From: Tom B. (Tehom) <te...@pa...> - 2013-05-30 17:53:28
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On the devel list, we're talking about how to make the pitchbend dialog clearer. If you use the pitchbend dialog, if the "Vibrato wavelength" field changed to "cycles per quarter note" or "hertz", would that be easier or harder for you to use? Thanks, Tom Breton (Tehom) |
From: david <gn...@ha...> - 2013-05-30 19:53:51
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While I've never used the pitchbend dialog, just off the top of my head, "cycles per quarter note" or "hertz" makes sense. Or even "Vibrato frequency"? On 05/30/2013 07:53 AM, Tom Breton (Tehom) wrote: > On the devel list, we're talking about how to make the pitchbend dialog > clearer. > > If you use the pitchbend dialog, if the "Vibrato wavelength" field changed > to "cycles per quarter note" or "hertz", would that be easier or harder > for you to use? > > Thanks, > > Tom Breton (Tehom) -- David gn...@ha... authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com http://clanjones.org/david/ http://dancing-treefrog.deviantart.com/ |
From: Jim C. <m_...@bu...> - 2013-05-30 23:23:48
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I would vote for the most precise and complete alternative, which, IMO, is "cycles per quarter note" - as long as that's a correct description of the feature, and I'm sure it is. (I've not used the feature, but it sounds like something I would use if I ever start using Rosegarden intensively.) On Thu, 30 May 2013 09:39:17 -1000 david <gn...@ha...> wrote: > While I've never used the pitchbend dialog, just off the top of my > head, "cycles per quarter note" or "hertz" makes sense. Or even > "Vibrato frequency"? > > On 05/30/2013 07:53 AM, Tom Breton (Tehom) wrote: > > On the devel list, we're talking about how to make the pitchbend > > dialog clearer. > > > > If you use the pitchbend dialog, if the "Vibrato wavelength" field > > changed to "cycles per quarter note" or "hertz", would that be > > easier or harder for you to use? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tom Breton (Tehom) > > |
From: Jim C. <m_...@bu...> - 2013-05-30 23:52:00
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On Thu, 30 May 2013 18:23:38 -0500 Jim Cochrane <m_...@bu...> wrote: > I would vote for the most precise and complete alternative, which, > IMO, is "cycles per quarter note" - as long as that's a correct > description of the feature, and I'm sure it is. (I've not used the > feature, but it sounds like something I would use if I ever start > using Rosegarden intensively.) I'm having second thoughts on this - The functionality is to use pitchbend to set up a periodic rate for a vibrato effect, right? (As I said, I've not used the feature [yet].) If so, hertz might be easier for the user to think about. For example, if you have a fast tempo (say, 144) and try to "visualize" (should that be "auditorialize"?) what, say, 7 cycles per quarter note would sound like at that tempo I think it would be rather hard. But if you're thinking in cycles per second all the time, I think that would be easier - you don't have to adjust your conceptualization of the sound to the tempo. So I think I change my vote to hertz, although for those who might have forgotten what hertz is, perhaps just "cycles per second". However, this appears to imply a choice of two different implementations, as well as the naming choice, since, e.g., 10 Hz is twice as slow as 10 cycles per quarter note at q=120 bpm. I suppose this just amounts to doing a calculation/conversion for the UI for one of the choices, so I suspect it's not a big deal. > > On Thu, 30 May 2013 09:39:17 -1000 > david <gn...@ha...> wrote: > > > While I've never used the pitchbend dialog, just off the top of my > > head, "cycles per quarter note" or "hertz" makes sense. Or even > > "Vibrato frequency"? > > > > On 05/30/2013 07:53 AM, Tom Breton (Tehom) wrote: > > > On the devel list, we're talking about how to make the pitchbend > > > dialog clearer. > > > > > > If you use the pitchbend dialog, if the "Vibrato wavelength" field > > > changed to "cycles per quarter note" or "hertz", would that be > > > easier or harder for you to use? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Tom Breton (Tehom) > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for > Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at > no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% > overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 > _______________________________________________ > Rosegarden-user mailing list > Ros...@li... - use the link below to > unsubscribe > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user |
From: Tom B. (Tehom) <te...@pa...> - 2013-05-31 01:24:46
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> On Thu, 30 May 2013 18:23:38 -0500 > Jim Cochrane <m_...@bu...> wrote: > >> I would vote for the most precise and complete alternative, which, >> IMO, is "cycles per quarter note" - as long as that's a correct >> description of the feature, and I'm sure it is. (I've not used the >> feature, but it sounds like something I would use if I ever start >> using Rosegarden intensively.) > [...] > I'm having second thoughts on this - The functionality is to use > pitchbend to set up a periodic rate for a vibrato effect, right? Right. > [...] > So I think I change my vote to hertz, although for those who might have > forgotten what hertz is, perhaps just "cycles per second". That makes sense. > However, > this appears to imply a choice of two different implementations, as > well as the naming choice, since, e.g., 10 Hz is twice as slow as 10 > cycles per quarter note at q=120 bpm. I suppose this just amounts to > doing a calculation/conversion for the UI for one of the choices, so I > suspect it's not a big deal. Right, it's pretty easy to convert. Tom Breton (Tehom) |
From: D. M. M. <ros...@gm...> - 2013-05-31 11:47:23
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>> So I think I change my vote to hertz, although for those who might have >> forgotten what hertz is, perhaps just "cycles per second". > > That makes sense. If there isn't a more compelling argument one way or the other, "Hertz" is a great choice for the translators as opposed to "cycles per quarter note" or something else that's long-winded and technical. Spanish: Hertz. French: Hertz. German: Hertz. Lower Slobobian: Hertz. I can do this all day. Do you know how to say Hertz in Ancient Lower High Mongolian? Hertz! -- D. Michael McIntyre |