too much information on the timeline

Your idea

The "timeline" on MS shows :

• tempo,
• time signature,
• key signature,
• barlines (wtf ?? if there's double barlines on the score why not simply put them on the grid instead of taking vertical space for that ??)

these informations :

• take a lot of space on the screen
• are irrelevant (at least to me) to navigate throughout long multipart scores.

2 options :

• either give us the choice to personalize what is shown in the timeline
• remove these altogether (my favourite option, tho the choice is yours)

Problems it would solve

• more space on the screen
• less confusing to look at
• less need to scroll up and down to see different parts on the score (since there's more space on screen)
• attract more Guitar pro users to MS and smooth their transition to MS (the main thing that made me reluctant to come to MS at first was the absence of a usable timeline)
• prevent users from developing carpal tunnel syndrome by scrolling up and down to find a specific part/track.

Prior art

guitar pro 8 (a "timeline-based score editor") has a "timeline" too (called "global view") which :

• shows only necessary information to navigate throughout pieces (tracks name, the bar numbers and the rehersal marks)
• has different personalisable colours for different instruments
• has contrast (it's not just undistinguishable shades of grey)

it also integrates (not saying it's what MS should do, but just pointing that out) :

• volume and panning controls (so you don't need to open the mixer to change the volume of a track)
• mute and solo,
• show and hide track on score (same little eye as in MS4 in the layout pannel),
• EQ and activation of programmed automations (which i don't necesseraly think should be added to MS)

Edit

clarifications, typos

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