Tracker bar improvements | Create: Sound of Steam | Page 1

clear dawn Jan 20, 2026, 5:01 PM

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The tracker bar is an amazing addition for this addon. It serves its purpose, but there is room for improvement.

Functional:

Looping button, for continuous midi file playing;
Multiple instruments per channel, selected by multiple frequencies (what you place in the redstone link's red square);
Octave pitch shift
Selecting which organ you play (sort of third frequency, for multiplayer/server compatibility)

Aesthetic:

Tracker bar sheet notes visible, proportional to midi (channel(s) can be selected)

Multiple instruments per channel and organ selection can also be added for keyboard relays.

spare laurel Jan 20, 2026, 5:57 PM

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maybe implement the use of a list filter

clear dawn Jan 20, 2026, 5:57 PM

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can list filters be used for organs to select multiple?

spare laurel Jan 20, 2026, 5:58 PM

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no, that was an idea for implenenting multiple instruments

foggy scaffold Jan 20, 2026, 8:27 PM

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OOOOH @heady drum THIS WOILD FINALLY FIX THE BIGGEST PROBLEM
I feel like I already told you about this but just in case: whenever wiring an organ I have to decide between doing it like a realistic organ where everything is wired the same (as a 8’) for playing with the keyboard relay, or unrealistically with everything wired to its actual pitch for midi purposes. Having the octave shift in the suggestion would fix this!! You just wire everything realistically and then when playing midi for example on a 16’ pipe, you just shift that one up an octave

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@clear dawn you can have multiple instruments on one channel by just doing multiple tracker bars and starting them simultaneously with redstone. I didn’t have any syncing issues with this when I tried

clear dawn Jan 20, 2026, 8:29 PM

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I see

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any comments on the looping button?

foggy scaffold Jan 20, 2026, 8:32 PM

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Would be nice for background stuff. I think you might be able to do this automatically though? I thought I heard the tracker had emits a pulse when it ends so maybe you could use that to restart it?

clear dawn Jan 20, 2026, 8:32 PM

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it's more convenient when you can do it in the GUI

grim ore Jan 24, 2026, 1:48 AM

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can you elaborate on that last point, the aesthetic one?

clear dawn Jan 24, 2026, 2:44 AM

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grim ore can you elaborate on that last point, the aesthetic one?

Tracker bars now use the same sheet texture regardless of songs. Play the song and you see it rolling.
It could be more accurate to have it appear that it actually plays the notes of said channel.

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Similar to piano rolls of midi editors like Synthesia

grim ore Jan 24, 2026, 3:34 AM

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oh yeah i see what you mean

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