30 May
2007
30 May
'07
4:30 p.m.
On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 07:30:52PM +0200, Nick Copeland wrote:
It doesn't make any more sense than the 'maximum 10 items' example, but shows
that the opposite case where everyone agrees to start at zero also exists.
Which means that such examples are meaningless, and that was the point.
This sort of examples is complety useless and
easily negated. When you
measure the size of some object, do you start from the 0 or the 1 on your
ruler ?
Nice. Just put that in your manual and see if it makes sense - get your
ruler out and measure the number of channels? how is a user really supposed to know that MIDI
channels should be counted
from 1 or from 0?
Did you read the conclusion at the end my post ? It said that most users
would expect to start at 1, Consequently it seems wise to start at 1.
Aeolus uses channel, bank and program numbers starting from 1. You don't
have to convince me. But please don't discredit a good idea (starting
from 1) by advocating it with arguments that don't hold.
Why is that wrong? That would sound pretty much lilke
a MIDI mixer
function, and why should that not be done by default?
Because in all but the simplest cases that is not what you want. If you
have 10 sources and 10 sinks, what is easier, setting up 10 connections
or working out which 90 to disconnect ? Is forcing a user to do N-1 dis-
connects each time he starts something new making his work easier ?
I want to be able to start an app and be sure it will not interfere
with what is already running. So it should not auto-whatever. If you
have ever driven a 40 kW PA system, or a broadcast transmitter you will
want the same. The price paid for this is minimal compared to the
potential havoc that's avoided.
Things that auto-connect can be dangerous. I nearly had a pair of very
expensive speakers destroyed by an app that connected itself and started
making 'desktop sounds' at full volume (for no good reason), while the
gain structure in my studio is set up for a very low average signal level.
Think about this. Many midi devices will echo their input on the output.
What do you think will happen if you auto-connect everything ? It's not
just one loop - it's all possible loops.
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