Re: [linux-audio-user] Virtual Mixing Desk

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Virtual Mixing Desk
From: Jonathan Segel (jsegel_AT_magneticmotorworks.com)
Date: Sat Jul 17 2004 - 23:46:03 EEST


>and jackmix seems to be very nice indeed, i'll try it soon. my only
>complaint is that from the screenshots it seems to be involving instead of
>evolving: the original sliders in 0.0.1 were substituted in 0.0.3 with
>knobs, a device that makes sense when manipulated with real hands (if you
>excuse the redundancy, not very evident in english, anyway), but very
>awkward in a GUI. consider returning to some sort of sliders, they're far
>more convenient in a GUI, since their movement follow better the movement of
>the mouse.

i'm betting that the way it actually is manipulated is that drawing a
straight line with the mouse up or down turns the knob, just as it
would a slider, rather than drawing the mouse in a circle around the
knob's perimeter. as such it operates exactly the same way, but saves
screen space, perhaps?

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