Hi Robin,
comments in line below.
On 19/07/2017 01:24, G8DQX (WSJT developers on SF) wrote:
surely the operating system (OS) level sliders will affect the level
of *both* the signal to be decoded and the level of the waterfall. The
WSJT-X "gain" slider affects the waterfall and spectrum displays only,
but does not interfere with the (digital) signal path to the decoder.
That said, there is only an obvious effect if the *Flatten* option is
*not* selected.
Yes the o/s sliders will adjust the level to the decoders. This is a bad
thing that we cannot really avoid (in fact we can but it might cause
even more controversy).
If one was starting with a clean sheet for the user interface (UI),
the slider in question would be on the spectrum/waterfall display,
along with the 4 other sliders that control the spectrum/waterfall
display, and everything would be calibrated in dB for consistency and
ease of setting up &c.
Which waterfall display? There is more than one. Having a master control
on the main window does have merits. The problem is not the function of
the slider but the many users that think it does something it never has
done.
In short, leave the UI as it is now, for fear that turning over the
stone one would feel compelled to fix the unpleasantness underneath—a
non-trivial task.
What unpleasantness?
73
Bill
G4WJS.
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