Re: [Traverso-devel] Gain/Pan/Other Curves

[Nicola Doebelin]

Hi Remon,

Am Donnerstag, 16. November 2006 19:21 schrieb Remon:
> What would be the preferred way to display/handle gain/pan curves?
> Does it make sense to have both a gain/pan curve for Track and AudoClips,
> or only for a Track ?

It could indeed be handy to have curves for both track and audio clip, mainly 
because they would have different applications. The curve of the audio clip 
would move with the clip and could be used to fix certain things in the clip 
(e.g. tame wrong notes, coughs, audience noise etc.), whereas the curve of 
the track could be used for things like voice over stuff, which depends on 
the position in the timeline rather than on the position in a clip.

> Also, the Curves have a number of nodes, and calculation of the points
> inbetween the nodes is done by cubical spline interpolation, and is not a
> lineair line between the nodes.
> My question is, should the painting follow the 'real' curve, and paint a
> polygon, or should the painting be done with lineair lines between the
> nodes ? (The cost of polygon painting is relatively low, so that's not a
> thing to worry about)

IMO it is important that the curve shows what's really happening. So if 
interpolation follows a spline, the curve should be painted as a spline, too.

Regards,
Nicola