{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/LMMS/lmms/issues/1937","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/LMMS/lmms/issues/1937/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/LMMS/lmms/issues/1937/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/LMMS/lmms/issues/1937/events","html_url":"https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/issues/1937","id":66917616,"number":1937,"title":"Instrument switcher (less clicks and window clutter)","user":{"login":"unfa","id":491704,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/491704?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/unfa","html_url":"https://github.com/unfa","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unfa/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unfa/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unfa/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unfa/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unfa/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unfa/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unfa/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unfa/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unfa/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/LMMS/lmms/labels/enhancement","name":"enhancement","color":"84b6eb"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":9,"created_at":"2015-04-07T15:34:24Z","updated_at":"2015-04-19T10:17:48Z","closed_at":null,"body":"![instrument switcher mockup](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/6345473/7026976/f5b39d76-dd1a-11e4-8a84-1662fb40e1c6.png)\r\n\r\n\r\nInstead of closing one window and opening another, a pair of buttons might reduce amounts of clicks required by users, as well as amount of windows present on the screen.\r\n\r\nIt's also a psychological shift towards single-window UI ;)\r\n\r\nHotkeys would also be great for those.\r\n\r\nWhat do you think?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/LMMS/lmms/issues/comments/94259376","html_url":"https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/issues/1937#issuecomment-94259376","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/LMMS/lmms/issues/1937","id":94259376,"user":{"login":"musikBear","id":6662066,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6662066?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/musikBear","html_url":"https://github.com/musikBear","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/musikBear/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/musikBear/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/musikBear/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/musikBear/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/musikBear/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/musikBear/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/musikBear/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/musikBear/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/musikBear/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-04-19T10:17:48Z","updated_at":"2015-04-19T10:17:48Z","body":"i kind of understand, but theres a substantial difference between the *internal* presets in a VST, and *external* versions of zasfx or 3oc instances \r\nQuite often the sequence of presets in a vst are 'related' -eg 1-12 are basses, 13-25 are pads, aso\r\nHere it make sense to 'try the next one' in the 1-12 sequence *if you are trying to find a suitable bass!!!*\r\nThe sequence of zasfx or 3oc *instruments* in their folders, are however totally unpredictable, and only depends on which name the user gave the preset. so here there is no logical reason to 'try the next one', because it could be a FX or pad or whatever. *Only* if the user has subdivided everything in subfolders, so all basses are in a bass subfolder aso, the 'next-one' will logically make sense.\r\nBut is that common? \r\n(I use a prefix system, btw)"}}