Re: Changes, changes, changes

On 4/26/07, Jan Depner <[email protected]> wrote:
>     I've made some changes to the interface that I think might be
> useful.
>
>     First, the bypass state will now be saved for each piece of the
> interface with the exception of the global bypass (that would make no
> sense).  I've used this to update the RIAA_EQ.jam file in the examples
> directory so that the compressors are bypassed when you load it.
> Important note - bypass states will NOT be saved if you are running with
> the -d option since the "actual states will not get updated to the
> "pending" states unless the transport is running.  That drove me nuts
> until I figured it out ;-)
>
>     Second, the precision of the EQ sliders in the 30 band GEQ had been
> set to 1dB due to GUI real estate limitations.  I have removed the
> slider value display from the top of each slider and added a pair of
> labels under the GEQ.  These labels are updated whenever the cursor
> moves over a slider or whenever a slider is moved.  You can take a look
> at the end of src/callbacks.c to see how this was done.  There is also
> an interesting comment there about how objects are passed to the
> callback.  The sliders now have a single step size of .1dB and a page
> step size of .2dB.  I realize that this is overkill but it was useful in
> getting the right EQ values for the RIAA curve and then smoothing out
> the curve.
>
>     If there is no objection to this I will commit.  If I don't hear
> anything back within a week I'll commit anyway ;-)

Sounds good to me.

>     Isn't it about time to go to 1.0?  Ardour is just about ready to
> release and the only thing that I've seen recently that would be useful
> was the addition of RMS to the meters (waiting for Steve ;-)  Anyone,
> anyone, Beuhler...

Actually, it was waiting on me, but I've been way too busy on
another project to do anything with it at all.
-- 
 joq

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