Quinto Black CT - New Winamp Modern skin

[libero]

Agree that on a black background LED indicators LED will look more contrast. Here is an option found on the Internet. The scale is larger, although there are no initial and peak LEDs.[IMG]
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[libero]

I propose this variant of the indicator. Each digit corresponds to 2 segments, which are equal to half the division of the scale of the analog indicator. At the bottom, added diodes with values of -12 and -15 for better transmission of a weak audio signal (classics, jazz).
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[libero]

A more accurate scale, the "0" sign is the signal transition into the red zone.

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[libero]

The last change in the scale.

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[Drakken]

Wicked!!! I want that !

[libero]

It looks like the QUINTO CT project is closed. It's a pity...

[Pef]

Hi,
an amazing skin, BUT....
Just one thing is missing for me, the " Toggle Windowshade mode " (CTRL+W), it's really very handy.
If there was way to add that in the next version of the skin it would be perfect (for me).

[libero]

If Peter had fulfilled all our wishes, then it would probably have been an ideal cover. Obviously, we tortured him with our requests. Especially I, because he disappeared ...

[PeterK.]

Hello, Peter! Will the work on this skin continue? It remains a little bit. Are there any new ideas?

In the matter of fact there are!
The most important one for the upcoming release is the detached Equalizer:



I think this component looks way too good to be hiding under the Main Player. And there is a new context menu option which allows you to set the color of the following LEDs:

- Button Mute
- Button Repeat
- Button Shuffle
- Equalizer Button On
- Equalizer Button Auto
- Equalizer Button Crossfade
- Playlist Editor Button FileInfo
- Visualization Button Random

And the colors are: blue, green, red and yellow.

[libero]

Excellent. However, it seems to me, except for those wishes that I wrote above (making an indicator for 12 LEDs is mandatory, otherwise the indication of the audio signal from -10 to +3 is displayed, this is not enough !!!), there are some more moments.
For the convenience of managing the settings (my opinion), you need to make a separate window called. The button is set in the equalizer window with the designation "settings". This window should not disappear after setting each individual parameter (spectrum analyzer, window shadows, background color, etc.). When the "Settings" button is pressed again, the settings window is closed. Another small request to adjust the size of all windows in width and height. Yes, and more the number of windows (my opinion) do not need. The window of the spectrum analyzer, if possible, is divided into channels (it would be cool).

[PeterK.]

When the "Settings" button is pressed again..."

Show me the "Settings" button.

The window of the spectrum analyzer, if possible, is divided into channels (it would be cool).

Read the additional notes to the release of 1.7 version. Everything is explained there.

[PeterK.]

As you probably noticed, there is a Quinto Black CT label on the Main Player. I thought it was time to give the skin a proper label, since all other components have one.



But as usual, I had troubles to decide which would be the best position for that object. Hence I created a Component Label slider which is responsible for the labels (and their position) of:

- Main Player (here Quinto Black CT)

- Equalizer

- Spectrum Analyzer (here Spectroscope)

- VU Meter (analog) (here Left and Right)

The slider window has a display, which shows the chosen label, and four buttons: LABEL, HIDE, SHOW, CENTER.



Once you chose the label you will notice whether the label is hidden (HIDE button active - clicked in - and no slider thumb) or shown. If the latter is the case the slider thumb jumps into the right position on the slider and you may choose between CENTER or move it wherever you want on the component.

Please bear in mind that the center of the slider is not the center of the component. And the reasons for that oddity are obvious:

- the label lengths are not the same

- the distances between left and right corner are also not the same

- Main Player has MIN and CLOSE button while all others only have CLOSE button (which should not be covered by the label or cover right parts of the label)

- the slider represents the x-values of a particular component. For example the Main Player has the range between x=54 (left corner) and x=364 (right corner). When we place the label in the middle of the Main Player, the x value will be x=241 which is not the middle value on the slider but on the Main Player.

Being honest I also have been hesitating whether to add the common windows' labels to this feature. I am talking about the Playlist Editor or Medialibrary component names. And the hesitation is caused by some "technical" difficulties:

- those windows are stretchable, ergo the position of the label would instantly change after resizing and you would have to reset it (it could also happen that parts of the label are cut off or not visible anymore)

- I could only add known windows to the drop-down-menu like PL, ML, Vid, Vis because I have no access to any 3-rd-party-plug-ins, which might be installed.

So yes, it is possible but with some limitations.

[libero]

Yes Yes. I read the instructions to version 1.7. But, firstly, I do not understand what the left and right channels mean. I, when I edit tracks in the program COOL EDIT PRO, I see that there are 2 different spectrograms, they differ significantly from each other. As for the button "Settings", it means, I understand, here the problem of the interconnection of windows with each other. It should be located in the main window, but at the same time activate the change when you open a specific window. This is a problem, I agree. But then you will need an easier way to make changes to the settings of visualization parameters than there is now. It is very inconvenient to change one parameter, and then again first go to the settings ladder.

[PeterK.]

Can I make it separately for the left and right channels?

But, firstly, I do not understand what the left and right channels mean.

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about, libero.

And I am still waiting for the screenshot of the "Settings" button.

[libero]

If the separation of the spectrogram and the oscillograms into channels is hard to realize - God is with them. As for setting spectrogram options for color and visualization, I did not mean the button, but the realization of the ability to make all the settings at once (and not one at a time, as now). How to do it - through the main window or some other way - I do not know. I simply state that now this is not very convenient.