Re: [Audacity-devel] Record a subset of Channels / preset Channel Names
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From: Gale A. <ga...@au...> - 2012-12-22 01:23:43
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| From Richard Ash <ri...@au...> | Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:50:34 +0000 | Subject: [Audacity-devel] Record a subset of Channels / preset Channel Names > On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:21:06 +0100 > Sven Giermann <Gie...@fu...> wrote: > > > Am 20.12.2012 22:38 schrieb Richard Ash: > > I will have to have a look at this, also the "signed-unsigned" thing, > > which I don't remember to see at my windows build... > > I'm going to guess on size_t (which is unsigned on Linux) being the > culprit, but that is purely statistical. > > > My 50 Cents to GUI integration: > > I agree, that most Stereo-Only-Recorders won't need this feature at > > all. But if you do not have Profiles in your cfg file, or all your > > profiles do record more than 2 channels, you won't ever see a profile > > in the toolbars when you capture a 2-channel-device! > > > > But (as I am capturing 12 out of 16 channels on my US-1800 since a > > few weeks), I would need the feature in the toolbars! > I'm not disputing that - I was wondering if a Record Profile Toolbar > (not shown by default, but could be turned on (instead of Device?) for > those who use it) might be a better option. If this feature is a preference, I think you could argue it should be on-by-default. It would meet a common feature request by users of multi-channel devices so it would be a shame if this was not immediately visible. I was envisaging that adding/editing profiles would be duplicated in the Device (or other) Toolbar and preferences, to aid discovery. I'm not really clear Sven if you envisage having some sample profiles pre-available? Some ready profiles may be very helpful for users of two channel devices. Users of a two channel device might see something like: 1 (Mono) Input Channel 2 (Stereo) Input Channels <existing Channel Profiles> Add New Channel Profile... Gale |