Re: [Denemo-devel] Only show Prefs->Device Manager when JACK is active. Same for Internal Synth and its tab.

[Nils]

What you write is what I meant with "Advanced Version". 
So its a very good idea. Please do it.

Is Fluidsynth/Alsa already the standard?

Nils

On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:00:16 -0600
Jeremiah Benham <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Feb 19, 2010, at 6:52 AM, Nils <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > A few little gtk tasks that will improve the handling of Denemo by  
> > new users.
> >
> > -Rename "Device Manager" to "Jack Device Manager" please
> > -Only show the Device Manager if "Jack" is chosen in "Misc"
> > -Only show the "Internal Synth" tab if Internal Synth is chosen in  
> > "Misc".
> >
> > Its just a visibility thing but many people get confused by the fact  
> > that there is more than one place where you can choose audio- 
> > backends and drivers.
> >
> > The advanced version would be to introduce a new column in the  
> > "Misc" tab and show the InternalSynth options or JackDeviceManager  
> > options there if its active. This gets rid of tabs and makes it  
> > clear which options belong to what Audio/Midi Setting.
> 
> Or we could have a Audio/MIDI tab. In this tab there will be a  
> dropdown for selecting portaudio, internalsynth, or Jack. Once the  
> selection is changed the tab is updated to reflect. So when the tab is  
> opened internalsynth (default) will be selected in the dropdown and  
> the tab would display the internalsynth settings. If Jack is chosen  
> the tab will contain the JackDeviceManager. The immediate playback  
> option can be added to this tab also.
> 
> I can get started on this if this sounds like a good idea.
> 
> Jeremiah
> >
> > Nils
> >
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