Re: [LAD] [ANN] jack_capture V0.9.10 and Snd-ls V0.9.8.16

From: Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Tue Apr 08 2008 - 03:39:16 EEST

Hi

> >> Do you need an option to select a different
> >> meter type than "vu" when starting meterbridge?
> >
> > It would probably be nice. The VUs look good but they take up a fair amount
> > of real estate and trying to monitor 8 at once can be a bit tricky. In
> > addition, one can miss clipping with a VU (although this can be addressed to
> > a point with the addition of a clip indicator). I normally use "dpm" for my
> > purposes. However, everyone has their own preferences and different
> > situations call for different metering, so an option to select this is
> > probably the way to go.
> :
> >> I wasn't sure whether I should show a dB meter, or just show the linear
> >> float 0.0-1.0 value. Since I'm more used to pure float, and that it was
> >> straight forward to implement, I chose the latter, but maybe someone
> >> really would prefer a dB meter instead?
> >
> > Personally I'd prefer a dB value since that's what I'm used to dealing with.
> > Again, having an option to select between linear float and dB would keep
> > everyone happy.
>
> Yeah, it makes sense. I stole some code from meterbridge to convert from
> linear to dB, and have just uploaded jack_capture V0.9.12, which also contains
> an option to change meterbridge meter type.

Sounds good. Thanks for this - it should make some worthwhile features even
more useful. I've just grabbed 0.9.12 and will give it a go as soon as I
can.

Regards
  jonathan
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