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A Horizontal Mixer is the main request, as for the VU meters did it just for fun!

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Yes, a horizontal mixer is an old request, made more important in recent years by the addition of more tracks. +1 for sure.

And yes, a VU meter is very nice and some prefer it. Some might not, so perhaps make it an optional choice?


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As mentioned, it has been suggested / requested previously. But who knows?


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Trevor, didn't you make a mock-up of that? Or maybe Jeff? I know I've seen one.

Anyway, here we go; this is like Halloween or even Thanksgiving decorations. Some stores have them up already, and we start posting about BIAB 2026 at the same time. laugh


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Originally Posted by Matt Finley
Trevor, didn't you make a mock-up of that? Or maybe Jeff? I know I've seen one.
Matt, some years ago I presented a mock-up of a more modern interface that included a floating / movable mixer, and this ultimately lead to the company producing the new-look interface (Control-T). But the mixer orientation was the same as we have now.

However, yes, it's been presented before, but I cannot recall who. RustySpoon, Zedd maybe?


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( but tbh right now all I'm dreaming of is - finally - the first bug fix release for this years version - so I can actually start using this thing..... frown .... )

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one problem with this mockup is we cant see the names of the tracks in the mixer

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That's a very good point,
- one need to see the track names otherwise it will be difficult to use.


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not wishing to upset anyone but jee whizz...realband has all the tracks nicely laid out, proper mixer...easy editing of audio/midi tracks. etc etc.
just a ton of stuff. fyi ive been doing a deep comparison recently of feature differences between rb and bb as a long time user of both and will post diffs soon..frankly i think pg should do a comparison vid as there is lots of user confusion...there is a LOT of difference.
frankly i find rb way more flexible in lots of areas....it would take me pages.
however reason i still use bb is for fast mocking up of song ideas and the blink of an eye track genning here on a modern processor and m.2...
rb takes a bit longer.

i'm posting the above for any lurkers in case they are confused when to use bb and when to use rb.

musicmountain7...
re your mixer mock up have you..every looked at realbands mixer which is more what one would expect and sees in various music production apps...eg i'm also a long time reaper daw user....also look at rb's track view.
note...of course the above doesnt apply to mac users.

ps...ive posted in the past many many times a ton of ideas for bb for pg to consider includeing makeing the new bb tracks view a CENTRAL ONE STOP WORK CENTER
to save all the clicking and mouseing around in bb AND includeing extensive audio and midi editing in new tracks view. new tracks view could transform bb into a superb app with some serious upgrades both visually and in features.

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