'Compress / Hide Time' in Arrangement..

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:29 pm

thuzen4bWbQnXr · Post by **thuzen4bWbQnXr** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:04 pm

someone pointed me to this thread, as i just stumbled upon the idea myself and thought i was pretty out-there.

+1

it's a brilliant idea and i love the way the Poster put up a picture of how it could work. everyone in this thread seems totally stoked to get this feature one day. it seems like it would definitely fit in Live's structure.

thanks to all

ton · Post by **ton** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:28 am

Jumping over (all parallelly) deactivated clips automatically would result in the same (except of not being hidden).

if (for a time slot all clips are deactivated)
{
jump playback cursor from start of deactivation to end of deactivation
}

Grappadura · Post by **Grappadura** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:03 am

+1, good idea!

But is there already maybe a function that makes live jump from one locator to the next, skipping whats between? That´d also be nice, but you´re idea is better.

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:59 am

ton wrote:Jumping over (all parallelly) deactivated clips automatically would result in the same (except of not being hidden).

if (for a time slot all clips are deactivated)
{
jump playback cursor from start of deactivation to end of deactivation
}

not sure..

• what will happen when clips overlap the time range you want to deactivate?
I reckon the hidding of a range of clips will cut the overlapping clips in two..
when you deactivate overlapping clips, the part that is not within the selected range will also get deactivated..
• what will happen if you deactvate a range, but it was intended to be silent?
• large chunks of deactivated clips are still cluttering your screen..
• a chunk of deactivated clips can not be moved elsewhere that easily as just one 'hidden time locater', as I suggested in my mock-up..
• a chunk of deactivated clips can not be 'expanded' elsewhere as with the 'hidden time locater'..

and as I suggested;

Poster wrote:what if you could drag the 'hidden time locater' into the browser,
Live would then save the compressed part as a new set with all associated files..

this idea is not about hidding time alone..
its also about easy handling of chunks while keeping your screen clutter free..

ton · Post by **ton** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:08 am

I didn't want to go into the details, but often there can be nice workarounds by using also external tools like AutoHotkey (in Windows OS's), see also Vitamin L as an example.

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:15 am

sure.. but this feature request cannot be worked around i.m.o.

cheers..

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:30 pm

I need this..

'Compress / Hide Time' in Arrangement..

compress time idea is great

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