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More experiments. This one I would really like your opinion about. Previously the entire track lane headers have been colorized with the track color. With the recent addition of the chain panel to the headers, I think it is becoming too overwhelming with the colors. Depending on the colors selected for the track, it can be difficult to distinguish lit BSMRX buttons and text. I’ve tried a layout where only the right edge of the track lane is colored, and the main header area is using the normal face color. This also makes it easier to distinguish the currently selected track:

Furthermore you may notice that I have added a spacing between track groups, making a clearer division between groups and parameter tracks.

Anyone still prefer the old colorized track headers? Otherwise they are going out.

Would you still consider making the sliders, at least the panning, adjustable by moving the mouse on the y-axis? (With the dials, both ways were fine.)

I think this will be counterintuitive with horizontal sliders. You can hold shift and drag to make fine adjustments to pan. You can also drag out the width of the track headers to increase the size of the sliders. Is the problem only the lack of precision when dragging the pan slider?

Will all corresponding dials in the GP, and especially the ones on parent tracks in the chain panel be eventually replaced with sliders? I figure they’d have to be pretty tiny again to fit.

So far I have no plans to replace the dials in the group panel and elsewhere in the track inspector.

Beta9 is uploaded. The pan dial in the track header is replaced with a pan slider similar to the gain fader. Also changed the fader style. There are also small changes to the BSMR buttons. The minimized track header is now 1 pixel taller which results in a more precise display of the waveform in sound events.

@BioEncoder wrote:

I think the “Track” must over the Volume und Pan, or not!?

Another thing I’ve changed in beta7 is that mappings and gain/pan controls now appear in signal chain order, from bottom to top. Gain and pan are applied to the output of the track/plugin, so that’s why they appear above the plugin.