[sib-access] Re: Correction to last e-mail
- From: "Dan Rugman" <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:05:35 -0000
Kevin,
There's a bug in the function which works out which strips are showing in
the mixer. The problem is that the structure of the windows in the mixer is
not fixed and this is tripping JAWS up. I've revised the code to take
account of it.
You should have better control of what's showing in the mixer. I'm putting
together some quick help topics to deal with the changes in the next release
and I'll talk about the mixer in more detail. This should hopefully make
things clear.
FYI, The "strings" string is the one which you can use to control all the
strings at once. I.E. changing the volume in the strings strip will adjust
the volumes in the violin, viola and cello staves at once.
If you had a piece for large orchestra you'd also see strips for wind,
brass, percussion and maybe keyboards and guitars.
Dan Rugman
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Subject: [sib-access] Correction to last e-mail
Dan,
Pressing m does not take me out of mixer, it says that more than one
type of strip is showing. Press CTRL M. doing this, followed by pressing
m, yields the same message. I have enough vision to know that when JAWS
says it's showing staves, it is, in fact, showing what I imagine to be both
staves and groups. when I press CTRL Tab, the mixer contracts dramatically.
Interestingly, the above behavior changed from one close of the mixer to
the next open. Now, I'm seeing one type of strip at a time plus the master
volume. So, you would see, the four staves of a string quartet and the
click and the master volume. Curiously, there's also a strip called Strings
in that and I have know idea where that strip comes from because there is no
staff called strings in the score. CTRL tabbing gives you four effects
buses plus Strings and the master volume.
Even more curiously, I've reopened the mixer and now see the full monty:
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Click
All of these have arrows immediately to the left of the names.
Immediately below the click is a strip called Strings. This has no
arrow. immediately below that is another strip called Vienna ensemble.
this also has no arrow.
Below that are four more strips called Effects bus 1-4. Each of these
has an arrow to its left.
The presence of the Vienna ensemble and Effect bus strips is not a
constant. If I press any key to leave the mixer and reopen the mixer, the
Vienna ensemble and effects buses will appear only every other time. when
they do, they appear below the instrument strips and the strings strip. If
I open the mixer and I see all the strips, the instrument and effect strips
and then CTRL tab, the mixer will contract to show only the strings strip
and the master volume. The next time I open the mixer, I will get the group
strips plus the strings and master volume. CTRL tabbing will send me
supposedly to the staff strips plus master volume. However, in all cases,
pressing m will yield the message that there is more than one strip being
shown. I can use enough vision to mute a staff with a mouse by hand but
shouldn't have to do so.
for the record, I have a special soundset developed by Vienna Symphonic
Library for their Vienna Instruments Solo Strings collection. I find this
very useful when writing a string quartet. I have no idea if this soundset
has any impact on the mixer's behavior.
Kevin
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