Re: [Lmuse-developer] a thought

[Geoff K. <gs...@gm...>]

On 01/04/2011 04:56 PM, Geoff Beasley wrote:
> further to my rant yesterday, a thought about how to better use the
> arranger by removing at least inputs/outputs/groups/ from the track
> listing; Tim suggested there was a case for the audio I/O to remain if
> automation was there (and now it is) however you only ever edit
> automation by a single device at a time - so rather than having 40 audio
> output tracks and 40 audio inoput tracks (as i would have) AND all that
> automation data always on the screen, why not have a single automation
> track with which you can edit or view the automation curve and simply
> select the target via a menu? Overall operation can be viewd via the
> mixer anyway in realtime.
>
> you could add another single "view" track for inputs.
>
> groups should be handled with a info panel widget
>
> softsythns should remain the same.
>
> that would make sense for me.
>
> thoughts?
>
> best g
>
>
Hi - I'm not sure I understand your use case?  Do you really have 40 
audio I/Os?  Why so many?  I've got 4 stereo set up for an 8 channel 
card (Maudio 1010LT).  Although my setup is not very sophisticated - 
mostly for adding drums and keys to a practice session at the moment.  
Agreed that this can be seen in the mixer also, but I try to avoid that 
except when adjusting volumes.

Given my use with 4 stereo inputs and 1 output it would be nice to at 
least hide them via a button, but not critical.  I would not want them 
to be too hidden as I find it useful to refer to them.

Regards,
Geoff K