Optional time-out on the 'Settings' panel that drops down to close the panel after a second or more.
Since there are a lot of things tucked away under the Settings panel that i often use in "play" mode - it would be useful not to have to necessarily always click the Settings button again just to put it away. An optional time-out could do this.
Maybe the timeout could be set to only operate on certain features ( such as drum style since thats likely to be modded as one is actually playing back something or experimenting )
And failing this - at least allow us to close the settings panel if one just "clicks" anywhere else outside the panel in an inactive area - as is common for many modal dialogs in iOS apps.
As i said before it would be nice if some of the aspects hidden in the many pages of settings could be put elsewhere so they had quicker access - drum styles, etc etc.
I also thing it might be better just to have a much bigger panel where one can see ALL the buttons ( or tabs ) for each settings panel without the need to do any scrolling.
Ie ( again...) "one-click access" instead of scrolling.
Making the settings dialog semi-transparent but bigger might help in keeping the user aware of whats going on in the main screen playback wise too.
Maybe the timeout could be set to only operate on certain features ( such as drum style since thats likely to be modded as one is actually playing back something or experimenting )
And failing this - at least allow us to close the settings panel if one just "clicks" anywhere else outside the panel in an inactive area - as is common for many modal dialogs in iOS apps.
As i said before it would be nice if some of the aspects hidden in the many pages of settings could be put elsewhere so they had quicker access - drum styles, etc etc.
I also thing it might be better just to have a much bigger panel where one can see ALL the buttons ( or tabs ) for each settings panel without the need to do any scrolling.
Ie ( again...) "one-click access" instead of scrolling.
Making the settings dialog semi-transparent but bigger might help in keeping the user aware of whats going on in the main screen playback wise too.
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Also I like the idea you had awhile back, hold press transport buttons to quickly access drummer and metronome settings etc. This should make it a little quicker to get to certain performance options?
agreed