Re: [Audacity-devel] Label track enhancements

[Richard A. <ri...@au...>]

On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 21:23 +0530, Mandeep Singh wrote:
> While going through most of the projects by different organizations, i
> found this "label track enhancement"
> project of audacity very interesting and appropriate for myself. I
> have been using Audacity for a very long 
> time and i am well aware of its functionality. I read about the
> improvements that is required in the "label tracks"
> option and really want to work on the same. i feel that following
> improvements can be incorporated in the 
> existing feature including the ones mentioned on the website.
> 
> The feature places a label to denote a specific event or instant. I
> was thinking, it would have been even
> more convenient if we could also use the a single label to denote a
> particular range of time. For example, in an 
> audio clip, we can place a label at the instant when drums start
> playing and then another label at the instant
> when the drums stop. Instead of this, if we could place a single label
> to denote the period during which the
> drums are being played, then it would have been more convenient for
> the user.
Have you looked at the beta version? Get a build. Play with it. Labels
that mark a region rather than a point have been in audacity since
1.3.1, as described on the website:
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/features-1.3-e.php

> Applying effects on labels can be carried out if we use this approach
> of denoting a period with a label.
> for example, right clicking the label and then choosing the desired
> effect to be added modifies the period
> (part of the clip) denoted by the label.I would like 

> I read about the skills required for this project and i think i am fit
> for the task. I have a good experience 
> of C/C++ programming. It was introduced to be 3 years ago when i was
> in school and since then
> i have made a lot of programs in C/C++. As far as wxwidgets is
> concerned, i am quite new to it.
> I have downloaded the same and started fiddling with it to get a good
> knowledge.
> 
> I would like to know what level of knowledge of wxwidgets and C++ is
> required so that i can improve
> accordingly.
> Waiting for a quick response from the concerned mentors.
> 
> regards
> Mandeep Singh Gulati

I'll be honest: right now this isn't looking like a strong application.
The fact that you've missed major features in a two-year-old series of
beta releases doesn't argue well. Talking about programming in "C/C++"
gives the impression you may not understand the difference.

The ideas in the GSoC proposal on our website imply taking this a step
further than you describe. It's a heavily interface-orientated task, so
zero wxwidgets experience makes it heavy going. Any other graphical
toolkit experience that would be relevant here?

Richard