Edgar wrote:
No – I'm confused! Someplace along the line the new gradient meters lost the blue color and the maximum peak now paints in whatever color was prevalent at the end of the color bar. This means that if the last segment of the meter was painted red (clipping) the maximum peak indicator will also be painted red. Since the maximum peak indicator is latched this gives the effect of 2 red bars at the extreme end of the meter. With the traditional meter the maximum peak indicator is indeed blue.
I argued that logically, the Maximum Peak indicator in Gradient mode would take its colour from the colour for the level it rested at (like the Recent Peak indicator does) and not be blue. No one AFAICT bought into that complaint, so although I would like what you suggest, it doesn't happen in HEAD for me.
If it did happen (red Maximum Peak against red clipping indicator) I would be banging the table even harder for a more separated clipping indicator.
Edgar wrote:Now that I have spent a few warm cozy days with the meter code, here is what I want:
Show Clipping in the waveform to remain exactly as is – at least by default – color is a fully saturated red, one sample triggers, runs are ignored (sequential clipping draws a big red rectangle). I would give the user ONLY the ability to change the color not the trigger sample number nor painting runs differently.
As I recently posted, I largely agree with you, except that I think making sample runs < 4 samples a different colour or presentation has some strong benefits.
Any configuration for Show Clipping is likely going to mean all clipping configurations going into main Preferences. I doubt that's a good idea.
Edgar wrote:The Analyze Effect could be renamed ("Clipping Finder…" is OK, but I find these "Finder" names clunky). It's interface needs to be reworded so that the user does not need to read the manual to figure out what the controls do.
What do you suggest, using the same number of words?
Edgar wrote:The meters should stay just exactly the way they are with the minor exception of making the vertical indicators wider. Currently there are 3 indicators and all are painted 2 pixels wide. One is momentary (Recent Peak) - make this one 3 pixels wide. The other 2 are latched (Maximum Peak & Clipping); make the Maximum Peak indicator 3 pixels wide and the Clipping indicator 4 pixels wide. This means that the 2 indicators that might possibly be co-drawn with a textual number would only be one pixel wider than currently. Since the text is drawn on top of the indicators (but is anti-aliased) this is only slightly more visually intrusive:
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I'm zero on 1 px wider for Recent Peak and Maximum Peak, and +1 on 4 px for Clipping Indicator.
Edgar wrote:If we were to unlatch the clipping indicator (-1)
I thought an option to do that was something everyone agreed on. I am -1 on it unlatching by default.
Edgar wrote:it should probably be made even wider than the above 4 – maybe as much as 6 or 8 (or even something between 5 & 9 but proportional to the current width of the meter). If unlatched it should probably flash a couple of times at full saturation then fade very gradually (I have one piece of hardware which does this but without the fade and the latch time is too brief – less than 5 seconds). The latch duration should be at least 5 or more seconds – probably closer to 8 or 10.
I think flashing will lessen chance of acceptance, as might > 4 px. The disappearance/fading itself should be noticeable if user is watching the meters.
Gale
