0003017: The "mute" track button doesn't work by default

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0003017

[ardour] bugs

minor

always

2010-02-07 21:32

2010-06-02 10:53

Reporter

ronj

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public

Assigned To

paul

Priority

normal

Resolution

fixed

Status

resolved

Product Version

2.8.4

Summary

0003017: The "mute" track button doesn't work by default

Description

Hello,

Right-clicking on the mute button of a track reveals several options to mute: pre fader, post fader, control out, main out.
However, by default, none of these options are checked, which means the mute button is ineffective, which looks a lot like a bug.

Setting "main out" as default seems a more sensible options:
- Novice users will have the plain mute they want
- Advanced users who expect more options from this button will try right-clicking

Additional Information

IRC log:

<ronj> hello
<ronj> bugreport (?): Clicking the record button of a track mutes the track, and the mute (m) button is ineffective. I'm using Ardour 2.8.7 compiled from source / ubuntu studio 9.10 / ffado
<ronj> note: the behaviour is correct when recording (hitting record actually switches recording on), but not when playing back
<dissected> ronj, try right-clicking on the various buttons and explore the different options
<ronj> dissected, thanks! I did not know about these pre/post fader and control/main out. Still, I think what most users expect by default is a simple brutal mute thus "main out" seems a better default to me. Am I missing something? Has it been discussed? Should I file a bug?
<ronj> The current design means these options are more discoverable _if_ the user thinks about right-clicking the mute button (I did not). Else it's just frustating and looks like a bug.
<dissected> ronj, I still consider it a bug
<ronj> agreed, I'm adding it to the tracker

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duplicate of

0002832

resolved

paul

`mute' doesn't mute

Notes
(0007350) the_CLA (reporter) 2010-02-08 08:02	This is a duplicate of http://tracker.ardour.org/view.php?id=2832 [^]

(0008137) paul (administrator) 2010-06-02 10:53	caused by incorrect conversion of XML element values to boolean values. fixed in 2.0-ongoing and 3.X.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-02-07 21:32	ronj	New Issue
2010-02-08 08:02	the_CLA	Note Added: 0007350
2010-04-24 03:28	cth103	Category	bugs => bugs2
2010-04-24 03:30	cth103	Category	bugs2 => bugs
2010-04-25 09:00	cth103	Relationship added	duplicate of 0002832
2010-04-26 16:01	cth103	Status	new => confirmed
2010-06-02 10:53	paul	cost	=> 0.00
2010-06-02 10:53	paul	Note Added: 0008137
2010-06-02 10:53	paul	Status	confirmed => resolved
2010-06-02 10:53	paul	Resolution	open => fixed
2010-06-02 10:53	paul	Assigned To	=> paul