you could have
the words 'hard' and 'soft' at either end of the scrollbar
to give the DSP-challenged an idea of which way to slide it!
Good point, the docs should at least tell you which is hard and which is
soft, but I also like having the real numbers myself.
I don't mean that the controls should be dumbed down - the numerical value and
units should definitely be there for the advanced users. But I think for the
average musician, computers of any kind are intimidating enough already.
Ideally, an effect should be as easy to understand and use as a guitar pedal
or rack unit with three or four knobs on. Just labels like 'more' and
'less'
could make all the difference.
A related request - could the names of the SC series be changed to Simple
Compressor 1, 2, 3 etc for the benefit of users with drop-down LADSPA menus?
If you hadn't told me that SC was a compressor I might never have found it...
Cheers
Daniel