Sample Drawing

Saga Musix · January 13, 2009, 22:05:12

Many people who never post here request this, so I'll just put it in here: It would be nice to have the ability to draw samples by hand. I guess this is not impossible, but I'm not sure if it can be done in any zoom mode except 1:1, maybe even 2:1. For this feature, something like a "add x bytes to the current sample" thing would be nice to have, I guess.

Relabsoluness · January 13, 2009, 22:24:00

Quote from: "Jojo"It would be nice to have the ability to draw samples by hand.

Agree.

Quote from: "Jojo"I'm not sure if it can be done in any zoom mode except 1:1

I don't think that's a problem.

Rakib · January 13, 2009, 22:42:06

How advanced are we talking about?
If we can copy parts of the sample and insert it in a special place in a another it would great.

LPChip · January 14, 2009, 14:52:04

For a start, I'd like to see the ability to create a new sample and specify its length.

The next step would be to draw in it using the mouse, set some loop points and basta, your new chipsample X)

Saga Musix · January 14, 2009, 15:35:40

instead of asking every time how long the sample should be, i would propose a dialog "add x bytes to the sample" as mentioned before, or another shift+click functionality for the "new sample" button, just like with instruments - just that this button wouldn't copy the sample, but ask for the desired sample length.

and the sample drawing won't be anything fancy for now, i suggest some freehand drawing + basic waveform presets (sine, saw, square, etc...)

EDIT: Creating a new sample without the ability to draw something would be quite useless in MPT, since you can't do much with silence in the sample editor. ;P

Relabsoluness · January 14, 2009, 19:18:10

I would like to bring up a choice of simply having "resize sample"-button/menu item (e.g. in sample view right click menu) with which one could set the sample length.

Saga Musix · January 14, 2009, 19:20:17

very good idea. that would also make cutting down samples a lot more precise and less hassle.

älskling · January 14, 2009, 20:53:04

While we're at it... I wouldn't mind being able to automatically create a sine of x periods that's in tune and looped, a good start for freehand drawing. Entering formulas would be nice too... (y=...)

Harbinger · January 17, 2009, 00:35:30

Quote from: "Relabsoluness"I would like to bring up a choice of simply having "resize sample"-button/menu item (e.g. in sample view right click menu) with which one could set the sample length.

Wait a minute! Aren't you our main dev, Relab?

That's like Jesus asking God for favors? (They're one and the same! :lol: )

Sam_Zen · January 17, 2009, 10:41:32

Support +
Drawing a sample, one way or another, would be quite nice.
I remember a thread about "how to make a sample without external apps" or something like that, but can't seem to find it anymore.

LPChip · January 17, 2009, 12:58:36

Quote from: "Sam_Zen"Support +
Drawing a sample, one way or another, would be quite nice.
I remember a thread about "how to make a sample without external apps" or something like that, but can't seem to find it anymore.

You mean this topic? http://forum.openmpt.org/index.php?topic=786.0

Saga Musix · January 17, 2009, 13:03:53

Quote from: "Harbinger"
Quote from: "Relabsoluness"I would like to bring up a choice of simply having "resize sample"-button/menu item (e.g. in sample view right click menu) with which one could set the sample length.

Wait a minute! Aren't you our main dev, Relab? That's like Jesus asking God for favors? (They're one and the same! :lol: )

I am posting bug reports and feature requests on the board myself as well, just so they don't get lost and other people can also discuss about it.

Sam_Zen · January 17, 2009, 15:16:11

2LPChip : Yep.

Saga Musix · September 22, 2009, 21:35:32

Ok, feature implemented in the new test version. I can confirm that it works the way I want! \o/