On Thu, 20 Oct 2016 15:27:34 -0500, Chris Caudle wrote: >I think a more concrete example would be helpful. "more concrete" perhaps is diplomatically for "concrete", but this is exactly what I ask for. On Thu, 20 Oct 2016 22:49:51 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Thu, 20 Oct 2016 15:50:36 -0400, jonetsu wrote: >>On Thu, 20 Oct 2016 19:38:30 +0000 Fons Adriaensen wrote: >>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 02:44:39PM -0400, jonetsu wrote: >>> >>> > There are trim pots on every channel strip in Mixbus, for >>> > starters. >>> >>> Ardour has them as well. They were added IIRC after I complained >>> about the limited (+6dB) gain available on the faders. >>> >>> There are other uses: they allow you to align a group of related >>> faders (as a visual aid), or in cases where you need to fade in >>> and out frequently (as in broadcasting) to have a standard 'target' >>> fader position. >> >>Certainly. They have several uses. > >Yes, but it won't help you too look better, since it's unrelated to the >topic. The standard target position mentioned by Fons, for example is >required, if you pair/group faders on analog mixers by a bridge. Using >a virtual mixer it could be a visual aid, but you perhaps could link >faders, even if they are on different positions, resp. simply add a sub >group. Trim pots per se are seldom useful for mixing and especially not >in context of this thread. Trim pots linked by networks with AI >analysers is absurd. > >If you want to develop an idea, you should start with realistic common >situations. Fons' is likely thinking of another use case regarding the target position ;), resp. there's a cut set. His visual aid statement covers my analog fader's bridge. However, this becomes off-topic. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
