Re: [Audacity-quality] other command/title isses for effects

[Gale A. <ga...@au...>]

| From Steve the Fiddle <ste...@gm...> 
| Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:38:38 +0100
| Subject: [Audacity-quality] other command/title isses for effects
> On 26 June 2013 12:57, Gale Andrews <ga...@au...> wrote:
> >> [snip]
> >>
> >> > Yes I realised that - I think I have seen "Bypass" checkboxes
> >> > for Dry Preview in some effects but perhaps some were
> >> > real-time.
> >> >
> >> > I was just trying to think of the best way to offer the three
> >> > Preview choices in Reverb that we seem to want:
> >> >
> >> > * Standard (mix)
> >> > * Dry only
> >> > * Wet only
> >> >
> >> > without the "confusion" I pointed out. But I see now that
> >> > "Wet Only" affects processing the effect too, so I'm quite
> >> > happy now apart from the "confusion".
> >> I think that by considering alternative control elements you have
> >> confused two different things.
> > [...]
> >>
> >> "Dry Preview" should not be a check box, it is a button.
> >
> > Thanks for the explications.
> >
> > Yes, I'm happy with "Dry Preview" as a button, once I realised
> > the "Wet Only" was not solely preview. I've barely played with
> > Reverb yet, but want to get on with it so I can "resolve-fix" it.
> >
> > I think others may trip over the apparent conflict between
> > "Wet Only" and "Dry Preview", but if the Manual makes it a
> > bit clearer what Wet Only does and adds a description of Dry
> > Preview (I've added a P1 for that) I think it's OK.
> 
> I think that will be a lot clearer if we start using Dry Preview in
> other effects - that button will then become a familiar feature.

Yes - we would mention it on [[Effect Menu]] I guess. 

Until then I think it needs to be mentioned on the Reverb 
page, so thanks to Peter for the addition (slightly tweaked
by me). 



Gale


> > I'll drop my "suggestion" of greying out "Dry Preview" when
> > "Wet Only" is checked.
> >
> >
> >
> > Gale