Re: [LAU] ANNOUNCE: PHASEX v0.10.0 - Linux-audio-user

4 May 2007

On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 08:33:35PM -0700, William Weston wrote:
...

 Velocity sensitivity mapping and a modulation matrix are already on the 
 TODO list.  Aftertouch handling should be very similar to velocity 
 handling. 
Cool. Real luxury would be having curves (comparable to GIMP's gradation 
curves) so influence isn't limited to being linear.

For Ardour, a routing matrix is planned. I wonder if the requirements 
might be comparable enough for a common implementation / shared code.

...
  Left click is reserved for future drag and drop
capabilities. 
Wow.

...
   You could use
a single checkbox in those cases where you have 
 Off/On radio buttons.  
 Most of the widgets used will be changing once I can come up with a truly 
 better way of handling things.  For on/off buttons, I'm thinking of 
 something that looks like a mechanical toggle switch. 
I have been thinking about mechanical looking switches. The problem is 
that they look like something that needs to be moved/dragged, while 
simple clicking is the only sane operation efficiency-wise.

You could use toggle buttons. It's quite braindead that common themes 
make them look like command buttons, but you could add an icon that 
looks like an LED or change the colours to make the button look like 
one of those milky-translucent backlit buttons like Korg and Roland 
use.

...
  Thanks for the read.  The sliders with text really
seem to solve the 
 screen real-estate issue.  I'll have to rethink the use of sliders all 
 over again. 
Would be nice to see them implemented.
As part of the Phat toolkit, perhaps ;)
Sven of the GIMP team showed some interest, what could lead to another 
chance of implementation.

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