04-28-2020, 08:44 PM
I think having some choices would be beneficial. You could choose between vertical and horizontal flow. It would also be great to choose how many tracks are displayed on the grid. There are benefits both ways, so it would be good if the user could define the parameters per project. Sometimes its nice to see more steps at once, and sometimes its better to be able to see more tracks at once.
As an an example, lets say you just wanted to focus on four trigger tracks. One each for kick, snare, open hi-hat, and closed hi-hat. You could choose to have just 4 tracks displayed on the launchpad, which would allow you to view 16 steps at a time for each track on each page. If you could choose to have the tracks arranged horizontally on the launchpad you would easily be able to see each track step through its sequence. If they were color coded it would be even easier.
There could be 3 modes. One with 1 track showing all 64 steps. Another as it is now, showing 8 tracks with 8 steps. And then a third mode with 4 tracks showing 16 steps as described above. Then there could be a vertical alignment and a horizontal alignment for each mode, which would make a total of six operating styles for the user to choose from.
The only downside I see is that the use of the other buttons available on the launchpad would have to be assigned a little bit differently in each mode, but I definitely feel that it would be doable
For me at least, this would make the workflow much more intuitive.
As an an example, lets say you just wanted to focus on four trigger tracks. One each for kick, snare, open hi-hat, and closed hi-hat. You could choose to have just 4 tracks displayed on the launchpad, which would allow you to view 16 steps at a time for each track on each page. If you could choose to have the tracks arranged horizontally on the launchpad you would easily be able to see each track step through its sequence. If they were color coded it would be even easier.
There could be 3 modes. One with 1 track showing all 64 steps. Another as it is now, showing 8 tracks with 8 steps. And then a third mode with 4 tracks showing 16 steps as described above. Then there could be a vertical alignment and a horizontal alignment for each mode, which would make a total of six operating styles for the user to choose from.
The only downside I see is that the use of the other buttons available on the launchpad would have to be assigned a little bit differently in each mode, but I definitely feel that it would be doable
For me at least, this would make the workflow much more intuitive.