Re: [Audacity-devel] Fade In/Out

[Vaughan J. <va...@au...>]

Mar...@ao... wrote:
> ...
>> Change pitch and tempo... (what's the difference between tempo and  speed
>> anyway)
>>     
>  
> Speed speeds things up, a lot like playing a tape faster.  Tempo makes  it 
> play faster but keeps the pitch the same, a lot more difficult thing to  do.  
> Maybe they should be options on one menu, but they are different  effects for 
> now.
>   

Sorry, I hadn't seen your comment before I replied likewise.

>   
>> Change tempo...
>> Remove clicks...
>>     
>  
> and put back in alphabetical order?  And then somebody looking for  'click' 
> effects can't find it?  This is a can of worms.  I remember an  alphabetical 
> list of things (at work) where student accommodation was under 's',  student 
> fees was under 's', you get the idea.
>   

Yes, it's a big can of worms, also because users already know the 
current names.


>   
>> Compress...
>> Echo... (this is a verb, too, in English,  right?)
>>     
>  
> I'm not sure.  Do we have a verb for this?  'I want to make it  more 
> echoey'?.  'Add echoes'?  I want to 'echo this' (nasty)?
>   

It's a verb, but I thought you're right that it doesn't mean "make more 
echoey", but to repeat. But webster.com says the intransitive form means:

*1* *:* to resound with echoes
*2* *:* to produce an echo

And what would the alternative be? "Echoize"?

>   
>> Equalizer... (no idea on this one, but at least call the thing  equalizer
>> and not equalization)
>>     
>  
> Agreed but it's Equalise.  In English anyway.  I think  it's only them yanks 
> that use the inappropriate 'z'  ;-)  I'm not sure  there is a separate 
> translation for them.
>

Inappropriate? It's pronounced as a 'z'! ;-)

And how appropriate is that 'u' in "colour"?  :-)

-Vaughan