Re: [jokosher-devel] [PATCH] Fixed solo button behaviour

[Laszlo Pandy <laszlok2 gmail com>]

Peteris Krisjanis wrote:
> I agree that having "Solo" function on several instruments at once
> sounds not appealing, as it defeats calling it "Solo". It helps to
> select two or three channels from rest of crowd, yes, but somehow it
> doesn't help musician when it wants to select another channel to have
> solo after listening to first one. He has to un-solo first instrument.
> So, I gave my argument a second thought and have one interesting
> suggestion.
>
> Let's have two different modes for "Solo":
> 1. Normal "Solo" - In normal behavior, when another Instrument is
> chosen for Solo, first instrument get's un-solo-ed (damn, not a right
> word, ). This is by default and what Knut wanted by this patch.
> 2. Multi "Solo" - when musician wants to select several instruments
> for Solo, t.i. playing them together while rest of channels are muted,
> it has to hold down CTRL button while clicking on another instrument's
> Solo button. It is also complements usual behavior in Nautilus and
> other places where CTRL is used for cherry picking while doing
> selections.
>
> For me this feels more natural.
>
> What do you people think about this?

My first impression was that this is a really dumb idea because it makes 
solo more complicated. But the more I think about it, the more I like 
it. All that's missing is an effective way to convey the difference to 
the user without confusing them, and it would be a pretty cool feature.

Laszlo