Consolidate multi-measure rests
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Matthew Meloney
I just started a project to write drum sheet music for my band's catalog. The first song I started with starts with 16 bars of rest. In the notation, BeatNote lays all 16 bars out, but it would be great if there was multi-measure rest notation, as commonly seen in sheet music. See attached screenshot for an example I pulled off google of a 2-measure of rest notation.
Other notes that I believe are already being addressed:
When consecutive bars are the same notation Beat Note replaces the notation with a copy/repeat notation (looks like a division sign), but we'd much prefer the notation to still be written out so a user can read along from bar to bar.
Lastly, I believe this is being addressed in a big update but I dont seem to be able to start playback from a specific bar. Its always just from the beginning. So using the same example of a song that starts with 16 bars of rest, if I want to start playback from when the notation starts (16 bars in) I can't I have to play from the beginning and wait through 16 bars of rest.
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Matthew Meloney
Hey Derek, thanks for linking to the second and third issue I noted - I was pretty sure those were already being addressed :) The multi-measure rest is the main one I was hoping to get onto the map, however. When notating full songs that contain longer durations of rests, it would be ideal to notate the multi-measure rest instead of having blank measures of rest taking up a half page, full page, or more depending on the duration. Thanks!!
Derek Lee
Thanks for your feedback, Matthew Meloney!
Let's use this request for consolidating multi-measure rests as you suggest. There's another related one for repeating the same measure multiple times, and multi-measure rests is unique. (See multi-measure repeats here: https://roadmap.beat-note.app/feature-requests/p/ability-to-configure-the-of-times-a-single-measure-repeat-repeats)
Toggling the automatic repeat signs is in early access and will be in the next release: https://roadmap.beat-note.app/feature-requests/p/option-to-not-use-repeat-symbol
Starting playback from any bar: on the playback screen, simply long-press on any bar to start from that location: https://roadmap.beat-note.app/feature-requests/p/being-able-start-playback-from-any-bar