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(MC22) Feature Requests
Awesome Donkey:
I didn't see a requests topic specifically for the Mac build, so I hope this is okay. :)
1) Mac native menu support or emulate the look of the native Mac menu through the skinning engine. Yeah, this is one of the things people complain about most - that MC doesn't use native Mac-esk menus. So my request here is to either support Apple's system of showing menus or emulate a native Mac-style menu through the skinning engine. If it's the latter it'd need to a) detect if dark mode is enabled or disabled, b) know what font is used for the menus (the size, if bold, the color, etc.) and c) match the transparency of the current native Mac menus (both normal and dark modes). There's probably more to it, but whichever one would be easier to do in MC. :)
2) Support native Mac shortcuts/hotkeys for specific functions. Everything for this request is in this topic. It should be pretty straightforward to do, honestly, if not quick as well.
3) Font antialiasing or something like that so fonts in MC look nice and smooth. I notice on a non-retina screen the fonts are pretty jaggy (using Lucida Grande 11 point) on a 1440p screen - it likely appears more jaggy on 1080p or below.
4) I brought this one up before, but by default on Mac when you hover on one of the top left buttons (close, minimize, maximize/restore) it should highlight (and show) all three buttons, instead of each button. This would match the Mac behaviour - to see it in action just hover your mouse upon the close button in Finder, then MC and look at the difference.
Thoughts?
mvilla:
--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on May 24, 2016, 03:34:25 pm ---
I didn't see a requests topic specifically for the Mac build, so I hope this is okay. :)
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Let me take the opportunity and go on with the requests :-)
5) In DSP, about upsampling to DSD, do that according to the frequency you start with. I mean: if you start from 44.1, 88.2, 176.4 etc the target is 5.6 Mhz while if you start from 48, 96, 192 etc the target is 6.1 MHz
Thanks,
Massimo
chriswimlett:
A big +1 to Awesome Donkey's request.
Awesome Donkey:
--- Quote from: mvilla on May 25, 2016, 09:05:24 am ---Let me take the opportunity and go on with the requests :-)
5) In DSP, about upsampling to DSD, do that according to the frequency you start with. I mean: if you start from 44.1, 88.2, 176.4 etc the target is 5.6 Mhz while if you start from 48, 96, 192 etc the target is 6.1 MHz
Thanks,
Massimo
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This type of request would likely cover all MC builds (Windows, Mac and Linux). I'm aiming for this topic to be Mac specific. ;)
--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on May 24, 2016, 03:34:25 pm ---1) Mac native menu support or emulate the look of the native Mac menu through the skinning engine. Yeah, this is one of the things people complain about most - that MC doesn't use native Mac-esk menus. So my request here is to either support Apple's system of showing menus or emulate a native Mac-style menu through the skinning engine. If it's the latter it'd need to a) detect if dark mode is enabled or disabled, b) know what font is used for the menus (the size, if bold, the color, etc.) and c) match the transparency of the current native Mac menus (both normal and dark modes). There's probably more to it, but whichever one would be easier to do in MC. :)
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In addition to this one, there seems to be an issue on the Mac build where multiple menus can show and overlap. This would also need to be corrected, so add that onto number one. If you need a screenshot example of this issue, let me know!
Weedos123:
I'll add a 6th, specifically for Mac and Exasound DACs.
The ability to use Exasound's Mac ASIO driver directly, thereby bypassing core audio.
On the windows version, you get the choice to use it directly, but with Macs the option is not available and so you have to use it via core audio. Why? Coz it sounds better, native dsd playback and personally, I'd rather not use Windows, but have to as there are no linux drivers.
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