McDohl wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 4:27 pm
you said not to use Global Automations to change the time signature.
Imo we can expand that advise:
So not use Global Automations -at all!
Global Automation is properly the worst feature that has sneaked into lmms, and you can scratch 'properly'..
Issue is about importing MIDI files.
When I change the time signature amidst a piece of music, the segments and measures in the Song Editor get dynamically adjusted while the playback is going on.
That is expected1 You will se some odd length-shifts inside song-editor, as time-signature change. Take f.i. 4/4 to 3/4
Instead of having 4 beats with each 4 ticks, in each bar, there would only be 3 beats with each 4 ticks, in each bar. The bar would be drawed one whole beat shorter.
The attached file is a minimal example of this bug(?), tested in LMMS 1.2.1 and 1.2.2: switch-time-signatures--global-automisation.mmpz
I expected the following behaviour: The segments and measure bars should not be squeezing and stretching during playback. Instead, they should stay put.
No they wont.
Using multiple time signatures in a single piece is a common stylistic device and I would rather not miss it in LMMS.
Absolutely, and you wont have to. You should just not use GLOBAL Automation, but STD-Automation, with a normal automation-track.
I made a video about doing that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIToz0LIRIM
You can also see that it has that 'expand' motion, but it works, as you also can see :)
About your files:
Unfortunately files cant be hosted in the forum. -Sorry
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