Contents 1 LSDJ Feature Wishlist 1.1 Stuff to consider: 1.2 Fixed: 1.3 Won't happen... or?: 2 Comments

LSDJ Feature WishlistEdit

These are mostly actual requests from users - so feel free to add or comment upon this. /Johan

Stuff to consider:Edit

• Investigate if it is somehow possible to reduce clicks from table volume column.
• Show both WAV samples being played in border.
• a combination of keys that allow us to change the tempo of the song in half, twice, fourth, eighth.Etc.
• PC keyboard: record what's being played
• I command in tables - changes instrument!
• P / L? commands implemented in NOI channel
• transfer instruments/phrases/songs over link cable and infrared port
• Add Command to modify KIT playlength [ nice effects and even melodies ]
• Make it open source!!!
• Longer sample offset?
• An indicator on the main screen, blinking at the rate of bpm (for a visual aid on the tempo).
• The ability to save instruments I've made through the wavetable for use in other songs.
• Add more default kits.
• Sync: if starting song play from phrase, try to sync chain position. Possible??
• Noise channel for keyboard.
• Super Gameboy special features (border graphics??)
• Speech channel for keyboard (should work but seems buggy? or?)
• Harder testing of LSD-Manager - would be a shame if it is messing up peoples .sav files.
• Prelisten now only works when sync is off or keybd, fix it in all modes?
• After deleting a song, auto-remove the empty slots in the middle

...these are somewhat older suggestions:

• Shape distortion for synth - more options besides clip and wrap (requested by inexpensive)
• Player that supports multiple songs on .sav
• Document how to play hand-drawn waves (manual mode). E.g., there are two hand-drawn waves (00 and 01), how to play 00 as attack and 01 as release?
• Bug: in phrase screen, first set vibrato, then pitch. Won't work unless HF mode selected.
• Bug?: L and C command don't work together - same with P and C.
• Bug?: L/P and transpose don't work together.
• Reset automated tables with A cmd + 80 + tableno
• PC keyboard table select (maybe with num keypad)?
• Separate clipboards for different stuff
• ADSR in wave synth
• Command for changing finetune
• C, P, V cmd on noise channel
• PC keyboard: fake polyphony switching between pu1, pu2, wav
• Wave synth: would be nice with wave banks that are 32, 48, 64 frames long...

Fixed:Edit

• Nudge tempo (+/- one tick) - working while playing in sync slave mode
• L command in tables
• Show version in help screen
• Bug: PU2 finetune disappears after using L command
• when pressing select+start in phrase, start from current chain pos on all channels
• more space for kits - using the sample patcher, it's possible to put 51 kits on a cart, which is pretty much the maximum.
• Don't reset the colorscheme when creating a new project (eg. treat the colorscheme the same as power save, not project-dependent)

• make key repeat/delay and energy save settings cartridge specific, not song specific
• MIDI out - possible with arduinoboy :)
• Write-protect hand drawn waveforms
• A better, non manual, timely process of purchasing LSDj, and receiving your copy of LSDj

Won't happen... or?:Edit

Comments by me (Johan)

• Volume column in the phrase screen - there simply is not enough RAM.
• ADSR for the Wave instruments with control of it in the Phrase screen - that's really two requests in one. ADSR - maybe. Phrase screen control will not happen, because the wave synth is just too slow to change instantly while playing.
• Ability to randomize a phrase - this actually existed in versions 3.4.4 - 3.9.2, but wasn't a very popular feature.
• video - what's that supposed to mean? Maybe check out http://truechiptilldeath.com/blog/2010/05/28/lsvj-appeared/
• A timer on the main screen showing elapsed seconds and minutes of the song - there's not much screen space for this. Check project screen instead.
• A function like Ctrl+z -UNDO- (in windows) for correct errors such as accidentally deleting notes. If you delete notes, they should be in the clipboard - just press select+a to paste them back in.
• A NDS LSDJ sequencer with touch interface and the ability to create gb sav files to be used in LSDJ on the Game Boy. Why would you want that?
• Reverse sample play. I would really like this, but unfortunately it's not an easy thing to do - it's very difficult just to play two channels forwards. Instead, one will have to prepare reverse samples...
• Startup demo song. Is this really a good idea? It would be pretty nice for new users to quickly check if the setup is working by pressing start... but at the same time I just think it's pretty nice to start from a clean slate.
• Command for changing kit speed - this could be done, but there are so many commands already... not sure how to fit it in.
• Groove entry in chain screen - this kind of makes sense... but not sure there is enough RAM to put a new column in chain screen.
• Use PC keyboard keys for launching chains/phrases - somewhat nice idea, but would be a lot of boring/tough work for me. If you want this, maybe one option would be to just use Ableton and sample LSDj..?