Re: [Audacity-quality] Sound Finder GUI
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From: Gale A. <ga...@au...> - 2012-11-20 19:45:05
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| From Steve the Fiddle <ste...@gm...> | Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:28:16 +0000 | Subject: [Audacity-quality] Sound Finder GUI > Although it has had some minor updates "Sound Finder" is essentially a > very old Nyquist effect, (compatible with Audacity 1.2.x). > Nyquist plug-ins still do not have radio buttons or check boxes, but > multi-choice widgets have been available since Audacity 1.3.4. > > The plug-in also has the old style verbosity between the title bar and > the controls (which I've been informed many blind users find annoying > because it gets read out every time the effect is run). > > It's probably due for an overhaul. > There are already several alternative (more modern) versions. We should try and re-invigorate those Forum discussions about where to go with Silence Finder and Sound Finder. It's the usual story that there are several requested improvements to those plug-ins, but it's a question of the best way to implement them and which of the two (or both) they get implemented in. Ideally the two plug-ins should be combined, but as I recall this will be too complex for the limitations of Nyquist interface. Gale > On 20 November 2012 18:58, Peter Sampson <pet...@ya...> wrote: > > In doing some work on the Analyze Menu page I was led to have a look > > at the GUI for Sound Finder (a utility I personally never use - hence > > previously un-noticed by me). > > > > See: > > http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Silence_Finder_and_Sound_Finder#sound > > > > The final parameter that can be set "Add a label at the end of the track?" > > has what seems to be a ridiculous GUI: > > > > 1) Rather than a Yes/No the user has to choose 1 or 0, by typing. > > > > 2) The effect does not trap values other than 0 and 1 - and will even > > accept decimal values (0.5 forces a yes for example etc.). > > > > 3) The 0 <=> 1 off/on flip can also be effected by a ridiculous slider. > > > > Surely we should be providing a check box or a radio button > > to control this simple on/off parameter - or am I wrong here? > > > > Thanks, > > Peter. |