrum images -- just right-click on the window and select "copy" (or use the keyboard shortcut). At least in _this_ fashion, you'll have a copy of the settings saved to the clipboard.

(2) Undo, undo, undo! With the ability to do a gazillion undos (your mileage
may vary ;^), nothing is ever _hopelessly_ lost. But you knew this already...

I've never been a fan of Spiderman, but: with great power comes great responsibility. Or something like that.

:-)

Editing Spectrum Profile in Pro

2009-11-03T16:30:35Z

First of all a warning to all of you with a family. Pianoteq Pro is fantastic!!! I'm glad my children have moved out and there mother left me. There are just no time anymore for unessential things.

But I wonder, have I got this right?
If I edit a note in the spectrum profile and then unselect this note the changes will dissapear. I guess there is a thought behind this but it is very easy to unselect a note by mistake and if you don't notice and immediately undo, it is quite impossible to go back. Or maybe I have missed something? The manual doesn't say anything about this. Maybe the manual could be a little bit more detailed conserning Pro version?

/Harald