DDReam Studio - a revolutionary way to sync/step simfiles

[jyris1]

Re: DDReam Studio - a revolutionary way to sync/step simfiles

who_cares973 - sounds like a good idea. I'll add it on the to do list.

patashu - ?

jimerax - The closest thing I know of to set multiple constant areas of the song is to use the Grow Region tool (G). Note: The regions you "grow" will be substantially constant (beats placed at the nearest zoomed-in pixel, like autofill), but since it's pixels, not decimals, the converted BPM's may still wobble back and forth at the thousandths place, and youre back to notepad (if you want a "perfectly" clean file). See advanced tutorial -> http://ddreamstudio.ddrplace.com/adv...e.html#growtut

[dood gone krazee]

Re: DDReam Studio - a revolutionary way to sync/step simfiles

I've run into the same problem, so I have a good idea of what jimerax is trying to say. I use an example.

Let's say you're stepping a song with a constant 180BPM in one part, then it changes in the middle to 150BPM, then it reverts back to the original 180BPM after the middle part. Now, using the grow tool would work for changing just the middle to it's respective BPM, but he wants to know if you would be able to select the beats where they lie in the middle part, and then just be able to punch in the correct BPM.

Using auto-fill is useful, but it changes the BPM of the whole song, and not just parts. He wants to know if there could be a feature where you could select specific areas in the song to auto-fill BPMs.

I hope I was clear enough.

May I just say that I am very happy with this program. It makes stepping a hell of a lot easier for me. Thanks.

EDIT: To me the video tutorial seemed very, VERY basic. Almost like someone was trying to sync a song, recorded it on video and then put it up. Of course I know the program, so it would be beneficial to new users, but I think it could have been a little more in depth. For a suggestion, how about instead of a text manual - like you have now - make a video manual. Have a video just for how to do stops, and have another one just for syncing, another one for growing and nudging, etc. etc.

[jyris1]

Re: DDReam Studio - a revolutionary way to sync/step simfiles

dood - I see what you're saying... There's no "direct" feature, of course, but I do believe that you can still use Grow (grow lets you punch in BPMs, too if you forgive that it's a dialog) to accomplish pretty much the same thing.

What I didn't say in my last post was that Grow actually has 3 variations: (EDIT: This is not yet covered in the advanced tutorials)

1) grow a BPM from cursor to end of song (default) <---- you can grow from cursor ANY number of times throughout the song, and it will change the current regions to the grown BPM! So for your case, autofill A->Type 150; set cursor at BPM change #1, G->type 180; then set cursor at BPM change #2, G->type 150; Done.
2) grow a BPM from one selected beat to end of song, if cursor is somewhere else (select one beat before hitting G)
3) grow a BPM over selected beats only (select a group of beats before hitting G) <---- This will grow only the selected portion, if you do this in the middle of the song, everything after stays the same BPM, but are globally shifted up/down to compensate for the grow in the middle.

So my sense is that at least one of the 3 functions above will work...You can't select "only the song" to set a BPM. You have to select beats or use autofill to initially set beats, then sculpt the beats using grow. Hope that helps.

EDIT2: Video tutorials by topic: That is a very good idea, but one problem: No time. Volunteer?

[dood gone krazee]

Re: DDReam Studio - a revolutionary way to sync/step simfiles

Yeah, I know that grow can accomplish the job. Jimerax and I were just wondering if there was - or ever would - be a feature that could do this.

Site looks good by the way.

[jyris1]

Re: DDReam Studio - a revolutionary way to sync/step simfiles

dood, I think you might have posted while I was editing my last post - I added some stuff.

I can't now imagine having the "direct" feature, but who knows, just a few years ago, I couldnt imagine having a standalone editor. Thanks for the kind words.

[jyris1]

Re: DDReam Studio - a revolutionary way to sync/step simfiles

You can also grow on the fly. Same 3 variations above, but don't hit G. Just ctrl+MWHEEL. It's supposed to be a flexible sculpting system... I dont think this is in the tutorial either.

[dood gone krazee]

Re: DDReam Studio - a revolutionary way to sync/step simfiles

Ahh yes I forgot about that specific grow tool. In fact, that's exactly what jimerax and I were talking about. Just select the beats you want grown to and then put in the desired BPM.

I suppose I could do a few videos, but I'll just end up being lazy and not getting any done.

[jimerax]

Re: DDReam Studio - a revolutionary way to sync/step simfiles

oh I haven't noticed grow function, and that works completely. thx

[jyris1]

Re: DDReam Studio - a revolutionary way to sync/step simfiles

youre welcome

[Patashu]

Re: DDReam Studio - a revolutionary way to sync/step simfiles

You ought to have a selection of non-constant bpm songs on the site that have been synced with ddream.

[jyris1]

Re: DDReam Studio - a revolutionary way to sync/step simfiles

Yeah, sounds good. I'm not that good at making simfiles though, as evidenced by the demo files already up there. Of course, if people have such songs, and the songs are legal, then I'll put them up

BTW, if I remember correctly, all the songs on the demo site are non-constant BPM. Even the ones that sound constant are actually not.

[jyris1]

Re: DDReam Studio - a revolutionary way to sync/step simfiles

1.50 beta 1 released.
If you manually change the arrow size, the arrow size stays that way when you zoom. Operation: Ctrl+Left/Right to set arrow size manually ("M" indicator pops up on the status bar). When in (M) mode, the arrow size stays the same when you zoom. Keep pressing Ctrl+Left/Right to cycle through manual sizes and finally go to Auto (A) mode, which automatically changes the arrow size according to the zoom level. Or, you can use the View->Note Size menu.

[who_cares973]

Re: DDReam Studio - a revolutionary way to sync/step simfiles

another thing that I think would be awesome if you had an option to turn off the way the receptors gradually go down the screen when the song is playing. like you can start a song with the receptors at the top and by the end of the song the receptors are at the very bottom x.x


it probably doesn't bother most people but it annoys me. especially when I have to keep playing a certain section

[jyris1]

Re: DDReam Studio - a revolutionary way to sync/step simfiles

Tools-> Optons, uncheck "Enable scrolling cursor effect during playback"

The receptors slowly scroll back to the "last known clicked position." If you dont want the receptors to ever move, dont click anywhere in the waveform, even when drawing a window. Instead, when you draw the window, start drawing OUTSIDE the waveform area and work your way in. Furthermore, if you want to select beats, you dont even have to draw a big window, just draw a skinny window outside the waveform.

[jyris1]

Re: DDReam Studio - a revolutionary way to sync/step simfiles

Version 1.50 BETA 2, featuring:
+ Grid Lines (Tools->Grid Lines) or Shift+Tab to toggle. This will display light white lines. Useful if you edit with beats disabled. The grid lines also display the current BPM of the beat on the left, and the current time on the right (seconds, beats, or sample time).

+ Much improved mouse action when selecting. If you are in stepping mode, drawing a window will not make the receptors jump to that location and mess up the selection. Also, you can drag the receptors to any part of the screen. Finally, the selected arrows have a faint border for better visibility, and the selection window is better designed to catch the arrows that it touches.

+ Working "Go to" function. Press Ctrl+G and type in a time to jump to that location.