Re: [LAD] [LAA] announcing envy24control, mudita (*) edition.

From: Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Sat Jul 31 2010 - 07:17:39 EEST

On Fri, July 30, 2010 6:19 pm, Niels Mayer wrote:
> It's kind of an interesting looking effect. Like when you start
> hitting 0.0dB on the mixer, the entire UI starts shaking around like
> it's having an earthquake. But only when it's loud. Clearly an
> extension of this feature should be added to window managers: shake
> the window of your DAW whenever you clip inputs or outputs on your
> soundcard. :-)
>

An interesting toy and possibly helpful for beginners too.

> Also, after seeing your snapshots with the "dark" background graphics,
> I decided to let a gnome style pick a pair of contrasting colors for
> me. so now I'm using the following foreeground/background pair:
> widget->style->text_aa[GTK_STATE_ACTIVE]
> widget->style->text_aa[GTK_STATE_PRELIGHT]
> (the L/R meter pair for the digital mixer pair are the same color as
> all the other meters)
>
> Comments on this approach? The color choice is truly milquetoast now!
> But also visible, soothing & functional:
>
> http://nielsmayer.com/envy24control/Screenshot-Mudita24-rc0-MonInp.png
>

Looks good. I did some work at the end of last year to add a glassy tube
type effect to jackEQ's meters. It would be cool to get that combined with
your efforts.

-- 
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd.
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