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Beta3 is uploaded. This includes the mixer updates, as discussed above.

The slider setup has been moved from preferences to the colors dialog. There is a new “knob luminance offset” setting that enables you to create a larger contrast between the knob and the background. Typically you would set a negative offset with bright colorschemes and a positive offset with dark colorschemes.

There are also some new options in the mixer region properties dialog.

I’m working on integrating the new slider style into the mixer. Below are three different layouts that show the different slider styles. Notice that the sends now also are sliders. The old dial layout can still be selected of course. The first screenshot also shows the new gain/pan value row which will appear when you deselect the “value on knob” option. My favorite layout is the first one. I think it’s a bit cleaner without the values being written all over the place, and it is easier to read the larger font. Which one do you prefer?

Thanks for the bug-reports. Beta2 is up with fixes and:

• Added “slider knob visual style” combobox to the preferences dialog. Choices cover combinations of glass/solid, rectangular/round and with/without value readouts on the knob.

The with/without value choices are still not implemented, but at least now you can try the four different slider styles. Another change is that the groove for the slider is filled with the parameter graduation colors (similar to the dial fills).

@acousmod wrote:

And one question : how do we drag a plugin from one track to another one now ?

Same way as you’ve always done, unless you refer to the old expanded mode track header?

@swindus wrote:

Found a little GUI bug. There is something wrong with the peak indicator of the master track in the mixer when resizing the mixer region.

Thanks.

I think the best way to fix this overlap is to hide the peak hold indicators when the strips are sized below a certain height. Agreed?

2.05 beta1 is available in the VIP lounge.

Changelog so far:

• Added option for vertical meters on the track lane headers. This is configured with the new “audio meters” setting in the tracks region properties. Vertical meters are now the default setting.

• Track header meters show RMS as well as peak meters. Also added indicator lines at -6dB, -12dB and -24dB.

• Updated the design of the pan and gain sliders on track lane headers. All gain, pan and send controls in the chain panels also use the new slider style if the “show sliders instead of dials” option in the tracks region properties is enabled.

• Added “show device bypass buttons” and “show device automation record buttons” options to the tracks region properties.

• Removed the E buttons from the track headers and the inspector group panel. Clicking a plugin name will open/close the editor window. Shift+click toggles bypass. Ctrl+click toggles record mode. Alt+click removes the device. Colored frames are drawn around the device name to indicate bypass, record and editor open/close states. These changes matches the update to the mixer in the previous release.

• Added “show bypass buttons”, “show record buttons” and “show sliders instead of dials” options to the inspector view menu.

• The “expanded” track layout mode uses the chain panel from compact mode.

• Hovering the mouse over buttons and sliders on track headers will highlight the control.

So far this beta only supports the new slider style. I’ll continue with the development of the additional slider styles discussed in this topic.

I’d appreciate your comments on the new sliders.