On Tuesday, November 17, 2009, j...@resonance.org wrote: > Quoting Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas <pedro.lopez.cabanil...@gmail.com>: > >> well, it's been a _long_ time missing function. if one can assign one > >> channel preset, why can't the same be reset unassigned, just for > >> closure, functional completeness sake? > >> > >> iirc, there were some requests on this regard from time to time, that > >> is, a way to set one channel silent, unassigned, with no preset, > >> permanently. > > > > If the goal is channel muting, IMO the solution should be a channel mute > > function, with a precise name and strict semantics, without collateral > > effects. It is not necessary to link the mute status of a channel to it's > > assigned program, and separating both states would be more useful. > > > > Regards, > > Pedro > > Good point. Couldn't mute be accomplished by simply setting the > volume MIDI controller to 0 though?
It may be not enough, depending on the scenario. Think about using a MIDI player without a "channel mute" button, like aplaymidi, and files that aren't under your control, with FluidSynth as the MIDI synth. Even if you set a channel volume to 0, the song/player may send another value at any time. I think the users would like to have channel mute buttons in QSynth, that would not be affected by volume controller messages sent by player applications/songs. Regards, Pedro _______________________________________________ fluid-dev mailing list fluid-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev
