Rxn
June 14, 2012, 12:32pm
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Yep, as I suspected, the centering feature was in spot light before with exactly the same issue:
What i really want is for playback “head” to be independent of edit position and for it to follow playback as usual, including centering on the screen vertically. That’s fine. What i have a problem with is the edit position/cursor moving the pattern scroll up/down while NOT playing, always keeping the current editing position in the center of the screen vertically. This causes me great difficulty because my eyes/brain has a hard time constantly adjusting to the visual field .
It’s actually something that a lot of people normally have trouble with. It’s a visual/cognitive issue. Jumps or changes that are instantaneous are very difficult to follow (or impossible)
The bar highlight issue has also been here before :
For instance, A 64 line pattern / highlighted every 4 lines, but have lines 0, 16, 32, and 48 be a slightly different color than the other lines, in my opinion this would make it easier to figure out where you are in a long pattern, especially when you cant see the beginning of the pattern on screen…
The thing why people are asking about it is probably because these features have been used by other trackers for some time now and proved to be useful, not just a matter of habit.