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Title: Sound Effects window: Equalizer and Presets in a single dialog window
Post by: ㅤ on March 27, 2021, 03:50:57

Hello all,

This is the Sound Effects (Ctrl + E) > Equalizer window with the Presets dialog popup in the right side.
(https://i.imgur.com/lu6RUwO.jpg)

I would like to suggest if the Presets menu could be added into the Equalizer window. I think it would be more convenient to use it this way, instead of clicking and opening several dialog popups. I think it would be a nice change for upcoming AIMP5 as well. 8)

Thanks for reading!

Title: Re: Sound Effects window: Equalizer and Presets in a single dialog window
Post by: Artem on March 27, 2021, 21:13:13

What scenario it should solve?

Title: Re: Sound Effects window: Equalizer and Presets in a single dialog window
Post by: ㅤ on March 28, 2021, 13:06:01

Artem,

Hello!

This would solve at least two scenarios:

• Less clicks needed. It translates to a quicker way to reach both the equalizer main window AND the equalizer presets dropdown menu.
• Less popup dialogs. It translates to less use of screen, because it would use one window only. This is especially important for netbooks and mid end laptops.

And, since EQ presets and the equalizer itself are closely related, then I think it would be an elegant solution to have them both in just one window. ;)

Thanks for reading!

EDIT:
By the way, The Sound Effects window (Ctrl + E) has 5 tabs: Sound Effects, Equalizer, Volume, Mixing, and Remove Silence. The Presets popup dialog is the only extra window in all of these five tabs. I think this is another reason why it should be merged within the Equalizer tab. ;)

Title: Re: Sound Effects window: Equalizer and Presets in a single dialog window
Post by: Artem on March 28, 2021, 20:43:11

First, equalizer should be setup just once for your hardware. So, not necessary to simplify rare scenarios. Next, to embed the dialog I need to extend width of current dialog. It may lead to an issues on notebooks withh small screen

Title: Re: Sound Effects window: Equalizer and Presets in a single dialog window
Post by: Impulse on March 29, 2021, 08:58:33

Quote from: Artem on March 28, 2021, 20:43:11

Во-первых, эквалайзер нужно настроить только один раз для вашего оборудования.

Это утверждение может не всегда подтверждаться в частной практике пользователя. Аудиолюбитель может иметь дело с разными треками, которые могли быть созданы в разные годы и на разных "музыкальных студиях", соответственно, для разных треков может потребоваться разная настройка уровня громкости и/или эквалайзера. Поэтому в плеере важна не только возможность ассоциации  конкретной настройки эквалайзера с конкретным "аппаратным оборудованием", но и возможность ассоциации конкретной настройки эквалайзера с конкретным треком или группой треков (независимо от жанра треков), чтобы в нужный момент, по желанию пользователя, включалась  нужная настройка эквалайзера/пресет.  В связи с этим, в контексте улучшения удобства пользования эквалайзером, я бы предложил добавить в контекстное меню выбранного трека (или выбранных треков) в окне плейлиста новый пункт вроде "Назначить пресет эквалайзера (из имеющихся в списке пресетов) для выбранного трека или выбранных треков" - конкретно и ясно, по моему. Также важно было бы предусмотреть в контекстном меню выбранного трека или выбранных треков в окне плейлиста пункт типа "Отменить назначение пресета эквалайзера для выбранного трека или выбранных треков".  А чтобы не нарушалась ассоциация пресетов с треками (с которыми были ассоциированы пресеты эквалайзера) при смене путей треков было бы хорошо прописывать название ассоциированного с треком пресета непосредственно в теге трека, в специальной графе вроде "Пресет эквалайзера".

Quote from: Artem on March 28, 2021, 20:43:11

First, equalizer should be setup just once for your hardware

This statement may not always be confirmed in the user's private practice. The audio hobbyist may be dealing with different tracks that may have been created in different years and in different "music studios", respectively, for different tracks, different volume and / or equalizer settings may be required. Therefore, in the player, it is important not only the ability to associate a specific equalizer setting with a specific hardware equipment, but also the ability to associate a specific equalizer setting with a specific track or group of tracks (regardless of the genre of tracks) so that at the right time, at the user's request, the desired setting is turned on equalizer / preset.   In this regard, in the context of improving the usability of the equalizer, I would suggest adding to the context menu of the selected track (or selected tracks) in the playlist window a new item like "Assign an equalizer preset (from the list of presets) for the selected track or selected tracks" - concretely and clearly, in my opinion.  It would also be important to provide in the context menu of the selected track or selected tracks in the playlist window an "item" of the type "Unassign an equalizer preset for the selected track or selected tracks". And so that the association of presets with tracks (with which the equalizer presets were associated) is not broken, when changing track paths, it would be good to write the name of the preset associated with the track directly in the track tag, in a special column like "equalizer preset".