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Bug 2261 - Graphic EQ sliders have no frequency labels
Graphic EQ sliders have no frequency labels
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Audacity
Classification: Unclassified
Component: User Interface
2.4.0
Per OS Windows (all)
: P1 RepeatableAll
Assigned To: Default Assignee for New Bugs
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Blocks:
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Reported: 2019-12-20 10:38 UTC by Peter Sampson
Modified: 2020-02-24 14:06 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Steps To Reproduce:
1) get some audio and select it 2) Effect > Graphic EQ 3) Observe that the sliders in the dialog have no frequency labels
Release Note:
First Git SHA:
Group: ---
Workaround:
Hover over any of the sliders and hovertext appears showing the frequency and its current setting.
Closed: 2020-02-22 00:00:00
petersampsonaudacity: Regression+
petersampsonaudacity: Test‑OK‑Win+
petersampsonaudacity: Test‑OK‑Mac+
petersampsonaudacity: Test‑OK‑Lin+

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2019-12-20 10:38 UTC, Peter Sampson 		Details
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Description Peter Sampson 2019-12-20 10:38:05 UTC 
Created attachment 885 [details]
Equalization sliders show an indication of frequency

When using the new Graphic EQ effect the sliders do not have visible frequency labels.

This is a regression on 2.3.2 where in the slider/graphic version of the old Equalization effect we also displayed a curve which had useful frequency labels.

This has been complained about on the Forum:
https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=107731


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On a related note (and following from the original Forum Poster's comments) I do not think that the default height of the Graphic EQ is tall enough - the physical range of the sliders is quite small - and this affects their accuracy.
Comment 1 Peter Sampson 2020-01-08 09:28:03 UTC 
Steve wrote in an unrelated email:
>I'd also like to see the Graphic Eq have frequency labels 
>(as I mentioned prior to 2.3.3 being released). 
>Imo, this is a significant usability regression.

I agree that this is a usability regression - accordingly I am upgrading this to P1 for 2.4.0
Comment 3 Peter Sampson 2020-02-17 09:54:41 UTC 
(In reply to James Crook from comment #2)
Testing on W10 and macOS 10.15.3 with Audacity 2.4.0 1d9aa20

On both platforms Graphic EQ now has frequency labels
Comment 4 Peter Sampson 2020-02-22 06:00:00 UTC 
Steve recently posted to a user on the Forum about this and added an image - so I'm assuming that he's happy with this on Linux
Comment 5 Steve Daulton 2020-02-24 13:11:12 UTC 
Reopened.
The Graphic Eq does now have frequency labels, but they are only the correct frequencies if the track has a sample rate of 44100 Hz. At any other sample rate, the numbers are wrong.
Comment 6 James Crook 2020-02-24 13:18:05 UTC 
Issue closed.  Please open a new issue and state if the 'residual' is a regression or not and whether it affects just labels or tooltips too.  It will likely have a lower priority than 2261 if the bug existed before the two effects were split.
Comment 7 Steve Daulton 2020-02-24 13:42:43 UTC 
(In reply to James Crook from comment #6)
I would have thought it was the same bug, as users still cannot tell what frequency sliders relate to from looking at the GUI, but OK, logged as bug 2337.
Comment 8 Steve Daulton 2020-02-24 14:04:55 UTC 
(In reply to Steve Daulton from comment #7)
Correction. Logged as bug 2338.
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