[Ardour-Users] plugin automation editor logarithmic? possible to make it linear?

[Petter Sundlöf]

Yep, reported by me _three_ years ago :/

http://tracker.ardour.org/view.php?id=826

Wish I could code. I'm going to learn! =)

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Rua Haszard Morris <ruahm at yahoo.com> wrote:
> For sure, totally agree, any way to adjust the points accurately would be of immense use...
>
> Should we make a bug in the tracker? I guess there is probably something there already..
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Petter Sundlöf <petter.sundlof at gmail.com>
> To: ardour-users at lists.ardour.org
> Sent: Friday, 19 September, 2008 1:31:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ardour-Users] plugin automation editor logarithmic? possible to make it linear?
>
> Even better would be if double-clicking... somewhere ... would bring
> up a text box so exakt numbes can be entered.
>
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 1:33 AM, Rua Haszard Morris <ruahm at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Even something as simple as an event/text editor for automation (i realise this is not at all trivial) would go a long way toward solving this problem..
>>
>> I'm not clear on whether the raw automation points can be edited in the XML, and whether a reload of the file or just a hide-show of the automation lane would be required to update to the changed values.. is this practical? And is it a bad idea?
>>
>> thanks
>> Rua HM.
>>
>> --- On Tue, 16/9/08, Petter Sundlöf <petter.sundlof at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Petter Sundlöf <petter.sundlof at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Ardour-Users] plugin automation editor logarithmic? possible to make it linear?
>>> To:
>>> Cc: ardour-users at lists.ardour.org
>>> Received: Tuesday, 16 September, 2008, 7:36 PM
>>> I agree that the way automation editing works now is very
>>> limiting. A
>>> more fine-grained editing mode would be very nice.
>>>
>>> Rua Haszard Morris wrote:
>>> > When I draw automation for a plugin parameter, e.g.
>>> the cutoff frequency for LS Filter (from the Steve Harris
>>> plugins - see
>>> http://plugin.org.uk/ladspa-swh/docs/ladspa-swh.html#tth_sEc2.67),
>>> the scale of the automation editor is non-linear. This means
>>> it is very fiddly to edit automation for the movement of a
>>> low-pass filter for example, as the low frequency area has
>>> very few vertical pixels ...
>>> >
>>> > Does anyone else see this? Is there a way to fix the
>>> issue, or change a particular automation editor to a linear
>>> scale?
>>> >
>>> > The issue is exascerbated by the fact that often the
>>> "height" for the automation lane changes the above
>>> audio lane's height - is this issue being seen by
>>> others?
>>> >
>>> > Looking in the XML I see that there are min and max
>>> yvalues for AutomationList entries - can these be tweaked to
>>> zoom in on a particular range of interest? This would be a
>>> very useful feature. Are there any other options than
>>> "Absolute" for the "style" attribute?
>>> (and related, how advisable is it to go hunting around in
>>> the xml like this?)
>>> >
>>> > thanks
>>> > Rua HM.
>>> >
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Ardour-Users mailing list
>>> ardour-users at lists.ardour.org
>>> http://lists.ardour.org/listinfo.cgi/ardour-users-ardour.org
>>
>>
>>      Need a holiday? Check out Yahoo!Xtra Travel - http://nz.travel.yahoo.com/
>> _______________________________________________
>> Ardour-Users mailing list
>> ardour-users at lists.ardour.org
>> http://lists.ardour.org/listinfo.cgi/ardour-users-ardour.org
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Ardour-Users mailing list
> ardour-users at lists.ardour.org
> http://lists.ardour.org/listinfo.cgi/ardour-users-ardour.org
>
>
>
>      Need a holiday? Check out Yahoo!Xtra Travel - http://nz.travel.yahoo.com/
>