Re: [Audacity-devel] Beats and bars.measures in Ruler

[Roger D. <rb...@cs...>]

The experimental code for note tracks has beats and bars. Bars are a bit 
tricky because the time signature can change. Since note tracks and MIDI 
already have a way to encode this information, it would be ugly to 
introduce a parallel mechanism. However, showing the beats in the ruler 
would not be a bad thing. Currently, getting beats and bars into a note 
track requires loading a midi file with a tempo track, so simply 
specifying beats at a fixed tempo would require some additional 
interface. -Roger


On 4/29/13 10:58 PM, Paul Vint wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Been loving using Audacity lately recording stuff from my shiny new 
> guitar, but the inability to have the ruler show beats and measures is 
> a bit of a frustration.
>
> I've taken a look at the code, and have it roughly working for a fixed 
> bpm and beats per measure value, but thought I'd stop there before 
> spending too much time at it and send some questions off.
>
> I took a look through the forum and the wiki, but frankly it's 
> difficult to find where this has been discussed because of all the 
> "beat detection" discussions...
>
> First question:
> Other than it being a pain to figure out how to scale the ruler, is 
> there a potential gotcha that I can't see that would make this more 
> difficult that it first seems? (Well, other than adding some settings 
> to the UI to set it up, that is! That will be a pain, but I'll use it, 
> so I'm willing to go for it ;)
>
> If the first question has a big gotcha as an answer, ignore the below.
>
> Second question:
> Forgive me, as I've only looked at this for about an hour, but I'm 
> having a bit of a time figuring out mMinor and mMajor - can someone 
> give me the 10 words it will likely require me to say "OH! I get it 
> now!". (TBH - I've been rushing this tonight and haven't looked into 
> it too deeply yet, so long explanation isn't really desired, just a 
> brief intro would be great)
>
> Third (and final) question:
> Again, apologies for not taking the time, and feel free to ignore this 
> question - but is there some sort of "developer guidelines" doc 
> around? I'm good at following what I see in the code and sticking to 
> the style, but I also know that's how bad habits get propagated. 
> (Biggest question: Preference on indentation? 3 or 4, mostly 3, spaces 
> seems to be the standard. I'll forgive you for not using tabs ;)
>
> Cheers folks - and thanks for the great application. I've been using 
> it casually for many years, but I find myself using it for hours on 
> end daily these days. Anything I can do to give a little back would be 
> great for me. :)
>
> Paul
>
>
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