Improved Note Properties

If you longpress a note in the grid editor of Sputter, you are presented with options for note length, velocity and retriggering:

The current implementation has several downsides:

• The main menu button is obscured, so it is not easy to reach undo, redo, transport controls, etc.
• Only one note can be selected at a time.
• Velocity of notes are not visible after you close the dialog.
• There is no indication on the notes wether or not retrigger is enabled.

So with this in mind, I designed a mockup:

The selected notes are now outlined in white as opposed to being overlayed with a lighter color. This makes it possible to visualize velocity with color, for example lighter color for lower velocities.

Instead of notes having a retrigger on/off property, they now have two modes: “Trigger” and “hold”. “Hold” notes just holdes the note if it is already playing, otherwise the note is triggered as normal. This makes it possible to have long continuous notes across patterns and groups.

I have been implementing most of this today, and it will probably be released during next week if all goes well.

Please comment or mail me at support@casualcomputing.info if you have any thoughts or ideas regarding this.