[Digoryprice]

Just want to add another +1 on this.

I have previously thought of two ways this could work:

1) sticky notes - essentially bookmarks with no names. You would be able to drop them very quickly as there would be no naming process. Potentially could have a few different colours or even be able to drop them at certain points on a page.

2) Within annotations: you would be able to pull up a list of every annotation of a certain colour. Obviously this might end up in a really really long (and useless list) unless you decide explicitly to only put red marks at certain points, and then were able to quickly find every red annotation.

[Soundsgoodjoe]

OH, WOW,  I need this feature.  Or a variation.

I direct wind ensmbles.  I need a way FAST to mark a spot.  And it can't be ana annotation, as that is too many presses when I'm running the group.  

It could be simply a long press adds a colored flag, at the spot I press.  And there is a flags listing... like bookmark light.  But no typing.  No text.  Just marks, visible on the page, and listed in a separate pop up menu.

That way, after the run, I can easily flip back to the trouble spots.

I use two samsung tab ultra.  And it is awesome, but I really need this feature as it is the ONE thing I can do with paper that I can't do with MS.

Thank you!!

[Christoph]

The first time I wrote about this feature request was in 2023 while I was working on a recording from 2021 with John Williams conducting. For this session (and of course any recording session in general) I needed a very efficient way to jump to specific places to show him what still needed to be addressed by him in the rehearsals. 
Now our orchestra is playing a John Williams programme again - but John Williams unfortunately is not able to come to Europe anymore. 
But this reminded me again how much a sticky notes feature as described be the various people here in the thread would improve the usability of MSP in (orchestral, chamber music, recording) real life situations. The number of people looking into this thread also shows me that this seems to be a hot topic.
Is there any update in the roadmap thinkable which would include this functionality? The simpler (and quicker), the better! Thank you!

[BRX]

Personally I don't need that feature, but I thought about it.

Mike, can't you tweak the link point feature a little bit and you already have what is requested here?

Can't you allow "single" linkpoints (also to add with touch action) without a starting linkpoint which are then viewable and can be navigated to from the link point window?
Just a thought. I have no idea how difficult things are to change or program.

P.S. Or don't even make that single linkpoints. If you add a touchaction for setting a link point and its partner (preferably the same touch action depending if there's a first one or not), then you already have a sticky point feature (sort of) which can be viewed in the link point window. Yes, the user would have to make 2 touch actions and set a start and an end link point on the same page, but that shouldn't bother much since it should be only a mark anyway. (Of course you can't/shouldn't normal link points in the score otherwise).

[Zubersoft]

If I'm going to make changes for this, I'd rather it be a separate feature instead of having to make major changes to link points to allow them to serve two very different purposes, as that would still result in a bunch of database and UI changes, and create confusion for users most likely. I appreciate the suggestion though!

As far as when I'll tackle this, I'm not sure at the moment. I'm being asked for a lot of different things by a lot of different people and it's hard to gauge all the priorities. At the moment, I just want to focus on what I'm already working on to get it released so I can focus on the next set of updates.

Mike

[Christoph]

Thanks, Mike!
How about a pretty simple solution: under "Touch Actions", the user can define an action for "set a bookmark with a predefined text". This action would have to work also while in annotation mode and ideally would keep the annotation mode.
If I want to drop a note during a rehearsal or recording, all I would have to do is e.g. a three finger tap to leave a bookmark on the page with a text e.g. "sticky notes 1st rehearsal".
A short visual feedback that the bookmark is written would be a nice luxury. 
In fact, when I started using MSP, I was confused that there wasn't a touch action for "add a bookmark", because it seemed to be the most obvious thing for me. 
I fully understand your priorities list but maybe this is still worth a thought.

[Swiss1000]

We have the same problem with quick annotations. 

Until now, you have to switch to edit mode, which is why we requested a "stylus" shortcut, like drawing a circle. But another solution, like ForScore, is to have a stylus shortcut that opens a sticky note in edit mode and places it by pointing at it where you want to leave a bookmark. 

Here again, the (passive) stylus shortcut is still necessary. 
Then, of course, you need to be able to easily find the annotated scores and pages. 
This ties in with another request: having a marker (a single "*" on the list or setlist that says "Song modified, annotated"... 

All these requests come together to help with band direction.

[severtki]

We have the same problem with quick annotations. 

Until now, you have to switch to edit mode, which is why we requested a "stylus" shortcut, like drawing a circle. But another solution, like ForScore, is to have a stylus shortcut that opens a sticky note in edit mode and places it by pointing at it where you want to leave a bookmark. 

Here again, the (passive) stylus shortcut is still necessary. 
Then, of course, you need to be able to easily find the annotated scores and pages. 
This ties in with another request: having a marker (a single "*" on the list or setlist that says "Song modified, annotated"... 

All these requests come together to help with band direction.

Bumping this thread in the hopes this will still happen!  It is much needed, as the numerous use cases in this thread explain.  Thank you!

[Corey L-E]

Another bump for this feature request - it would be extrememly helpful in the fast paced theatre environment!

For context I'm a theatre sound designer/operator and I've recently started using mobile sheets, recommended by a colleague, as a way of using a digital script instead of paper scripts (trying to be environmentally friendly. Digital scripts are also much easier to store and backup).

Sticky notes were/are a big part of my workflow, particularly during tech week. As many have already mentioned on this thread, I slap down a little sticky-note to flag a problem section in the script during a rehearsal or a show to revisit and trouble-shoot later. When you're mixing a show, particularly musical theatre, you don't have a lot of time to take your hands away from the faders so quick actions like slapping a sticky note on a page is so much more important than people realise.

Perhaps as some have described, a two or three finger tap to insert a coloured sticky note flag on the page where you tapped. That sticky note is then added to a list, similar to bookmarks, that allows you to quickly jump back to that sticky note. As a way of itentifying the sticky notes in the list, an automatic naming convention could apply - for example= page number_time+date sticky created.

The ability to set the colour of the sticky note triggered by the two or three finger tap would be super handy too. Could be helpfulful as a way of itentifying which recording take the sticky was applied, for those in a studio setting. Or for me, if it was applied during a rehearsal or a show.

Thanks Mike! This is an incredible application that is an absolute joy to use.