Re: [linux-audio-dev] LADSPA hints (part II)

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] LADSPA hints (part II)
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Mar 04 2003 - 17:16:51 EET


On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 09:56:36AM -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
> >On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 10:12:14 -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
> >> /* Hint LADSPA_HINT_OUTPUT_METER indicates that the value of output
> >> control port is likely to be most meaningful to the user if
> >> displayed as a meter. Can be combined with LADSPA_HINT_LOGARITHMIC
> >> if the meter should use a log scale (e.g. dB).
> >> */
> >
> >I dont like the wording of this, if the scale is dB's then it should
> >output dB's, I see what youre getting at, I just think is ambiguous.
>
> i agree. i didn't like the wording either. can we do better?

How about:

... Can be combined with LADSPA_HINT_LOGARITHMIC if the meter would be
more usefully rendered with a log scale, eg. to show a frequency.

not really clearer, but it aviods the dB example.

- Steve


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