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Tracks Window Transpot Controls #789510 12/15/23 06:14 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,717 Florida floyd jane OP Veteran
OP floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,717 Florida	I really like the New BIAB. In Ctrl-T mode (I don't know what else to call it), with the Tracks Windows most of the screen and a fairly clean look at top (the Custom tab allows me to have the functions I most often use or change) it has become a much more "today". (see attached). When I am working in this screen, my attention is on the waveform window. Full attention. I am accustom to the transport controls (in other programs) being right in my field of vision (most often at the bottom). Moving attention to them (to start or stop playback) does not drag my attention away from the main window. In BIAB it does drag my attention. I cannot get used to looking into the upper left corner for those controls. It takes my attention fully away from the main screen and interrupts flow. (for me) (It's even worse if the old interface is up - I find those buttons even harder to find) Can the Transport Controls be added to the top of the Tracks Window? Right between the Edit Riffs button and the right edge of the screen. Please. Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) TracksWindow.JPG (275.36 KB, 195 downloads) 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: Tracks Window Transpot Controls MoultiPass #789518 12/15/23 06:42 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,717 Florida floyd jane OP Veteran
OP floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,717 Florida	Originally Posted by MoultiPass How do you get just the mixer window there? Is it a photo montage or what? Not a photo montage. That is what my screen looks like. Ctrl-T to change to the "new" look And then click the Track Windows. Nothing magical or complicated. It just happened that way. 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: Tracks Window Transpot Controls floyd jane #789545 12/15/23 10:01 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,340 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY Matt Finley Veteran
Matt Finley Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,340 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY	In case anyone gets confused, Ctrl+T is a toggle. It flips back and forth between the pre-2018 interface design and the current one. In addition, there are two little icons in the lower left of the Drag-Drop area that can select the two choices. I don’t know that there are official names, but some us call the one with a larger Chordsheet area the ‘new GUI’. BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Slate VSX, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.

Re: Tracks Window Transpot Controls floyd jane #789546 12/15/23 10:02 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,717 Florida floyd jane OP Veteran
OP floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,717 Florida	An alternative (though I'd still like the buttons on the grey line above the tracks) is to... Move the Title and Style box(es) to the far left ... That would put all the stuff on the left in the middle... so the Transport Controls would then at least be in the same field of vision as the tracks. You might then consider flipping the Controls and the progress bar so the Controls would be closer to the tracks. 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: Tracks Window Transpot Controls floyd jane #789599 12/15/23 01:14 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,110 M musocity Veteran
musocity Veteran M Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,110	I was looking for a rewind button yesterday on the transport when working in Tracks window. You could also have an option for floating transport:

Re: Tracks Window Transpot Controls musocity #789631 12/15/23 03:49 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,780 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,780 Melbourne, Australia	Definitely a worthwhile improvement. +1 BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Professional & Windows 11, Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors

Re: Tracks Window Transpot Controls floyd jane #789649 12/15/23 04:50 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
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Rustyspoon# Veteran Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 6,939	+1 and alternative idea

Re: Tracks Window Transpot Controls floyd jane #789666 12/15/23 05:49 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,340 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY Matt Finley Veteran
Matt Finley Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,340 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY	Or this alternative: a MIDI Control Surface, with automated faders and transport controls: https://www.mattfinley.com/promos/faderport.jpg BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Slate VSX, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.

Re: Tracks Window Transpot Controls Rustyspoon# #789701 12/15/23 07:13 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,110 M musocity Veteran
musocity Veteran M Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,110	Remember this:

Re: Tracks Window Transpot Controls floyd jane #789706 12/15/23 07:44 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,340 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY Matt Finley Veteran
Matt Finley Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,340 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY	I still have my Tranzport. That's why, ever since, I've asked for support for the Mackie Control Unit standard, to go the next level. BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Slate VSX, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.

Re: Tracks Window Transpot Controls floyd jane #790890 12/20/23 12:10 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 167 V Vincente Apprentice
Vincente Apprentice V Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 167	Another option: move transport to middle of screen, move file info. to the left where current transport is New suggestion / request: Have an option to hide unused tracks. Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) BB24-Tracks-Transport2.png (891.85 KB, 21 downloads) Last edited by Vincente; 12/20/23 12:16 PM. WIN11 OS build 23H2, 16MB, 1TG SSD. BIAB2024, build 1113, MegaPaK

Re: Tracks Window Transpot Controls floyd jane #791235 12/21/23 07:19 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,110 M musocity Veteran
musocity Veteran M Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,110	Biab-Floating-Transport.zip install www.autohotkey.com then set C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe to Run As Administrator by right click Properties > Compatibility. Keep the images and the script in the same folder. You can make it bigger if you like or add more buttons.

Re: Tracks Window Transpot Controls musocity #791283 12/22/23 12:13 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,110 M musocity Veteran
musocity Veteran M Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,110	Updated it with a BB ico

Re: Tracks Window Transpot Controls floyd jane #791311 12/22/23 05:42 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,717 Florida floyd jane OP Veteran
OP floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,717 Florida	That looks good. How does it get launched? Is "adding more buttons" obvious and easy? Is there any chance this kind of thing will get incorporated into the official release? 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: Tracks Window Transpot Controls

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You just double click "Biab floating transport.ahk" you can shortcut it to the desktop. I have asked PG many times for something like this either built in to Biab or have a scripts menu that will show all the AHK scripts in C:\bb\Scripts folder and run them from the menu.
You can add any other buttons you like to it, each button will run a BB menu item or shortcut keys

WinMenuSelectItem, ahk_class TBandWindow, , Play, Play Special, Play (with Generation)

so you can add any other function to it like Ctrl+F8 to generate selected region.

If anyone wants anything added just let me know and will update the script.

We can all wait in hope that PG will release something like this, but we all know that may never happen or happen 10 years down the track. It took me about 30mins to make.

Code

#NoEnv
#SingleInstance Force

I_Icon = %a_scriptdir%\bbw64.ico
IfExist, %I_Icon%
Menu, Tray, Icon, %I_Icon%

Gui, +AlwaysOnTop

Gui, Margin, 0, 0 

;MsgBox, %a_scriptdir%
Gui, Add, Picture, vleft gPlay x0 y0 w50 h40 , %a_scriptdir%\play_1.bmp 
Gui, Add, Picture, vleft2 gPlayGen x50 y0 w50 h40 , %a_scriptdir%\playgen_1.bmp
Gui, Add, Picture, vleft3 gPause x100 y0 w50 h40 , %a_scriptdir%\pause_1.bmp
Gui, Add, Picture, vleft4 gStop x150 y0 w50 h40 , %a_scriptdir%\stop_1.bmp


Gui, Show, w200 h40 
Return 

Play:
GuiControl, , left, %a_scriptdir%\play_2.bmp
Sleep, 500
GuiControl, , left, %a_scriptdir%\play_1.bmp
WinMenuSelectItem, ahk_class TBandWindow, , Play, Play Special, Play from Current Position - No Regeneration
return

PlayGen:
GuiControl, , left2, %a_scriptdir%\playgen_2.bmp
Sleep, 500
GuiControl, , left2, %a_scriptdir%\playgen_1.bmp
WinMenuSelectItem, ahk_class TBandWindow, , Play, Play Special, Play (with Generation)
return

Pause:
GuiControl, , left3, %a_scriptdir%\pause_2.bmp
Sleep, 500
GuiControl, , left3, %a_scriptdir%\pause_1.bmp
WinMenuSelectItem, ahk_class TBandWindow, , Play, Pause
return

Stop:
GuiControl, , left4, %a_scriptdir%\stop_2.bmp
Sleep, 500
GuiControl, , left4, %a_scriptdir%\stop_1.bmp
WinMenuSelectItem, ahk_class TBandWindow, , Play, Stop
Return

GuiClose: 
ExitApp

Re: Tracks Window Transpot Controls musocity #791490 12/22/23 10:04 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,110 M musocity Veteran
musocity Veteran M Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,110	It can be made with Tabs and any other functions you like:

Re: Tracks Window Transpot Controls musocity #791794 12/24/23 11:02 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
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musocity Veteran M Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,110	Here's the Tabbed one that you can add other functions to: BB-Quick-Menu-Mixer-7.zip You can edit the script in Notepad or any text editor: the gTracks is goto function Tracks: when the image is clicked

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