minor Apple plug-in tool problem...

[story]

Jerm,
I'm running 6.1.0.4 (on an old 8500 with a g4/450 card and plenty of memory...). Ecstatic about the bang-for-the-buck, and general solidity, of Metro6

Between 6.1.0.3 and 6.1.0.4, the plug-ins display changed to the Apple plug-in tool. [1] I don't see any advantage over you old tool, and the Apple one takes more space on the screen; [2] and much more important to me....I use the "LowTech" coloring scheme, because the dark background (and resulting high-visibility text) is easier on my eyes during long sessions. But the Apple tool (currently) doesn't change to match the selected style...rather it LEAPS out from the rest of the display in its Aqua coloration. I hope that you fix this (or revert to the old display) by the time 6.1 reached non-beta release.

I have a few other comments, most of which I'll put in separate topics in the MIDI part of the forum.
Regards, --Lee

[Jerm]

Well I understand this problem. Perhaps I could revert back to the old (OS 9) way if you change color schemes.

[Scoot]

Low tech?
I couldn't imagine using that one for longer than 5 minutes.

Have you been in the mixer window while going through the different colour schemes?



scoot

[Jerm]

Low tech?
I couldn't imagine using that one for longer than 5 minutes.

What are you talking about

Low Tech is cool.

[Scoot]

Low tech makes everything black.

If you turn on shading for the note edit grids, your black keys become white.

My eyes are not good enough to see the meters well in low tech on the mixer. Golden is much better for me.


scoot.

[story]

I think it may depend on your monitor and room illumination. I have a problem with the the recent exceptionally bright Apple themes. I don't have any problem with the mixer in "reverse video", and actually prefer the way the "low tech" theme uses words rather than icons in a few places (such as the midi thru field of the transport). Anyway...matter of taste.

But having a window that tracks the current finder style (in 10.2 apparently only Aqua) rather than the user's chosen within-application style seems to me a mistake. Does using the apple plugin-chooser offer real advantage over the previous scheme?

(What I'd really like to see is [1] the ability to group plug-ins in folders---including putting aliases in other folders; [2] an (optional) plug-in _menu_, in addition to, or even in place of, the window. (Takes less screen space for something that's only used for selection, which is what menus were invented for!)

[Scoot]

>What I'd really like to see is [1] the ability to group plug-ins in folders

I can send you Metro 6.0 and show you the long list of plugins you see.
You see version 1 & 2 of the same plugin making your list longer than a monthly shopping list!

Be grateful it's a lot more easier to use now than it was back then.
Once you have the plugin selected (with an editable window) you can go to it from the bottom of the windows menu.

Just by having it sortable by manufacturer (or a name you place at the front of the plugin) has made it so much better than before.


scoot.

[Jerm]

Actually 6.1.0.4 (or perhaps before) eliminated the V1 audiounits if there are any V2 audiouunits. So you should not be seeing any V1 audiounits any more.

[Scoot]

Yes well what I mean is 'story' needs to use 6.0.0 to see how far we've come!



scoot.