I've spent a few minutes exploring the new version, and I really like most of what I see! However, there are a few things I miss from the old version, and a few other things that I would like to see added. As a disclaimer, you may have already put some of these features in there and I just didn't see it or find it. If so, let me know where to find it!
Things I miss from the old version:
Ability to change speed of midi notes movement.
Ability to change the opacity of the particles.
Ability to add my own image to the notes.
I liked the light effect (where the notes meet the keyboard) better on the old version. The new version kind of reminds me of fog or haze, and it's too large/wide for me. Perhaps there could be different styles of lights that one could toggle between?
I also liked the shape of the notes in the old version a bit better. Just personal preference, but I like my notes a little more square than the new version can do.
Wish list:
A few different note textures as options. (I really like that you included the texture you did, thanks for that by the way.)
Ability to modify turbulence/randomness of the particles.
Things I love:
The new particles. I really like the fog effect of the particles, too.
That it works on Windows.
The app in general! Thank you so much!
Feel free to do what you like with my suggestions.
Thank you! The positive feedback's very much appreciated, as developing the app as a one-man team is pretty tough. :)
I'll take one more look at the lights alignment - it should have been fixed, but I can see the slight issue in your still, so maybe somethings still wrong.
Yes, I love what you did with the lights options on this latest version! That suits me perfectly, thank you so much! I do think there's still a slight alignment issue with the lights, as you can see from this screenshot. It's a lot better than it was, though. I have to say, this app is absolutely awesome. I'm even more excited than I usually am to make videos, because the app is so awesome.
Do you have a MIDI you could possibly send me that has the issue happening a lot? Is this happening in the one you first sent me?
Thank you!
Hi guys, Version 1.3 is now up, and features a completely revamped Lights system, and includes the Light textures as an option from the old version of the app. Could you take a look and let me know if everything's working the way you want it in the Lights now?
I love the new texture and colorboard of new version. The old one on my iphone don't have a white color at mid (perhaps I'm wrong if there is white?), so you can't mix a color with whiteish either. For light, I would say i love the old version which includes the shadow of the key even tho when i overlay it with my own video, my hands became transparent but it does look very cool.
I've been thinking about the light effect. The more I use the new effect, the more I like it, so I'm not sure if I still want the old light effect added back in.
However, sometimes I wish the light effect was a bit smaller, and sometimes I wish I could have the color of the light effect reflect the color of the notes. So if you could add a slider for the size of the light flash, and a toggle to "colorize" that light effect when wanted, that would be really, really awesome!
The only time I've seen textures on notes was from a Rousseau video. I think he uses custom software.
Thanks for the quick response, as always!
I did find the animation speed slider, thanks! I don't know how I missed that before. That is exactly what I was talking about.
As far as adding your own images, don't worry about that. I only have 1 song that I'm thinking of doing that with, and I can do that on the old program.
I do like changing the opacity of the particles, so I would appreciate it! I like being able to make them less prominent for more subdued pieces, or more opaque and bright for more exciting pieces. I play with this feature a lot on the old system.
Thanks again for such a great program. I really like the new features. The more I play with them, the more I love it!
Thanks very much for the very helpful points and suggestions!
- Ability to change speed of midi notes movement
- I think what you are looking for is the Animation Speed slider in the first tab of Settings - Visual Settings? Let me know if that's still not what you're looking for.
- Ability to change the opacity of the particles
- I really couldn't see how someone would want this, which was why I had taken it out, but I guess I will add back in if you think its useful.
- Ability to add my own image to the notes
- So far, I've never seen someone use this feature in an actual video, and it's a LOT of extra programming to add. It feels more like something that's cool in theory but not in reality? Do you actually use this regularly for videos? Can you post an example?
- I can add a toggle to control the roundness of the piano roll notes. That's a great suggestion, thank you.
- I agree there should be additional note textures. In the long run, will probably try to add an option to import your own. This will be a lot of extra work, so this will probably get added down the line.
- I will try to add a Particle Turbulence control. The Particle Turbulence in Unity is very finicky however, and this isn't a simple thing to control at all, and throwing off one thing in the turbulence model can make the whole particle system go crazy. Still, I can probably at least give control over how strong the turbulence is, so I'll try to add that soon.
- As far as the lights, it's on my to-do list to add the old version of the lights as a second option... I agree they are different. The new version is a little more like the style of Rousseau videos, but I agree the old version had a lot of appeal too.