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an option to disable logarithmic volume sliders

polyspace☆ · started 2017-06-15 19:32 · updated 2017-06-16 01:36

this would be nice because i'm not a big fan of them
I learned that a general rule of thumb when mixing is that every 6db you take off, the perceived volume halves, so it made sense to me when the sliders were linear and -6db was about halfway down the slider and -12db as a quarter and so on, but now -6db is very close to the top and it's easier to just type it in than to adjust my mouse very slightly to get close to it.
I understand the advantages of logarithmic sliders but i'd rather have linear because it's easier to get more precise mixing, so an option to change it back would be nice

Comments (3)

2017-06-15 20:21 · 2017-06-15

yeah i think a change in the mid point would be great because 90% of the time when i change the volume of a slider it's still above -6db and now it's pretty hard to do that without manually typing in values

2017-06-15 21:28 · 2017-06-15

yeah i can understand that, i'll try to get more people to check out this thread

2017-06-16 01:36 · 2017-06-16

I'd want to hear from @jordynth . I'm not so familiar with mixing/mastering.