On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Jonathan Woithe wrote:
> Hi > >>>> jack_capture >>>> : >>>> *Added the --meterbridge / -mb option, which automatically >>>> starts Steve Harris' meterbridge (http://plugin.org.uk/meterbridge/) >>>> and constantly connects them to the same ports as jack_capture >>>> is connected to. >>> >>> Nice - this will save me the hassle of starting meterbridge manually when >>> setting up for recording and having to make sure that meterbridge's channels >>> actually match jack_capture's channels. >> >> Do you need an option to select a different >> meter type than "vu" when starting meterbridge? > > It would probably be nice. The VUs look good but they take up a fair amount > of real estate and trying to monitor 8 at once can be a bit tricky. In > addition, one can miss clipping with a VU (although this can be addressed to > a point with the addition of a clip indicator). I normally use "dpm" for my > purposes. However, everyone has their own preferences and different > situations call for different metering, so an option to select this is > probably the way to go. > >> Also, have you looked at the new default built-in console "vu" meter? I >> personally think its more than good enough. > > I haven't yet since I'm away from my audio computer. I intended to check it > out though since it sounds interesting. > >> I wasn't sure whether I should show a dB meter, or just show the linear >> float 0.0-1.0 value. Since I'm more used to pure float, and that it was >> straight forward to implement, I chose the latter, but maybe someone >> really would prefer a dB meter instead? > > Personally I'd prefer a dB value since that's what I'm used to dealing with. > Again, having an option to select between linear float and dB would keep > everyone happy. > Yeah, it makes sense. I stole some code from meterbridge to convert from linear to dB, and have just uploaded jack_capture V0.9.12, which also contains an option to change meterbridge meter type. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev