Play Panel and Mixer
Changing the dimensions of the Play Panel in Edit/Preferences doesn't seem to have any effect. I see the values changed in the .ini file, but the Panel is always the same size, which is as far as I'm concerned always too large. Even with the new facility in 0.9.6 to select "use current size", the changed size is not made after exiting and restarting. And why does such a large number of, what is it, hours:minutes:seconds - 351983:43:11 - appear in the Play Panel rather than 0:0:0? That large number seems to dictate the size of the panel.
And my issue with the Mixer panel is its note remaining on top like the Play Panel. That makes for inefficient control of balance and effects.
I know these are niggling details. But I wouldn't think they'd be such difficult things to resolve.
Norman Lowrey
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I filed a bug for the play panel size. See
#4709: Preference to display the play panel on startup is not honored
"And why does such a large number of, what is it, hours:minutes:seconds - 351983:43:11 - appear in the Play Panel rather than 0:0:0?"
I guess it was a bug, but it appears as 0:0:0 for me in the latest nightly builds .
"my issue with the Mixer panel is its note remaining on top like the Play Panel"
Could you explain what you mean by this?
In reply to I filed a bug for the play by David Bolton
""my issue with the Mixer panel is its note remaining on top like the Play Panel""
"Could you explain what you mean by this?"
I mean that the Mixer panel window disappears (is covered up) whenever activating MuseScore main page, unlike the Play panel which always remains "on top." Maybe I have the terminology incorrect here, but in some other applications I see an option for "keeping a window on top." This is a really minor detail, but as it is whenever I want to adjust the mix of tracks or make changes in pan, reberb or chorusing, I have to reselect the Mixer from its Task Bar "button". Or, what I've actually come to is hitting F10 twice which quickly brings the Mixer panel back on top.
In reply to Mixer panel by Norman Lowrey
Mixer stays on top now (r2805) and the Big number issue has been fixed some revision ago.
As mentionned in #4709: Preference to display the play panel on startup is not honored, you can't set the play panel dimension in preferences, but only its position.
In reply to Mixer stays on top now by [DELETED] 5
Thanks for info. The latest nightly build I see is r2795. I just tried it and have the same problem I've had with builds since r2756. It crashes on startup. Will r2805 be generally available tomorrow? Of course, if it follows the pattern of the last few builds and it crashes on startup, I won't be able to check out the fixes you mention.
I'm running Windows XP Pro, SP3.