Stereo Master Volume Indicator
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- coolsoft
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The stereo mode undoubtedly gives a much more professional look to MIDI Mixer.
Not being a musician, I still wonder how necessary it is to see the two different levels (L+R) instead of a single mono one.
I'm afraid about its "doubled" CPU usage.
PS: my preferred one is Mk.2 because it does not require changes to the channel background (which is shared between all channels...).
- Anonimo_LLopi
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coolsoft wrote:The stereo mode undoubtedly gives a much more professional look to MIDI Mixer.
Not being a musician, I still wonder how necessary it is to see the two different levels (L+R) instead of a single mono one.
I'm afraid about its "doubled" CPU usage.PS: my preferred one is Mk.2 because it does not require changes to the channel background (which is shared between all channels...).
I'm no musician but, because it's stereo mixed in a single volume indicator it's less accurate than a stereo one that says exactly how much volume each channel has, it's like the diference between seeing a 2 channel recording and a mono mix of both
Is the CPU usage really a issue? VMS barely uses any CPU (normally less than 1% unless it's playing a lot of voices) if it is really an Issue you could make it optional like how you can disable the Volume indicator on options
And a Mk.4: 2 indicators with the same size the current one has, but probably the hardest to implement because it requieres changes to the background and text
- coolsoft
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Anonimo_LLopi wrote:Is the CPU usage really a issue? VMS barely uses any CPU (normally less than 1% unless it's playing a lot of voices) if it is really an Issue you could make it optional like how you can disable the Volume indicator on options
Well, honestly speaking, ... maybe not.
My first thought when I wrote each line of my code is: does it really worth? and, also, does it require as less CPU/RAM as possible?
This was my "mantra" when I started writing software a long time ago (when CPU/RAM/HDD were precious and costly resources) and already is now ;)
That said, I still wonder if there's so much difference between L/R channels in a MIDI file, more than a live audio file.
Will try to convert some MIDIs to MP3 and listen them with a player that has a stereo VUMeter...
Anyway, I've added the suggestion to TODO list...
- Anonimo_LLopi
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coolsoft wrote:That said, I still wonder if there's so much difference between L/R channels in a MIDI file, more than a live audio file.
Will try to convert some MIDIs to MP3 and listen them with a player that has a stereo VUMeter...
Well, that depends on the midi and on the soundfont, if cc10 (pan) is used on the midi then the channel whose it's using will have more volume to the left or to the right
Some soundfonts have panning settings on some instruments/drums
Then there's some soundfonts that have some instruments/drums that are made so if even the cc10 it's at default (64) they will still sound more to the right/left:
For example a snare that has 2 samples that make it stereo, both are the same sample but the sample playing at the left has more volume than the one playing at the right
There's also cc8 (balance) but I've never used it or seen it used myself, like cc10 but apparently for stereo patches while the other it's for mono ones
Then when all channel are mixed Left and Right will have different levels even if it just a slight difference
I have a midi that on every new note it changes cc10 from/to between 0 (hard right) and 127 (hard left), I wonder how much different would the left channel would be compared with the right in that one
Anyway, thanks for adding my suggestion to the todo list o7
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