Preliminary mixer design: --RamboKid
|BUS-NAME|
[Input...]
[Reset]
[+-----+]
[| EFX |]
[+-----+]
[Byp][Rs][Lw]
(dM*Y+Sb)
V N L
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l m d
S S M
c c e
a a t
l l e
e e r
[Spn1][Spn2]
[Output...]
Legend:
- BUS-NAME - editable bus name or fixed "Master"
- (*) - Power/bus-active LED
- (+) - MultiState? LED: input+output connected, only input connected, only output conencted, unconnected
- (d)/(b) - Overshoot LED left/right (signal range exceeds -1..+1)
- [M] - mute toggle
- [S] - solo toggle
- [Y] - sync volume toggle
- [Reset] - !mute, !solo, volume=1, Output=Master, reset Effect properties
- [EFX] - Multi effect placement box
- [Byp] - Bypass any effects processing
- [Rs] - Raise effect
- [Lw] - Lower effect
- [Spn1/Spn2] - Volume spinners
- [Input...] - spawns dialog, covering input connections (n:1)
- [Output...] - sender locations (similar to Input...); shows "---" for none, single destination or #number-of-destinations
- the LedMeter displays signal energy in dB (i.e. can't be used to reliably detect clipping-distortion)
Overall design:
- right click on mixer effects should popup per-module routing menu (withouth Inputs/Outputs options)
- property dialogs of mixer effects should have [_] buttons to toggle in-mixer visibility
- [Collapse] the collapse-button collapses each effect into a single line description
- its possible to create any amount of mixer busses (these are stereo)
- multiple tracks and busses can be used as inputs for busses
- busses send to other busses
- in the end, what the user hears is the output of the "master" bus
- mixer should eventually be able to deal with automation
- offer bus template which defines default value for creation of new busses (volume, effects)
Here are some references on mixers:
