TuneSage progress update 3

A few more things checked off the list. Added a couple “measure editing” tasks. Quite a few tasks I think can probably be skipped for now, as I’d like to get back to working on the back-end so I can then work on integrating the back-end with the front-end. Most of the skipped items should not be overly difficult anyway (though difficulty is always easy to underestimate). Excluding the skipped items leaves the items in bold: measure editing, save / load / export stuff, and an “undo” system, which I guess will be better to tackle earlier than later.

I still need to have a good think about what features the back-end should include at launch; that is, what specific music-generating features would be most useful. I’ll do that in another post a bit later, I suppose.

• Playing features
  • Play from a selected position ✓
  • Play or loop a selection (skip!)
  • Show play location in minutes / seconds (skip!)
  • Pause play (saves play position) ✓
  • Show / hide measure numbers ✓
• Move / create tempos (or tempo groups for accelerandos?) (skip!)
• Note editing
  • Move / create / delete / edit notes or note groups (skip!)
  • Copy / paste notes or note groups (skip!)
  • Edit note velocities (skip!)
• Measure editing
  • Delete / create / edit measures
  • Delete / create / edit sections (measure groups)
• Track editing
  • Load track instrument from MIDI file ✓
  • Edit track instrument ✓
  • Edit track volume / stereo positions (skip!)
  • Auto-color tracks differently (skip!)
• Load / display / edit key signatures (skip!)
• MIDI loading
  • Load note velocities from MIDI ✓
  • Fix MIDI loading bug: Extra note at end of file (skip!)
• Saving / exporting
  • Save / load music pieces to / from personal database
  • Export music to MIDI
  • Export music to WAV or MP3 (skip!)
• Bookmark sections of a piece (skip!)
• Zoom in and out (horizontally) ✓
• Undo / redo support (Ctrl+Z)
• Import soundfonts from computer (low priority) (skip!)
• Account
  • Confirm email (if necessary) (skip!)
  • Log in / out / reset password (skip!)
  • Edit optional personal info (skip!)
  • Usage stats (skip!)
• Final design pass (make everything look good) (skip!)