Suggestions
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 7:08 pm
Hi,
First of all I believe in Har-Bal (Version 1.5).
I'm not dumb (Well not today) but most a newcomer in the mixing and mastering art. Your tutorial could be improved if images would be kept at all (the bottom Frequency line and top source filter line cut) in the manual.
The following is a bad habit of an analyst-programmer and Beta tester:
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When you open a source file an analyse file is created giving the 3 power plots. If you switch the 3 plots to off and
drag the parametric cursor in the frame a spectrum appears, which one it is ?
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Ctrl-A doesn't work if plots are set to off after zooming.
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When a filter file is opened no plots appears. Confusing.
If we want to modify a filter file we must open the source file and modify the shape without ability to compare with the
filter file shape. Also confusing.
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how can we change a filter file shape if the source file is lost ?
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We can save a filter as a .Anl file instead of .mlf and load the .Anl as a filter. All the plots desappears.
Why giving "All files" option when saving ?
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How do we close a filter file, with the "Create a new Eq filter" button ?
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While a filter file is opened we can load another filter file via the "Open the reference button".
Is that not confusing to work with 2 filter files opened ?
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When we load a .Wav as a source file with the "Open a reference file" button, a plot appears and it's ok.
We can also load a .Anl as a source file and also a plot appears.
But if we load a .Txt file the "Uses an unsupported file format" message appears. Why giving "All files" option ?
Also having an .Anl file + a filter file both opened is very confusing. Which one is the reference ?
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The File | Recent Filters command lists desappears if you load successively recent files from it.
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I think that .mlf files lead to confusion. The .Anl files should be the backbone of all operations.
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I believe that some improvment will lead to a very nice tool.
SergeD
First of all I believe in Har-Bal (Version 1.5).
I'm not dumb (Well not today) but most a newcomer in the mixing and mastering art. Your tutorial could be improved if images would be kept at all (the bottom Frequency line and top source filter line cut) in the manual.
The following is a bad habit of an analyst-programmer and Beta tester:
------
When you open a source file an analyse file is created giving the 3 power plots. If you switch the 3 plots to off and
drag the parametric cursor in the frame a spectrum appears, which one it is ?
------
Ctrl-A doesn't work if plots are set to off after zooming.
------
When a filter file is opened no plots appears. Confusing.
If we want to modify a filter file we must open the source file and modify the shape without ability to compare with the
filter file shape. Also confusing.
------
how can we change a filter file shape if the source file is lost ?
------
We can save a filter as a .Anl file instead of .mlf and load the .Anl as a filter. All the plots desappears.
Why giving "All files" option when saving ?
------
How do we close a filter file, with the "Create a new Eq filter" button ?
------
While a filter file is opened we can load another filter file via the "Open the reference button".
Is that not confusing to work with 2 filter files opened ?
------
When we load a .Wav as a source file with the "Open a reference file" button, a plot appears and it's ok.
We can also load a .Anl as a source file and also a plot appears.
But if we load a .Txt file the "Uses an unsupported file format" message appears. Why giving "All files" option ?
Also having an .Anl file + a filter file both opened is very confusing. Which one is the reference ?
------
The File | Recent Filters command lists desappears if you load successively recent files from it.
------
I think that .mlf files lead to confusion. The .Anl files should be the backbone of all operations.
------
I believe that some improvment will lead to a very nice tool.
SergeD