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Keep up this work on the MIDI. Great, now we can draw controller data better.

I'm gradually crossing over to Linux. I've back tracked a bit by going to Ardour Mixbus on a Macbook for various reasons but MIDI has also been a problem. I notice Qtractor has a randomiser. This is something I love in FL Studio because it has an excellent randomiser. It's a great way to use computers to spark new creative ideas. Here is a link to a screen shot of the FL Randomiser.

In QTractor you have note, time, duration and value. From that screen shot of FL randomiser you will see it has a lot of power but the absolutely most useful function is the drop down list where you can choose chords and scales that randomised notes will adhere to. You can also change a file to make your own harmony rules. This is a fantastic quick way to generate new musical ideas. The FL randomiser also generates notes from scratch which is quite cool but the ability to be able to control the chords and scales is really fantastic. I would love to see this one function in Qtractor. Even a way to move notes into scales after creation would be great.

Also, a related idea - Seq 24 has a useful UI tool which highlights lanes of notes depending on the scale. Very simple but useful UI feature.

I currently have QTractor on a small Ubuntu tablet PC. I would really like this to be a MIDI machine with occasional audio use without using any Wine apps. This is almost possible now.