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Post by cornetbob on Jun 23, 2020 21:39:46 GMT 1
I have a few little things:
First, I think there must have been a Shot selection along with Accent, Hold, etc. I used it in L.O.V.E. for the two bars in the middle and when I went to make an arrangement with modulation, I had to copy individual chords from the other arrangement I did in the previous version. Note, when I copied all the bars of chords and pasted them, the Shot was not copied, the chords picked up what was available. If I went back to the other file with the first arrangement and copied the chord only, I could get the Shot setting.
Second, it would be nice to be able to select bars and choose transpose to make a transposed section. Also, since I play a Bb instrument, when I play along, I have to remember that the chords I am following are in concert. Could the display during playback be set to show chords for an instrument in another key while still playing the original key?
An annoying issue I have is, if I click OK from Edit Chord Symbol and forget to move my pointer away from the chord, when I scroll, the chord symbol scrolls through every possible chord. I'm not sure that is very useful. Using Undo only undoes one change from the dozens that were scrolled. I see the value of being able to click and scroll to set values, such as Intensity, Fill, etc., but they go too fast. In other words a very tiny movement is needed to scroll to the next value. Maybe this is something related more to the way the program works on a Mac.
I have also had a situation where I have changed the rhythm style while having a section other than the first selected. The result is the change gets attached to that section and the following ones. I can't figure out how to get rid of a rhythm change that does not belong. I know this will come in hand for certain tunes, like Can't Take My Eyes Off of You.
Setting dynamics was going to be another request, but I just read that you have it as one of your intentions.
One final remark. I am still having the problem of audio delay if JJazzLab is left running without use. If I go for dinner and come back, play a song, the audio no longer matches the bar being played. I have to quit and relaunch to fix it. I don't know enough about all this MIDI stuff on my Mac to figure this out.
Thank you for all your hard work. I enjoy using JJazzLab and look forward to the growth of the program.
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Post by cornetbob on Jun 24, 2020 0:11:56 GMT 1
I was looking at the keyboard shortcuts and saw the Transpose. I didn't realize that you could elect more than one chord to apply a change. The additional selected chords are very faint, so I never realized they were actually selected. On the Mac it is Command-up and down arrows, however, it is not intelligent enough to know that a Gb is not actually a half step from F, so transposing has to be done on individual chords, or one has to correct the ones that don't make sense after multiple chords are transposed. A more intelligent way of transposing would still be very useful.
I also noticed that, if I use the keyboard shortcut, I can get the Shot back, even though the option has disappeared from the dialog box.
I have one more little quirk that I have wondered about. When entering chords for a song, the empty bar selects and I type a chord, however, if I want anything to follow, such as b, #, m, M, sus etc., I have to remember to hit the arrow key to deselect the chord letter or else the letter, which is by default selected, gets overwritten by the modifier. This may be a choice you had to make, but for rapidly entering chords, it make it a bit awkward.
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Post by Jerome on Jun 28, 2020 16:00:23 GMT 1
Thanks for your feedback, this is useful.
Just to make sure, what version are you using ? OS ?
I don't fully understand. You mean shot/hold settings are not copied when copy/paste chord symbols between songs ? I tested it and it works for me...
Select a chord symbol, ctrl-A, it will select all the chord symbols of the current section. Another ctrl-A and you select all the chord symbols of the song. You can also use ctrl-click or shift-click to select several chord symbols. Then use the mouse wheel or right-click menu.
Not possible now, but it's in the to-do list, it's been asked several times.
Yes because the mouse wheel is used to transpose selected chord symbols. I can't change that.
If you just need to edit the chord symbol name, you can also use the bar edit dialog. When you exit this dialog chord symbol is not selected so you won't have the scroll problem. Note that this dialog is automatically called when you type a chord symbol letter. For example select bar 3 and directly type "Em7", it will automatically open the bar edit dialog and add Em7. Typing return and the selection automatically goes to next bar. So it makes very easy to type in chords without using the mouse.
Not sure to understand. But maybe in the Rhythm selection dialog check out the lower left check box "Apply to next song parts". It is ON by default but uncheck it if you want the new rhythm to be applied only to selected song parts.
This is a known bug on Mac of the Java JDK used by JJazzLab. This is completly out of my control unfortunately. The bug has been submitted several years ago and it's still not fixed...
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Post by Jerome on Jun 28, 2020 16:06:15 GMT 1
I don't understand, Gb is indeed a half-tone from F... Or you mean it should select F# instead of Gb ?
I don't undertand... Select an empty bar and directly type whatever chord symbol (e.g. A#m7), as soon as you press A the edit bar dialog will popup and you have your chord symbol.
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Post by cornetbob on Jun 29, 2020 20:10:40 GMT 1
First, I have JJazzLab 2.1 running in MacOSX 10.15.5 on a MacBook Pro 15 (mid-2012).
In Edit Chord Symbol I think there used to be a Shot option in addition to Normal, Accent, and Hold. An arrangement I made in the previous version has a Shot (small round indicator under the chord name). I can no longer set the Shot option because it no longer exists, at least not in Edit Chord Symbol. I had to Copy a chord from the arrangement done in the previous version of JJL and then change the chord name. However, the keyboard shortcut does seem to work.
Regarding the Transpose. Thanks for the Command-A (Control-A) shortcut. It works on bars, if a bar is selected, and on chords, if a chord is selected. As I mentioned, the multiples of selected chords are faint, so I didn't notice them at first. What I was also wondering about is, transposing a half a step, an F chord becomes a Gb. Normally that would show as an F#.
You mentioned using the mouse wheel to scroll and change chords, however, it must be the way trackpads work, but, I can't scroll to make a half step change. It rapidly changes the chords. The Command-up and down arrows work better. I was also mentioning that, if I don't deselect a chord name (anytime a chord name happens to be selected), if I try to scroll using my trackpad to another part of the song, the chord changes, even when my pointer is not over the chord. This happen all the time.
The ability to rapidly enter chords is great, however, what I was getting at is: I type a C chord and the small window opens, when I hit Return I am in the next bar. If, however, I want a Cm, I have to use the right arrow key to deselect the C and type the m. Otherwise, If I just type Cm, I only get the m because the C was still selected. The same is true if I double-click a chord to get to the Edit Chord Symbol dialog box. The C is selected. That is good If I want to type a new chord, however, if I want to modify the chord to a minor, I have to use the right arrow to deselect the C. I don't know which is more practical in this dialog box except, as we have discussed, the chord name can be changed using the mouse wheel or arrow keys. Adding the m for minor does require typing to add the m.
The next thing is setting rhythm. I accidentally changed the rhythm in a song when I had a section other than the first section selected. So I ended up with the rhythm applied to part of the song. I looked for some way to remove the rhythm and use the rhythm applied to the entire song. I ended up just changing it to the same as what I have set for the first section. If I want to change the rhythm of the song, I have to remember to change in both places. I understand that you could potentially set every song section to have a different rhythm, but, how do you remove them?
I checked the option to Follow you, but I could not find an option to be notified if anyone replied who I have not first set to Follow. I was looking for something like, "Notify me when anyone replies to my posts."
I think I covered everything. Hopefully my explanations make sense. Thanks again for all your great work.
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Post by Jerome on Jun 30, 2020 9:42:37 GMT 1
Ok I understand now. I could access to a Mac and do some tests yesterday evening. There is indeed a bug on Mac (and Linux), the Shot is still there but is hidden in the dialog. There is also an "extended hold/shot" option which is hidden. It is like this on Windows:  I'll fix that in emergency. In the mean time shortcut is working (P), and right-click menu (ctrl-click on Mac OSX) as well. For the chord typing problem, I could reproduce the issue, and it's specific on Mac OSX. On Win/Linux the first char does not get selected automatically. I'll see what I can do. To remove a rhythm change in the middle of the song, select the song part with the rhythm change, then right-click menu "Remove rhythm change". It will apply the rhythm of the previous song part. Forum email notification : www.proboards.com/user-guide/notifications |
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Post by Jerome on Jun 30, 2020 21:05:53 GMT 1
I've fixed the issues and uploaded a new version 2.1.2a for Linux and Mac, could you try it ?
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Post by cornetbob on Jun 30, 2020 22:25:46 GMT 1
Thanks, I look forward to the fixes when you get a chance.
I don't know why I didn't find the solution to remove the extra rhythm.
If you get a chance, can you find out why scrolling on a Mac trackpad on inputs, such as chords and settings in sections, happens so fast. A tiny movement of the finger flips through many variables?
It will be really amazing when you get dynamics added. I presume that is down the road.
Would lyrics be added someday? It would be pretty cool to print lyric sheets with chords, something like ChordPro.
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Post by cornetbob on Jul 4, 2020 19:55:59 GMT 1
I've fixed the issues and uploaded a new version 2.1.2a for Linux and Mac, could you try it ? Looks great! I still get the Gb when I transpose up from F or down from G. I also have the speed problem for any scrollable setting. On my Mac, it takes a very small movement on my trackpad to move one increment. These aren't particularly serious issues. I like the notes and the entering of chords on the Mac is now much faster. Many thanks I'm wondering what your plans are for additional features? I would like to think about what I can add later to songs. Gee, I can leave a memo to myself in the Notes feature to remind myself what to add or change as new features are added. Cool! |
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