Development

This is a brief overview of yet unresolved issues and new feature requests considered for future updates or currently being worked on. Before submitting new bug reports or feature suggestions, please have a look here to see if the problem is already known.

Only selected items are listed here, most of which originated from public discussion or individual user feedback. If you can't find a certain item, that doesn't mean it's not on our internal list. A priority assignment "Low" doesn't imply we do not value that item. It just means there are other items that need to be fixed first. In order for us to stay focussed and avoid distractions, please understand that we can not make our entire agenda public. Plans for future products are not published either.

The full history of already completed items can be found here: Changelog of Synfire Pro, and here: Changelog of Harmony Navigator.

This page was last updated 2012-01-24 00:08:38 CET.

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Current Tasks
Type	Description	Priority	AR
Quality nav:content	Produce more videos and tutorials for HN2	Normal	972
Quality mps:content	Produce videos and tutorials for core Synfire features Suggestions found in user forum	High	885
Research mps:gui	Phrase Editor: Improve usability for figure editing Automate tool/mode switches as much as possible.	Normal	691
Development mps:install	Make iLok and LoopBe separate and optional installs	Normal	1189
Development nav:gui	Make phrase library extensible by user	Normal	1120
Development core:gui	Polish the user interface look to be same on Mac and Windows The new videos should be shot using the new look	Normal	1212
Development nav:midi	Global real-time pattern should default to current song Playing palettes and progressions should use the current song's instruments and sounds.	Normal	1210
Development core:gui	Scroll views when mouse is moved close to the border	Low	1159
Development mps:import	Ability to opt for static/dynamic import as a default	Low	1144
Development mps:import	Add import preset that forces interpretation bypass	Low	1057
Suggestion core:import	Make import track selection multi-selection aware Should affect import preset selection, at least	Low	1056
Suggestion mps:gui	Add sound search field to instrument properties dialog	Low	1186

Testing
Type	Description	Priority	AR
Problem core:audio	Random muted plugins in engine when many plugins loaded	Normal	1199
Problem core:midi	(Windows) Unhandled exception occured #(3221225477 0) Microsoft: 0xC0000005 "Access Violation". Happens on opening midi subsystem and changing routings. Related to ASIO4ALL.	Normal	1034
Problem core:midi	Playback animation occasionally doesn't terminate	Normal	1198
Research mps:gui	How do wrong vectors get into the Figure parameter? Seen velocity vectors in figure parameter, etc. Prevent this.	Normal	1161
Quality mps:transport	Pre-roll limited to one measure This is, like everything positioned at negative time, a general issue of the transport that can't handle this	Normal	964
Development core:core	Undo and private project devices: ensure consistency	Normal	1178
Quality nav:gui	Parameter inspector not refreshed after main tab switch Example: Interpretation should show all details when switching back to Instruments tab.	Low	975

Pending
Type	Description	Priority	AR
Development core:export	Drag and drop midi files to and from desktop The drones support this now (partly)	High	1162
Development core:keys	Overhaul of keyboard shortcuts	High	910
Problem mps:vm	(Windows) SynfirePro.exe sometimes not terminated properly after quit This occurs randomly on XP and is probably related to the ReWire.dll.	Normal	954
Problem mps:render	Range limits violated for Shift and Fold Seems these let through pitches beyond the instrument range. Problem: Transposition in conjunction with "octaves" option may be impossible if playing range is very narrow (< 2 octaves) and only few scale steps per octave.	Normal	831
Problem mps:install	Problems downloading demo through slow dialup connection Timeout issues	Normal	999
Research core:render	Voice leading should ignore a "change" to the same chord The question is, if this is desirable, as this sort of change is removed anyway by default. If the user decides to keep it, he might want this behavior.	Normal	1067
Quality mps:midi	Provide more and better preview phrases per category	Normal	1060
Development core:midi-cc	Option to include individual CC in Reset Controllers message Per project preference, or even better: per device, as some devices do not respond to the reset message properly.	Normal	1082
Development mps:setup	Provide a browser in setup window for saved plugin states	Normal	1181
Development core:midi	Defauld device should be deaf and mute	Normal	1187
Development core:import	Recognize custom bank selection on import	Normal	1168
Development mps:artic	Improve articulations UI Multi-select segments, display articulation labels	Normal	1169
Development nav:gui	Rename German "Sektion" of a song to "Teil"	Normal	1152
Development nav:gui	Provide tempo match feature for HN2	Normal	1175
Development nav:import	Guess figure segments from melody before splitting across parts Helps determine whether a segment belongs to the previous or next part.	Normal	1004
Development mps:midi	Make devices a class-level object Allow multiple instances per description, as many users load many instances of same plugin	Normal	1170
Development mps:gui	Improve playing range widget Use sliders for more easy adjustment	Normal	1209
Development core:render	Counterpoint 4-part voice leading	Normal	1072
Development mps:gui	Closing the pool editor should warn of losing changes	Normal	1122
Development core:midi	(Mac) Provide virtual MIDI endpoints rather than require IAC driver	Normal	1136
Development mps:audio	Re-scan for changed plugins automatically on startup	Normal	1206
Development mps:audio	Make Reserved/Shared should ask for confirmation	Normal	1193
Development core:gui	Catalog: Allow input of alternative names for protected chords	Normal	1157
Development mps:edit	Quantizing multiple symbols doesnt work	Normal	1035
Development core:setup	Device aliases	Normal	1197
Development core:setup	Tabbed & reorganized device list	Normal	1196
Development core:core	Private device IDs: Make a local scope	Normal	1179
Development core:render	Make typical pitch a parameter	Normal	1154
Development core:files	Make documents file bundles Files, backups, rack and plugin states should all be located in a directory named after the document.	Normal	1176
Development core:midi	Add support for note-off velocity	Normal	1184
Suggestion mps:gui	Library name not visible on window caption Include name inside the window.	Normal	1119
Suggestion mps:render	Ability to opt for small overlaps in legato mode Some sound libraries automatically switch to a legato articulation when notes overlap	Normal	1146
Suggestion core:setup	Option to import Cubase Parse Files	Normal	1195
Suggestion nav:midi	Provide scale prober pattern with no interpretation (pure scales)	Normal	1121
Suggestion mps:gui	Customize colors for progression chords Example: Use current palette color scheme	Normal	1188
Suggestion nav:convert	Ability to convert song section into an accompaniment	Normal	1164
Suggestion core:transport	Run a playhead even if nothing to play	Normal	1109
Suggestion core:setup	Option to import Sonar/Cakewalk Instrument Definition Files	Normal	1194
Suggestion mps:setup	Instrument-specific pitch sets and note names	Normal	1202
Suggestion core:recording	Allow repeated recording of same chord Make this depend on global option used for progression editing now	Normal	1129
Suggestion mps:gui	Make vector functions timeline aware	Normal	1055
Suggestion mps:render	Ability to mute individual notes (figure symbols)	Normal	1156
Suggestion mps:render	Tool to find chords matching a desired chromatic pitch Chromatically shift a symbol, then ask for suitable chords that match it	Normal	1145
Suggestion core:gui	Show playhead progress bar during progression recording	Normal	1127
Suggestion mps:import	Batch import of MIDI files	Normal	922
Suggestion mps:gui	Integrate audio mixer strips into arrangement	Normal	1070
Problem mps:artic	Issues scheduling articulations ahead of time near clock zero This is a transport issue: Requires partial redesign of the transport model	Low	833
Problem core:keys	(Mac) Copy and paste issues with text input fields	Low	990
Problem mps:midi	Minor bank selection method import problem	Low	1021
Research core:setup	Additional device extraction methods Enumeration per Patch select or MIDI, etc	Low	1200
Research mps:transport	First looped playback after opening app does not loop Not reliably reproducable yet	Low	721
Quality core:midi	(Mac) Audio reset does not make newly plugged midi devices appear	Low	1201
Quality core:gui	Filenames with square brackets and underscores corrupted	Low	976
Quality nav:print	Parts not printed in chronological order	Low	857
Quality mps:gui	Drag container grid issues Should offer a finer grid as an option, respond to SHIFT key or similar, then use toolbar setting. Snap to selected grid.	Low	786
Quality core:gui	(Windows) Suport native file dialogs with custom accessory view	Low	977
Development core:gui	Auto open last project as per preference	Low	951
Development core:gui	Global instruments: Upper range keyboard widget scaled wrong	Low	1150
Development core:gui	Add tool buttons for midi through and instant feedback	Low	957
Development core:web	Provide an international shipping calculator	Low	1045
Suggestion nav:keys	Hotkeys for palette markers	Low	1027
Suggestion core:keyboard	Map a hotkey to solo button	Low	1112
Suggestion core:transport	Start playback with double-click on time ruler? Logic	Low	1111
Suggestion nav:gui	Ability to display a global chord ruler	Low	1211
Suggestion core:transport	Display tempo and time signature in transport buttons area	Low	1113
Suggestion mps:gui	Add 1 bar (context sensitive) to grid selection Context = selected container	Low	1103
Suggestion mps:files	Ability to set custom folder for configuration data	Low	1089
Suggestion nav:print	Print chord and scale keyboard patterns side by side	Low	1076

Abandoned
Type	Description	Priority	AR
Development core:midi	(Windows) Disable GM Synth when ASIO4ALL in use No longer needed with AU/VST hosting in place	Normal	1133