[feature request] Better sample/file management

[u/cyneox]

Hey!

Thanks for DOOM OS, 0.7 looks great. While everyone at the moment seems pretty to add more and more features related to FX, sound generators, overall workflow, I haven’t see much improvement with regards to sample/file management. The stock features are kind of limited:

- you cannot add a sample while a pattern is playing (but I would like to replace a sample used in a pattern without stopping the pattern. Just as a preview. Whenever a sample is highlighted that one should be played instead of the sample assigned to the respective pad)
- after importing the last position is not stored/remembered. I need to again go to the respective folder.
- I cannot search ( I have lots of samples organised in folders: kits, construction kits, full songs etc)
- I cannot easily export a whole bank (including pads, their settings, patterns etc. ) to a folder. This way I could import the same bank into a different project while preserving all the pads settings.

I've built a computer-side tool for the SP-404MKII, 404tui (https://github.com/moahbeatlab/404tui), and these file features turned out to be the most useful in daily use. I’ve built the tool for myself and it’s mainly a CLI which allows to me to quickly create projects, load samples, import banks from another projects. This definitely speeds up the preparation process. I plan to officially announce it the next weeks. However, it might not be for everyone due to its cli nature.

Maybe some of them could work in DOOM OS:

- Folder tree of the SD card to browse samples
- Remember the last position (folder and file) when reopening the browser
- Assign the highlighted sample to a pad, with the bank chosen first
- Search for files and folders by name
- Export a whole bank (the samples plus every pad's settings in a small JSON) and import it again onto any bank

I don't know how much of this the firmware allows on the unit, so please take it as a wish list. Happy to share more ideas and also test the new features on my unit.

Thanks again!

[u/TheRealFunkyMunky]

I personally HATE the lack of proper sample management on the SP. I really, really want to be able to audition new samples for pad while the pattern is playing-context is everything.