I think there was one more too, but I can't think what it was... I agree AUDIO_RATE_CONTROL should be renamed. There was a suggestion on ardour-dev that a hint to say whether control outs were supposed to be informative or a source of control data might help, but I'm not sure about it. Does someone want to reword these in a more meaningful way? If not I'l do it, then you'l be sorry ;). - Steve > On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 18:13:35 +0000 > Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > There have been a few suggestions recently, I'l try to summarise them > > for comment. > > > > MOMENTARY. A hint to suggest that a control should behave like a > > momentary switch, eg. on for as long as the user holds down the > > key/mouse button/whatever. Useful for reset or sync controls for > > example. Would be useful in the DJ flanger. Only applies to TOGGLED > > controls. > > > > AUDIO_RATE_CONTROL. Hints than an audio control should/could be > > controlled by a high time res. slider or control data, but shouldn't > > be connected to the next audio signal by default. I can't think of any > > simple examples off hand, but combined with MOMENTARY it could be used > > for sample accurate tempo tapping. > > > > RANDOMISABLE. Hints that its useful/meaningful to randomise the port > > if the user hits a button. This is useful for the steps of control > > sequencers, reverbs, and just about anything that's complex. Allows > > you to specify which controls can be randomised without anything too > > supprising happening to the user (eg. sudden +100dB gain would be > > unpleasent).