Bill 25Aug2020: I like Steve's comment #3 in bugzilla - a clipped mix is user error.
Peter: At the very least we should offer a warning if the output file is likely to clip and ask if the user wants to proceed - better would be automatic clipping avoidance either as part of the export (and advised to the user) or as a tool available to apply to projects or selected tracks within a project.
I understand these are easier to implement than envelope solutions (at least to begin with).
Gale: who prefers "automatic mix and scale", or a slider/shortcut to move all gain sliders in tandem.
Pros and Cons Pro Cons Developer Backing QA Backing Adjust the Mixer Board or Track Control Panel gain sliders while playing then record the slider moves so you can render them if desired.
Master-Fader or Master Envelope track, used additional to and independently of Envelope Tool.
Separate mixing window (like Mixer Board but with a "Master-Fader" control).
Could be a control that sets the target level of the mix.
Automatic gain adjustment (Mix and Scale) so that the mix in unmuted tracks can never clip.
Interface to select multiple tracks on which selected tracks the mute/gain/pan solo controls operate in tandem.
Incorporate the master fader slider into the playback meter (and the recording input slider into the recording meter).
Shortcut and/or "always visible" master fader slider that moves all gain sliders by the same amount.
There are several ideas, not necessarily mutually exclusive, but of increasing complexity and functionality: Update the Bugzilla issue with the consensus solution achieved here. Probably the track info should be the first content to disappear when dragging the track up, not the last.īug 565: Easier way to avoid clipping on multiple tracks. Therefore the gain sliders may be especially hard to access with a mouse. Multiple tracks will probably be collapsed. We offer no warning in the app to the user about this when it is occurring. It is far to easy for a user to export an audio file from a multi-track project that is clipped - even though each individual track is well below clipping threshold.
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