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ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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0006706 | ardour | features | public | 2015-12-13 20:00 | 2020-04-08 18:51 |
Reporter | Oliver | Assigned To | |||
Priority | low | Severity | feature | Reproducibility | N/A |
Status | closed | Resolution | fixed | ||
Platform | i686 | OS | Xubuntu | OS Version | 14.04 LTS |
Product Version | 4.4 | ||||
Summary | 0006706: Improvements of x-run/dropout counter reset | ||||
Description | Useful new features for a set-up where an occasional x-run occurs during recording - since it is more informative if the x-run counter on the top right is reset when starting to record: 1. Engaging the global record button should reset the x-run counter. Reset or no reset should be configurable in Preferences->Transport (next to the two other x-run related entries) 2. A keyboard short-cut to enact this reset (currently that does not seem to be possible with the key binding editor). This alone would be as useful as point 1. 3. A single click on the counter resets it. All these features make it simpler to reset the counter. The shift-click that is currently necessary is a bit cumbersome (mouse plus keyboard). The x-run indicators on the location bar are already good for pinpointing all new and previous x-runs, but a green x-run counter is the easiest way to see that a clean recording took place. | ||||
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1 + 2 are nice ideas 3: that'll be prone to accidental resets. Shift+click on the counter resets it. |
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Good thought, agree that point 3 can have side effects. Implementing 1 and/or 2, then, would be very helpful for my set-up. |
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Having a keyboard short-cut for this would still be useful for me. In Ardour 5.6 I still can't find one. - Thanks! |
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..to keep the issue alive: a way to reset the drop-out counter with one hand alone would really be handy for me. Keyboard short-cut? |
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There still seems to be no keyboard shortcut in Ardour 6.0.pre1.21. Using two hands (mouse click plus holding 'Shift') is not pleasant when also holding an instrument. |
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Referring to the comment of x42 above: also the peak indicators get reset (or should reset) by a single click, maybe the idea of resetting the xrun counter by a single click could be given another thought. Also occasional accidental resets don't seem to be so dangerous. |
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With Ardour 6.0.pre1.167, double clicking is now possible, already an improvement. However, the tool tip still says 'Shift-click to reset'. |
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Thanks for the reminder! Double-click is usually reserved for "activate, open" and not appropriate here. But I don't have a strong opinion on the matter, and am leaning towards keeping double-click, mainly for consistency with other status-bar items. I'll ask on IRC and if nobody vetos this, add tooltips. Shift Click is still the preferred way. It's the general "reset to default" operator in all of Ardour. As for single-click: there would need to be a dedicated button. |
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I just like to make clear why I kind of insist so much on this. On my system occasional xruns do occur, and I like to reset this indicator before recording, to catch more easily if one happened during the recording. Now, with a guitar hanging over the shoulders, bending down to the keyboard, it is really difficult to do simultaneously a keyboard entry (Shift) and a mouse click. I need one hand to keep the guitar from banging around. Double click can be done, not as easy as a single click (both need fine 'aiming') - but the real feature for me would be a keyboard shortcut for 'reset xrun counter', which I can put on a function key. Hitting one key is easy in this situation. |
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Oh, OK. In that case a preference "Reset x-run count when starting to record" (not on rec-arm) may be more appropriate. I'd prefer that over adding more shortcuts to reset the counter, anyway. |
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Yes, that would likely also work well, I am already using a foot switch to start recording. But is there a 'rationing' of keyboard shortcuts? Why not offer both? |
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Ardour 6.0-pre1-183-gf7abab11a3 now has a preference to reset x-run counter at rec-start > But is there a 'rationing' of keyboard shortcuts? We're already out of available keys for keyboard shortcuts as-is. I guess you could add a Lua Action script, simply calling `Session:reset_xrun_count()`, and bind that to a shortcut. Do you really think there needs to be a dedicated keyboard shortcut for this? |
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Thanks, I will try both of the methods. Regarding the keyboard shortcut, I was not thinking that it should be assigned to a key already (indeed not many people might need it), but only available in the keyboard shortcut editor. The Lua thing might be just as good, though. |
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The option to reset the x-run counter automatically at rec-start is convenient, also the Lua action is working. There seem to be enough possibilities now, thanks for implementing. I would still suggest to highlight a non-zero x-run count in red, as before. |
Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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2015-12-13 20:00 | Oliver | New Issue | |
2015-12-18 14:47 | x42 | Note Added: 0017728 | |
2015-12-18 16:43 | Oliver | Note Added: 0017729 | |
2017-02-14 19:44 | Oliver | Note Added: 0019393 | |
2017-08-27 17:51 | Oliver | Note Added: 0019991 | |
2020-03-28 21:06 | Oliver | Note Added: 0021081 | |
2020-03-28 21:27 | Oliver | Note Added: 0021086 | |
2020-04-07 19:41 | Oliver | Note Added: 0021235 | |
2020-04-07 20:03 | x42 | Note Added: 0021237 | |
2020-04-07 20:19 | Oliver | Note Added: 0021239 | |
2020-04-07 20:49 | x42 | Note Added: 0021241 | |
2020-04-07 21:03 | Oliver | Note Added: 0021243 | |
2020-04-07 21:56 | x42 | Note Added: 0021246 | |
2020-04-08 05:14 | Oliver | Note Added: 0021248 | |
2020-04-08 18:51 | Oliver | Status | new => closed |
2020-04-08 18:51 | Oliver | Resolution | open => fixed |
2020-04-08 18:51 | Oliver | Note Added: 0021257 |