[yoshimi] Re: Use units when showing values of parameters
- From: Will Godfrey <willgodfrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: yoshimi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:49:52 +0000
On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:34:29 +0100
Jörn Eichler <joerneichler@xxxxxxx> wrote:
While working on this, I just had another idea:
The explaining tooltip window doesn't show the current value of a control.
That means, if you want to know the value, you have to touch the control,
which might however change its value. So, knowing the value without changing
it is not easy.
What do you think about adding the current value to the tooltip info, so
instead of just saying
"LFO Startphase (leftmost is Random)"
it would maybe say
"LFO Startphase (leftmost is Random)\nCurrent value: -90 °"?
Once the control has been used, that should be pretty easy. Maybe
initializing
it would need some care.
Jörn
That's a pretty good idea. Currently, the only way you can read the level is by
clicking on a control, and probably changing it. However, I wouldn't bother
with the Words "Current value:" just number and type so:
"Main Volume\n -5.31 dB"
Also, had the scope on Yoshimi again today. Amplitude LFO depth is worse than I
thought in one way, but in another respect better! 100% modulation occurs at the
half-way point on the control. The good news is that it's pretty mush the same
for all waveshapes - even though it sounds different.
Again, I double checked against Zyn 2.2.1 with identical results.
As a general aside, actually monitoring tones, LFOs and envelopes is rather
tricky due to the highly variable nature of *all* sound engines. I've found that
setting a manual trigger right at the peak of the waveform with only sweep on
trigger (no auto sweep) helps stabilise things. Also having a fairly
fast LFO , or short envelope so you only get a few cycles of tone in the
waveform is easier to observe.
No work for me tomorrow, so I should be able to get on with mid-learn load/save.
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