Re: [Rosegarden-devel] mixing console

[Levi B. <ld...@pu...>]

On Wednesday 25 June 2003 05:26 pm, Silvan wrote:

> The big thing I remember Cakewalk's mixer being good for was dialing in a
> lot of controllers at once, and creating events along the way.  I don't
> remember the exact mechanism, but it was somehow possible to record it.  I
> think you could record it both in real time (it would only record when you
> changed something) and in "snapshot" mode.

If you play with ardour, it has toggle buttons on each mixer strip to toggle 
'automation record' and 'automation playback'.  

> It also followed the music as it played.  As the pan on this channel moved,
> so did the pan knob in the mixer.  This is a departure from how the current
> inst. params. knobs work, since they only affect or reflect initial
> settings.

This is how I see the mixer working.  Although the knobs, dials and faders 
would only move if automation playback was toggled.

> I don't really have any good, clear thoughts beyond this.  Lots of vague
> notions, and lots of stuff that sounds bitchy to code.  I'd probably
> personally be happy just with control rulers,

My thoughts were that it would closely follow the control rulers as far as 
operation is concerned.  It's just another way of dialing in settings.  
Another 'view' of controller data. 

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Levi Burton
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