Quinto Black CT - New Winamp Modern skin

[libero]

And the arrow in the analog indicator in the color is by default blurred (like a shadow) compared to version 1.5. Or so conceived?

[libero]

Yes, the arrow (analogue VU) should be returned from the previous version (there it is better visible), in the peak light bulb replace the red background by default with light (then its work will visually be visible) and replace the pale colors of the large LED indicator with more bright ones (as it was in version 1.5). Visualization of the spectro-analyzer is above all praise, however, it is not very convenient to reconfigure it each time, revealing an infinite web of windows due to one parameter. Well, and, if possible, change the scale of the LED indicator, as I asked - from the sign "-" infinity at the beginning, then -20 and so on. In general, the cover looks pretty cool already.

[Aminifu]

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In the screengrab you can see that there's annoying gap between the Analogue and Digital VUs, and the Visualisation window overlaps the edge of the screen slightly. Other than that I love it! It might also look quite cool to perhaps have some little hifi-style feet underneath the Main and Analogue VU windows, but that's just me. Keep up the excellent work. :-)

A suggestion...

You can use Winamp's window scaling feature to increase the width of the Analog VU meter window. Right-click on it and select the "Window Settings - Scaling - Custom" command. Try 106%. The window's height will increase a little also, but it is not possible to use scaling to get close to the main player's width and height at the same time.

Alternately, you can try decreasing the main player window's scale to try to make it fit better with the Analog VU meter window's 100% scale.

In either case, I suggest you keep scaling changes to less than 10% to avoid distortion.

In version 1.6, the digital VU meter inside the main player windows responds just like the external digital VU meter. So you can use the external meter to select the color response you want and then turn the external meter off. Then you can re-position/re-size the Milkdrop visualizer window to regain it's right-side border.

[Aminifu]

Hi PeterK.,

Thank you for the version 1.6 release.

I like the style change for the level indicators in the digital VU meter. I suggest you display the 2 or 3 digit BMP whole number value from the %bmp% tag instead of 2 digits + decimal point and 1st decimal value or 3 digits + decimal point.

I see a few minor glitches:

1. The peak level indicators in the spectrum analyzer do not go to the top, when the signal bars do. This might have something to do with those color lines you asked about in post #209 above.

2. When switching between the playback controls view and the border-less view in the Media Library window there is an artifact (piece of the previous view) in the lower left-hand corner (in the Library headings column). Closing and re-opening the border-less ML window removes this artifact.

[Aminifu]

Hi PeterK.,

After closely observing the spectrum analyzers in other skins, I now see that the flaw with the peak indicators is in the base Winamp code. The default size of the SA in most skins is smaller than the one in this skin. Many do not have a grid pattern and some don't provide the peak indicators, so the fact that the peak indicators do not go all the way to the top is easy to overlook (+ you need to be playing songs that have frequency band levels that reach the top).

I suggest you ignore this Winamp bug unless you see an easy way to fix it.

[libero]

I look attentively at the cover of the 2nd day. Everything is fine, except for a large LED indicator. He is knocked out of the general type of cover (my opinion). Although, in theory, should be a cherry on the pie. First, as I already wrote, the question is about the number of LEDs. They are clearly not enough for such a large indicator. We need to do more of them and place the LEDs closer to each other - it will appear to be a single whole, and not a set of LEDs. Secondly, make the LEDs themselves much brighter (especially in version 1.6 they are pale). You can make the background of the indicator darker. Thirdly, it is very necessary to make starting LEDs (not -20, but less), as I suggested earlier. Because when listening to jazz, classical music, the indicator almost does not work at the minimum sound levels. In analogue VU this is not, there the sensitivity of the indicator is adjusted. Well, and the peak sound values between the indicators can somehow be related. Or additional LEDs make in the LED indicator when the signal is in the red zone. Or flashing an analog peak to make it brighter. For example, by default the white (or green, you need to watch) light is on, and in the red zone it is bright red. Without any shadows, you need the maximum color contrast.

What would I do with the LED indicator. The most budgetary option. Add 2 LEDs per channel with the values "-" infinity (permanently lit) and an additional -15. Why? On an analogue VU, the needle changes the reading in the range from -20 to -10. However, on the LED indicator, the LEDs are either permanently lit (as now), or nothing is burning (as it was before). We need an intermediate option. And make an arrow more clearly on the analogue VU (in default color). It is not very clearly drawn there - it looks like a shadow from an arrow. Once again I thank for the excellent work.

[libero]

Here's an interesting, in my opinion, analogue VU (aimp plug-in). It is well implemented visualization of the peak value. Look here please.

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[libero]

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Just in this color of the analogue VU the arrow has lost its clarity, it is less visible than before. I propose the color of the peak by default to make the same color as the background of the analogue VU (pale yellow for all three variants). Then the lamp will blink better.
Then. You can slightly extend the scale at the beginning (as in the AIMP plugin) - to synchronize the readings with the LED indicator when adding the initial "-" indication to infinity. Add LEDs with a value of -15 per channel. And also we make the color of the LEDs brighter (now they are pale).
The operation of the analog indicator can be represented as follows. When the arrow moves from "-" infinity to "0" - nothing lights up. When driving in the red zone (signal from +1 to +3), the red peak lamp lights up. If the signal is more than +3 (sometimes happens) - the entire red scale with the peak lamp is on. A similar indication of the signal of more than +3 should be provided for in the LED indicator.

[libero]

In the LED indicator, you can make 2 LEDs at the top (one per channel) without a value. They will light up in a bright red color (brighter than other red LEDs) if the signal is greater than +3. In total we have 13 LEDs per channel:
- 2 initial (one per channel), value "-" infinity (lit constantly);
- flashing -20; -15; -10; -7; -5; -3; -1; 0; +1; +2; +3 (whole scale);
- 2 additional (one per channel) for a signal greater than +3.

[libero]

Hello, Peter!
I want to show the skin that I use for many years. I tried many, but always came back to this. [IMG][/IMG]

Minimalism, but it has everything you need. And just change the scale and size of windows. But he's already old enough. I want a newer, more modern one. You have a very good idea and you are good at it. Remained a little bit, and will be a masterpiece for all time. I am not kidding.

[ariszlo]

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I want to show the skin that I use for many years.

Rectangular by Thomas Michgelsen. Nice.
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[libero]

By the way, the consistency of the indicators in your skin at a height. Great job.
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[libero]

Hello, Peter!
Will you make changes to the skin or is it the final version? I wanted you to consider my wishes. There are not many of them, but the cover will be much better.

[Aminifu]

Hi PeterK.,

I've noticed something else related to post #230 above.

In the default Winamp classic skin, the spectrum analyzer doesn't let the frequency bars go all the way to the top. So the peak level indicators appear to work correctly in that skin.

[libero]

Peter, you created an excellent skin, it remains to improve the indicators a little. Agree, the main decoration of the skin is its correct and beautiful indicator. The discreteness of your indicator at altitude. It is necessary to refine the scale for the correct and pleasant visualization of the signal. So, as it is done in this skin (Reсtangular).

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