New filter

[arlojay]

Along with the equalizer, detune, reverb, and compression, there should be another option for a phaser for instruments; Instead of having to animate the equalizer sliders to get a pseudo-phaser sound, it would be nice to have just one slider for all of that. Also, for all of the synthetic instruments there should be an "instrument options" tab to change stuff like sine resolution, square duty, or maybe even a waveform creator. It would open up a lot more options for new instruments for users and create a bunch of new variations on existing features. If it feels like less of an important feature, then you could also think about adding a "custom instrument" for trusted users where you can upload your own audio file to be used as an instrument in the editor, although copyright issues may be a problem. If it does seem like a problem, you could also just invest in making custom "note groups". The note groups could contain a sequence of notes, such as an arpeggio, chord, or just a combination of notes to make another, cooler sounding instrument. It would be a good alternative if you don't want to take up too much server space for larger audio files because it would use the built-in sounds. Maybe there could be separate tracks for instruments and you could fade them in and out using a "master track".

On the performance side, it would be nice if you could disable the notes for listening to a song. Just have a screen showing the duration, author, and title, along with some controls like a normal mp3 player. Maybe the client could render out the track before you play it, and cull the notes that aren't visible (behind other notes) so it doesn't waste time drawing them (or maybe you do it already, and I haven't noticed it yet). I have ideas that would be pretty neat to see usable on the website, but most of them are big projects. I can see if some of them seem ambitious (I would know as I make web apps myself) and end up being a lot bigger than you initially thought, but it would be a huge improvement to see. Hopefully you consider at least one of the feature suggestions, in case you don't currently have any tasks on the site. 

Thanks for reading!
arlojay

[Lopyt]

So, you are asking for a notch filter or phaser?

There is probably a custom synthesizer in process which would do basic synthesizer stuff luke different waveforms, filters with envelopes and resonance control, etc. I've personally never found changing the duty cycle on a pulse to be useful, but I don't make a lot of songs.

Custom instruments in terms of uploading audio files is just a bad idea. Copyright is a problem, as well as 500GB sample libraries. And there is that issue with 'trusted users' where many people will beg for it. I really don't like the idea of custom instruments in OS.

Note groups seems interesting, I feel like it would be used more for easier instrument layering than for chords or melodies though, since copy/paste works well for that. Could just be weird though depending on its implementation.

I do really like the idea of seperate tracks, ESPECIALLY for the markers. It would also be nice to apply effects to groups of tracks, busses, for a different sound. (I'm thinking drum transients trigger some distortion to duck other instruments

Would it be more efficient to just render every song as an audio file and play that instead of playing the song as usual but without didplaying the notes for the performance increase and speed up playlist loading?

Thank you for your suggestions and for not resuggesting something that had been suggested 1000 times like "add general midi soundfont"

[Lopyt]

I also really really want a stereo delay but someone said that would be difficult to add because the way the effects currently work