RE NEW BBTV BECOMING SONG CREATION CENTRAL.

Let me lay out what I feel bb (and/or rb) need to slay the market....feel free to add your own dream ideas.
(let's not forget in BB the need for the big clock and big chord display for the vision impaired like in rb ?)

my dream list for a little company from bc slaying the market.
(BBTV = the new lovely bb tracks view and NDE is non destructive editing.)
Basically BBTV is the musos work center.

1..NDE in BBTV.
..hilite a section of audio or midi track i.e. a clip and like in rb right clicking highlighted section brings up a menu of user editing commands. including all types of typical daw editing commands.
and including the commands one gets by clicking in the bb audio edit view ...and the same right clik menu includes a regen a clip or track command. ie right clik menu is editing central..ie expansion of the brilliant rb editing concept.
..editing in context with one's other daw tracks. ie like in rb and other daws i can see all edits in conjunction with seeing all my other tracks.
makes it easier to do subtle movement of notes or clips back or forward in time…and line bits of track up with other tracks.
eg a early/or late drum shot or vocal note.
result the bb audio edit view is no longer needed.
..use of cursors in editing for fading in/out clip, changing volume of clip which is highly useful e.g. in balancing sections of vocal tracks in detail. more precise imho instead of using a plugin for evening out things.
..editing of both audio and midi tracks in BBTV. instead of editing commands at various locations in bb.
ie editing central in BBTV.

2..ADDITION OF SPECIAL TRACKS.
(under the bbtv timeline.).
..a chord track which takes over the functions of chords view.
..a song section labels/markers track. whereby the user can enter 'intro' or 'verse' or 'chorus' or bridge or outro or whatever. I/V/C/B/O is how us songwriters typically think when creating songs.
..a lyric track. self explanatory.
..a tempo track.
(or this could be built into the chord track to save space)
note re graphical vol automation like in rb or some daws i'm not a fan.
For us vision impaired we can't often draw in the points properly. which is why I prefer the use of an up/down cursor on a section of track. By comparison vol automation is too 'fiddly' to enter and get right from my experience.
..maybe a special drums creation track. as drums are unique. eg for building drum solos etc like putting shots
where they are needed.

3..OTHER NICETIES.
..added functionality to the current bb reverb/eq mini feature on each track which I find highly useful for 'quickie demos' instead of useing vst plugins that might be cpu hogs.
ie a new low cpu usage 'mini channel strip'. comp/lim/noise gate/simple eq/reverb.
one knob for comp/lim and one knob for noise gate idea. of course vol/pan included. eq and reverb same as now.
..addition of features that might help the vision impaired further.

Hopefully the above would lessen the learning cycle for new users, and be even more daw like.
because the current chord/one track audio edit/mixer views would not be needed.
ie time would be saved for the user flitting between different views.
and the advantage for pg i would suggest strategically to keep users in bb rather than needing to use other music apps. because BBTV would be a musicians song creation work center.
I'm sure lots of people are like myself, i.e. tired of flitting between different music apps and the time this all entails.

i'm sure ive missed something….lol.
anything ive forgotten i'll add.
feel free to add your own wishes.

happiness to all users and pg staff.

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 03/17/24 06:35 AM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)