On Wednesday 18 July 2007 23:30, D. Michael McIntyre wrote:
> You should be able to get to the file associated with an audio segment
> through that audio segment, I think.  It could even carry information (via
> a hover menu, or as a label or something) telling you the segment
> references file-X.wav from 00:00:00 to 00:23:45 or something.

Well, there is a lot one could do straight from the segment.  For example, 
double-clicking on it could open a little viewer from which you could set the 
start and end points and potentially do a whole host of other things that 
didn't actually involve real editing.  And then there's plugin automation 
curves...  It's a step towards a whole summer of code in itself, really.

That said, a simple bit more information like you suggest wouldn't go at all 
amiss.

> Want to import a .wav file, do File -> Import

I would like to have a File menu function to bring a file directly in.  One 
interesting problem is that the way we use the word "Import" means something 
different -- it means to make a whole new document out of a foreign file 
format.  It would be hopelessly inconsistent to put an operation that just 
brought in a single audio file to the current document on the "Import" 
submenu.  The operation we want for audio is actually a "merge", in our 
terminology, but that would sound stupid.  So it isn't actually obvious what 
our new function would be called or where it would go.

Funny how development can get so hung up on such simple problems.


Chris

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