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the comments about the layout of “mixing tracks” not following design guidelines or being a standard list/tree/etc struck me. in traditional audio engineering
by unboxingelf 3y ago
the comments about the layout of “mixing tracks” not following design guidelines or being a standard list/tree/etc struck me.
in traditional audio engineering we call them channel strips and their layout reflects the signal flow - eq knobs are typically at the top, followed by compression, fx, and so on.
- bradrn 3y agoI think he meant that they don’t follow typical design guidelines for graphical user interfaces on a computer. Which they don’t — outside DAWs (and maybe some image editors?), I’ve never seen a GUI arranged like a channel strip, where controls are stacked on top of each other but not necessarily arranged in a perfect grid. A set of controls like e.g. [0] in Ableton is highly non-standard, compared to the kinds of layouts most GUI toolkits provide. [0] https://rekkerd.org/img/201210/ableton_live9.png https://rekkerd.org/img/201210/ableton_live9.png
- rzzzt 3y agoNaming conventions are a mixed bag (hehe) in DAWs, since not everyone who dabbles in them is an audio engineer by trade. - Ableton calls them "mixer controls": https://www.ableton.com/en/manual/mixing/ https://www.ableton.com/en/manual/mixing/ - Bitwig's manual does mention channel strips: https://www.bitwig.com/userguide/latest/the_mix_view/#channel_strip_section https://www.bitwig.com/userguide/latest/the_mix_view/#channe... - Adobe Audition has "track controls": https://helpx.adobe.com/audition/using/multitrack-editor-overview.html#editing_multitrack_sessions_in_the_editor_panel_and_mixer https://helpx.adobe.com/audition/using/multitrack-editor-ove... - Ardour... probably has mixing board tape and felt pen marker emulation as well, I'm late and couldn't be bothered to look up its manual.