Do you use the "split keyboard" feature?

Saga Musix · December 03, 2009, 17:29:46

I'm just interested.

Rakib · December 03, 2009, 18:17:31

I don't see the purpose of using it, cannot see what is can help people with.

PPH · December 03, 2009, 23:57:22

No, but I'm quite conservative when it comes to adopting new features. I had forgotten it existed, but thinking about it, there are cases in which I might find it useful.

Sam_Zen · December 04, 2009, 00:46:51

Never. And I think, if some keyboard wants to be split in function, the keyboard itself should provide that..

Snu · December 04, 2009, 06:29:24

nope, and it frequently annoys me that its wasting space on my screen... would be nice to cram all that stuff in one line and be able to see more rows on the pattern

Sam_Zen · December 04, 2009, 07:48:46

Hi Snu, long time no see.. !

Paul Legovitch · December 04, 2009, 09:38:27

I sometimes use it, but more to try things and have fun than to actually edit patterns. I voted no as I don't really need it and it does waste some valuable space.
To add some fuel to the discussion, here's a mockup suggestion for a new panel without the "keyboard split" section :

To maintain the possibility to use this feature, I'd suggest to associate it with the chord editor, as both of them deal with keyboard mapping and can be accessed from the pattern editor toolbar.

It could be renamed "Keyboard Manager" or something like that.

LPChip · December 04, 2009, 10:11:01

No from me too.

Seeing the poll results, I'd say, remove it!

Saga Musix · December 04, 2009, 12:15:36

That "keyboard manager" mockup is actually quite interesting, but I dunno if two seperate dialogs would also do it.

uncloned · December 04, 2009, 13:26:21

I didn't even know it was in there...

But I'm not one of the code intensive module composers...

Paul Legovitch · December 05, 2009, 00:19:01

Quote from: "Jojo"That "keyboard manager" mockup is actually quite interesting, but I dunno if two seperate dialogs would also do it.

If possible, a link to the keyboard tab of the setup window in this hypothetical "Keyboard Manager" would make sense. Just like the general tab has a link to the player tab of the setup. My own experience with OpenMPT has been somehow chaotic because I did not explore this keyboard tab until recently, any incitation to do so would have been nice.

Also, for the sake of the future reader : this thread is somehow linked to http://forum.openmpt.org/index.php?msg=29938.0&highlight=#29938
(removal of the "keyboard split" interface from the panel)

Saga Musix · December 05, 2009, 00:23:00

Well, for now I decided to create a separate dialog. Both options would make sense, I guess, but I just created a new dialog because I'm lazy. Let's see how things develop.

Paul Legovitch · December 05, 2009, 00:36:30

By the way, if the keyboard split is removed from the panel, maybe it would be still needed to have something to indicate that the split is active or not : a button (like the midi button) or something to check or uncheck that would enable or disable the split. But again, since nobody seems to use it, maybe it's unnecessary.

Saga Musix · December 05, 2009, 00:37:34

Keyboard split is enabled per module and it's not even saved, so I assume that someone who uses it is well aware that it's active.

Harbinger · December 18, 2009, 17:31:20

I have used it for inputting volumes in the Note FX field when a note is entered (which i wrote up in the OHM); you can't do this with the main instrument. The split feature is especially helpful in inputting similar-sounding (but slightly different) instruments, such as hihats. One sample plays the HH open and the other closed; by splitting between them i can step-record into a channel with ease, instead of having to switch between "Main" instruments.

Altho i appear to be in the minority, i say keep the feature, but you are welcome to take it off the main page to free up room for other GUI elements.