Slider Question

[Marker]

It is nice to see two sliders added to WL13. However, wouldn’t the sliders be better if they are smaller, can be opened on right click, and auto closed on moving mouse away or changing values with left mouse, as it used to be earlier?

Thought to point out in case more are planned to be implemented for later.

[Laturec]

I think it is good how it is now.
It is basically just a button, which is commonly, probably like every button I have encountered so far, activated per left-click … that is, being right-handed, I guess it’s technically different for left-handed people?!.
Size of the window is fine on my 4K screen (without High-DPI scale). Also, the window is not there forever.
I think self-closing windows or (context-)menus are so annoying, just because I moved the mouse 1 pixel too far. I’d like to decide for myself, when I’m done. One click or button press more does not hurt me.

[Marker]

Slider has been an integral part of Wavelab. WL manual has a page about sliders, however, according to manual the mouse wheel is the slider.

@Laturec

I actually like the numerical input, it’s more precise. And it is a thing that I somewhat miss within the Master Section, a precise method to set the master level (even if I can [Shift]+[Click/Drag] the slider for a smaller increment).

Bringing the slider back is not going to change the existing workflow of precise numerical inputs.

Sliders are important for users to work with average values (gain, normalize), changing correspondence in cross fade looper, moving cursor to an approximate location on timeline, etc.

Sliders are also important when users work with precise values (ms adjustment of move cursor to, search accuracy of crossfader looper etc.)

@Laturec

I think self-closing windows or (context-)menus are so annoying, just because I moved the mouse 1 pixel too far.

The self-closing mechanism was very efficient wherever it worked. I wish it was self-closing in many other places too. I don’t think anyone has ever asked to have Wavelab’s proprietary sliders removed.

Having said that PG has to also incorporate numerical input within the Master Section.

@PG1

I had to give up this nice input method when I totally rewrote WaveLab to make it work for the Mac (WaveLab 7). I did not had time to port this slider stuff. Since then, it has somewhat fallen into oblivion. It is certain that, all these years, I could have done something.

PG acknowledged this was a nice input method. The sliders need to be ported precisely as they were originally designed. If not in WL13, at least for WL14. I strongly believe WL is incomplete without Fader and Cascade.

@Aurasphere

It needs both tbh
from a ui/ux perspective,

• 1st tier access should be a whole integer slider,

This is true.

Please find info relating to sliders as pdf attached.

Slider.pdf (339.9 KB)

Changing values using a scroll wheel or by entering numbers everywhere is incredibly inconvenient. As the previous manual also states