Hi Tim! 2015-02-05 11:55 GMT+01:00 Tim E. Real <[email protected]>: > On February 5, 2015 10:15:33 AM Robert Jonsson wrote: >> 2015-02-05 2:27 GMT+01:00 Tim E. Real <[email protected]>: >> > On February 4, 2015 10:33:56 AM Andrew Deryabin wrote: >> >> Hi guys! >> >> >> >> I want to know your opinion - watch this video: >> >> http://youtu.be/g_QhDZbFTUk >> >> >> >> I made some modifications to meter widget so the transition from big to >> >> low values is interpolated instead of using discrete values instantly. >> >> On the left side - old behavior, on the right - new. >> >> 2 different instances of MusE are synced to jack transport and are >> >> playing the same song. >> >> >> >> If you accept it, I'll make a commit... >> > >> > Haven't checked it yet, but as long as there is no speed hit, it's OK. >> > >> > A lot of effort went into making the meters fast because when >> > >> > you have dozens of them going at once in the mixer(s), any >> > slow drawing really causes a big speed hit. >> > >> > You can see it right away - as you bring more of the active meters >> > >> > into view, any slow drawing causes them to really chunk along. >> > >> > Although, you might not see it now 'cause they're quite fast. >> >> Yeah, sorry I forgot that you had spent a lot of time getting them as >> fast as possible, I shouldn't have been so quick saying it was ok. >> I can't tell whether it's a problem, if the meters are slimmed down a >> bit it might be a bit faster again. >> Qt5 seems (at a glance) faster over all so it might be less of a >> problem. Plus the new slower drop off is better on the eye so I hope >> we can keep it anyway. >> >> Regards, >> Robert >> >> > Tim. > > Yeah, the slimmer they are the faster they are. > > I've often considered making them slimmer, but there's nothing > to fill the space with, it'd just be grey background, so I never bothered.
Making them multichannel is one thing but there areplenty of things that could be added to the strips, not the least an EQ. The more space that could be freed the better. And it does look kind of nice with thin strips. > Where it would make a lot of sense is if we ever make our mixer strips > (and the whole mixing engine) truly multi-channel (more than stereo). > Ever seem how slim Ardour's meters are? Like one pixel wide. > That's because up to something like 32 channels can be shown on > one strip ! > > Recall I mentioned I've been slowly working on compact CIRCULAR meters. I'm getting old, maybe vaguely remembering this... :-S > These would surround any circular knobs and make a very nice compact mixer > or control surface. > There are... minor conceptual problems though. > Like how to arrange a stereo meter - the outer 'ring' would be slightly > longer than the inner ring. > One idea is to make them opposing - they 'start' lighting at each end and > travel towards the top middle Or vice versa, they start at the top middle > and travel outwards. Sounds really cool regardless of the potential problems! > > Tim. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, > sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your > hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought > leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a > look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Lmuse-developer mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmuse-developer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Lmuse-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmuse-developer
