Re: [Lmuse-user] graphical automation

[Robert J. <spa...@gm...>]

2011/2/15 Geoff King <gs...@gm...>:
> Tried the automation and have a few quick thoughts after only trying it a
> few minutes:
> 1) Found it hard to adjust and add nodes a few times.  It didn't catch the
> first several tries, then all of the sudden I was able to CTRL click and it
> added points and the little cross hair was visible.   Then it didn't catch
> again for several tries.  Something strange is happening when trying to
> select/add nodes.

I'll do some more testing.
One thing I know about is that it works best holding CTRL down.
Waiting until you are over a line and then holding CTRL and clicking
doesn't work well. I will try to fix it.

> 2) How would you re-set  the automation to a flat line/initial value without
> turning it off or remove notes?

Currently it's only possible by right clicking on the relevant knob.
So if you are adjusting volume for a track, right click on that volume
slider.
I'll add a menu at some point with this information.

> 3) Maybe the automation should turn off when not visible?

No I don't think that would work right. You can disable all automation
for a track by changing the automation button at the bottom of it's
mixer strip to 'Off'.

> 4) After playing with nodes and settings for a few minutes it didn't work as
> expected.  i.e automation was turned on, but it was really loud when it was
> supposed to be quiet.

I noticed something similar yesterday after sending the mail. It was
with volume too. Volume is special since it has a logarithmic scale,
not sure if the problems are related to this.

>
> Overall, I think you are close and this is a great addition. Geoff K

Thanks,
Robert

>
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Tim E. Real <ter...@ro...> wrote:
>>
>> On February 14, 2011 04:34:51 pm Robert Jonsson wrote:
>> > Hey folks,
>> >
>> > Haven't heard any feedback on the graphical audio automation so either
>> > it's unknown or it's working really crappy (probably a bit of both ;).
>> >
>> > Anyway here's a screenshot with some crazy automation just to show off
>> > that it works.
>> > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7739312/auto.png
>> >
>> > As it is now you need to hold down CTRL to add new automation points,
>> > easy to miss, not sure how to change it so it's easier to understand.
>> I can't seem to get that to work. I hold CTRL, even with pencil tool,
>>  and can't add new points or adjust existing ones.
>> What am I doing wrong?
>> Is the 'clickable' area inside the point boxes small, or is there a fairly
>>  wide 'margin'?
>>
>> Other than that, excellent work. Thank you. This is really starting
>>  to take MusE to another quantum level.
>>
>> And the toolbar positions saving/restoring seems to work great!
>> Freakin' awesome. Thanks, man!
>>
>> I mentioned before I would like to add a small 'colour selection'
>>  toolbar for quick part colour selection, and possibly a knob to
>>  adjust transparency on the fly, as Geoff requested.
>>
>> BTW I am aware current part colour mechanism is broken, it keeps putting
>>  the last colour. So I'm looking at fixing that, as part of the
>>  'colour selection' toolbar, or some other method.
>>
>> Tim.
>>
>>
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