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I really like where you are headed with this.

Question 1:
Let’s say I have set the track for “Bounce Playback” allowing the VSTi to unload and lighten the load on the cpu. And then a little later I decide that I want to keep this bounced audio “as-is”. Would I need to go back and “Bounce Render” or would I be able to copy the bounced audio (currently in a Bounced Playback state) out to another track?

I think it looks good as well. Most users start noodling around a bit after they get a little comfortable in an app. They’ll find a look that fits, I’m sure. In the meanwhile this default looks more than acceptable and remains useful and unique.

Good job Frits.

@Zynewave wrote:

@UncleAge wrote:

In Beta3 – The new sliders are nice but they end up taking up 2 lines in the mixer channel. So after a few FX tracks are added my mixer ends really squished. And I can’t get the rounded faders back into the mixer channels (see below).

In the new beta4 there are separate combobox settings for gain/pan/send in the mixer region properties. That should allow for all possible combinations of dials/sliders. Let me know if you still find something that you can’t configure the way you prefer.

Since I know you didn’t have to do this for us(me) let me say, Thanks.
I had no problems setting things up and it is just how I wanted it 😀

aMUSEd, there is a color setup available called NightFall that’s in the default install, I think. If its not in the default install then its available in the theme downloads on this site. I started modifying two themes so far, NightFall and the SC2 theme(download). I also added a wallpaper background as I think it breaks it up a bit without being distracting. A little easier on the eyes for me.

Currently I think “Glass Round” selected in preferences looks best in the mixer in the Beta2. (And I can’t figure out the difference between “Glass Round” and “Glass Round Values”, but that’s neither here nor there at the moment.)

However, I have to agree with Frits, example 1 looks better than the rest. It cleaner and easier on the eyes to me.

As of right now, in Beta2 with Glass Round selected the sends have dials in the mixer section. And when the value is changed the word “Send” dissapears and the value of the send is displayed. As long as that was the continued behavior when adjusting the sliders for the sends I could live with it.

However, my suggestion(if you go with the first example), is to just put the value of the slider directly to the right of the word “Send”. And again there could be a couple problems here. One is that I am not sure much is gained if the value is right next to the word versus displaying the value on the slider itself. The second is that instead of the send taking up 1 line of space on the mixer channel it will now take up 2 spaecs (Line 1 for the word “Send” and possibly the value and line 2 for the actual slider).

And with all that said I still like the “Look” of the first example Frits posted. The question is how to get it to work seamlessly with the rest of the UI.

@acousmod wrote:

Sliders look : perhaps it lacks some contrast ? Anyway, I prefer the dials

I like the new sliders but I agree that they may blend in a little too well. Maybe. Either way if given the option I would rather work with the sliders and have all of the numerical readouts line up as they do now.

With that said, please keep in mind that I am a data guy by day spending most of my time in spreadsheets and databases. I like it when things are aligned neatly into rows and columns 🙂 But I can also understand why others prefer the readout on the sliding button.